Early successional colonizers both facilitate and inhibit the late successional colonizers in communities of dung-inhabiting insects

The influence of early arriving species on the establishment and activity of later ones (the priority effect) is a key issue in ecological succession. Priority effects have been extensively studied in communities subject to autotrophic succession (plants, sessile animals), but only sporadically stud...

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Main Authors: Frantisek X.J. SLADECEK, Simon T. SEGAR, Martin KONVICKA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2021-08-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
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Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-202101-0025_early_successional_colonizers_both_facilitate_and_inhibit_the_late_successional_colonizers_in_communities_of_du.php