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How are species interactions structured in species-rich communities? A new method for analysing time-series data.


ABSTRACT: Estimation of intra- and interspecific interactions from time-series on species-rich communities is challenging due to the high number of potentially interacting species pairs. The previously proposed sparse interactions model overcomes this challenge by assuming that most species pairs do not interact. We propose an alternative model that does not assume that any of the interactions are necessarily zero, but summarizes the influences of individual species by a small number of community-level drivers. The community-level drivers are defined as linear combinations of species abundances, and they may thus represent e.g. the total abundance of all species or the relative proportions of different functional groups. We show with simulated and real data how our approach can be used to compare different hypotheses on community structure. In an empirical example using aquatic microorganisms, the community-level drivers model clearly outperformed the sparse interactions model in predicting independent validation data.

SUBMITTER: Ovaskainen O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5454278 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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How are species interactions structured in species-rich communities? A new method for analysing time-series data.

Ovaskainen Otso O   Tikhonov Gleb G   Dunson David D   Grøtan Vidar V   Engen Steinar S   Sæther Bernt-Erik BE   Abrego Nerea N  

Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170501 1855


Estimation of intra- and interspecific interactions from time-series on species-rich communities is challenging due to the high number of potentially interacting species pairs. The previously proposed sparse interactions model overcomes this challenge by assuming that most species pairs do not interact. We propose an alternative model that does not assume that any of the interactions are necessarily zero, but summarizes the influences of individual species by a small number of community-level dr  ...[more]

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