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SUBMITTER: McClain CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6170758 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McClain Craig R CR Nunnally Clifton C Chapman Abbie S A ASA Barry James P JP
Biology letters 20180912 9
Mechanisms leading to variation in diversity over energetic gradients continue to challenge ecologists. Changes in diversity may reflect the environmental capacity to support species' coexistence through increased niche packing or niche space expansion. Current ecological theory predicts that increases in energy may lead to both scenarios but not their relative strengths. We use experimental deep-sea, wood-fall communities, where energy supply can be controlled, to test for the importance of nic ...[more]