Co‐occurrence patterns in a steppe bird community: insights into the role of dominance and competition

Spatial co‐occurrence patterns are determined by environmental factors, such as food availability or habitat characteristics and by biotic associations. When resources are limited, competition which implies a dominant hierarchy can shape species assemblage. Here, we study space and time co‐occurrenc...

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Main Authors: Barrero, Adrián, Ovaskainen, Otso, Traba, Juan, Gómez‐Catasús, Julia
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spelling crwiley:10.1111/oik.09780 2024-06-23T07:52:34+00:00 Co‐occurrence patterns in a steppe bird community: insights into the role of dominance and competition Barrero, Adrián Ovaskainen, Otso Traba, Juan Gómez‐Catasús, Julia 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.09780 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/oik.09780 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/oik.09780 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Oikos volume 2023, issue 5 ISSN 0030-1299 1600-0706 journal-article 2023 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09780 2024-05-31T08:14:47Z Spatial co‐occurrence patterns are determined by environmental factors, such as food availability or habitat characteristics and by biotic associations. When resources are limited, competition which implies a dominant hierarchy can shape species assemblage. Here, we study space and time co‐occurrence of steppe passerines during the breeding season in a natural steppe habitat, its modulation by environmental filtering, potential biotic interactions and random processes. We applied the joint species distribution model of hierarchical modelling of species community (HMSC) to data on species presence–absence and environmental, temporal and spatial covariates acquired from seven plots in a natural steppe in central Spain during two consecutive years. Our results reveal the patterns of bird species co‐occurrence and suggest that this assemblage might be competitively structured. The assemblage appears to be configured around one dominant species, the Eurasian skylark, which establishes principally negative associations with many of the coexistent species. Our results contribute to the understanding of how competition and dominance processes, together with ecological constraints and other biotic associations, shape bird assemblages. Article in Journal/Newspaper Eurasian Skylark Wiley Online Library Oikos 2023 5
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description Spatial co‐occurrence patterns are determined by environmental factors, such as food availability or habitat characteristics and by biotic associations. When resources are limited, competition which implies a dominant hierarchy can shape species assemblage. Here, we study space and time co‐occurrence of steppe passerines during the breeding season in a natural steppe habitat, its modulation by environmental filtering, potential biotic interactions and random processes. We applied the joint species distribution model of hierarchical modelling of species community (HMSC) to data on species presence–absence and environmental, temporal and spatial covariates acquired from seven plots in a natural steppe in central Spain during two consecutive years. Our results reveal the patterns of bird species co‐occurrence and suggest that this assemblage might be competitively structured. The assemblage appears to be configured around one dominant species, the Eurasian skylark, which establishes principally negative associations with many of the coexistent species. Our results contribute to the understanding of how competition and dominance processes, together with ecological constraints and other biotic associations, shape bird assemblages.
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author Barrero, Adrián
Ovaskainen, Otso
Traba, Juan
Gómez‐Catasús, Julia
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Ovaskainen, Otso
Traba, Juan
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Co‐occurrence patterns in a steppe bird community: insights into the role of dominance and competition
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title Co‐occurrence patterns in a steppe bird community: insights into the role of dominance and competition
title_short Co‐occurrence patterns in a steppe bird community: insights into the role of dominance and competition
title_full Co‐occurrence patterns in a steppe bird community: insights into the role of dominance and competition
title_fullStr Co‐occurrence patterns in a steppe bird community: insights into the role of dominance and competition
title_full_unstemmed Co‐occurrence patterns in a steppe bird community: insights into the role of dominance and competition
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