General predictions for the effects of warming on competition
Davis, K.; Grainger, T. N.; Ke, P.-J.; Thompson, P. L.; O'Connor, M. I.; Bernhardt, J. R.
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Understanding the effects of climate change on ecological communities has been limited by a lack of general theory for how temperature affects competition. To fill this knowledge gap, we integrated Modern Coexistence Theory and the Metabolic Theory of Ecology by incorporating empirically-derived temperature sensitivities into Modern Coexistence Theorys central model. We then simulated warming in consumer-resource systems and found that warming reduced both niche and fitness differences, making species more ecologically similar and competitive interactions more neutral. The greatest shifts in competition occurred when temperature sensitivities among species were highly asymmetrical. Effects of warming on competition via niche differences were comparable to those on fitness differences, suggesting that the emphasis on vital rates in global change research may overlook key biodiversity drivers. This general theory expands the domains of two prominent ecological theories and provides predictions for how warming may alter competition even in benign regions of species thermal niches.
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