The Interplay Between Landscape Structure and Biotic Interactions
Sponsor
The following funding sources provided support while writing this manuscript: National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1550765, Michigan State University (P.L. Zarnetske), University of Florida (B. Baiser), Portland State University (A. Strecker), Bryn Mawr College K.G. Research Fund (S. Record), Israel Science Foundation grant number 1356/15 (J. Belmaker), and Academia Sinica (M.-N. Tuanmu).
Published In
Current Landscape Ecology Reports
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2017
Subjects
Biotic communities, Species diversity, Biotic communities -- Effect of landscape structure on, Landscape ecology
Abstract
Landscape structure and biotic interactions are closely linked. We identify five aspects of landscape structure that contribute to the co-occurrence of species and restrict or enable different types of biotic interactions: patch size and habitat amount, isolation of patches, barriers to dispersal and movement, persistence of landscape structure, and landscape complexity. In addition, these aspects of landscape structure influence the strength and outcome of biotic interactions. Whereas most research focuses on the effects of the abiotic environment on species and their biotic interactions, research on foundation species and ecosystem engineers demonstrates the important influence of biotic interactions on landscape structure itself, including effects on landscape complexity, extent of habitat, and the structure of landscape features. In this review, we describe ecological theories that lay the foundation for interplay between landscape structure and biotic interactions, and summarize these connections across an array of interacting species in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial systems. We end with suggestions for integrating the fields of landscape ecology and community ecology to better understand the connections between landscape structure and biotic interactions and better predict their dynamics in light of global change.
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Copyright Springer International Publishing AG 2017
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40823-017-0021-5
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19620
Citation Details
Zarnetske, P.L., Baiser, B., Strecker, A. et al. Curr Landscape Ecol Rep (2017) 2: 12. doi:10.1007/s40823-017-0021-5