The role of phenotypic plasticity in shaping ecological networks.
ecological network
interaction niche
interaction strength
intraspecific trait variation
network plasticity
niche breadth expansion
niche shift
phenotypic plasticity
polyphenism
Journal
Ecology letters
ISSN: 1461-0248
Titre abrégé: Ecol Lett
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101121949
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
revised:
16
01
2023
received:
16
09
2022
accepted:
15
02
2023
medline:
1
11
2023
pubmed:
16
10
2023
entrez:
15
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Plasticity-mediated changes in interaction dynamics and structure may scale up and affect the ecological network in which the plastic species are embedded. Despite their potential relevance for understanding the effects of plasticity on ecological communities, these effects have seldom been analysed. We argue here that, by boosting the magnitude of intra-individual phenotypic variation, plasticity may have three possible direct effects on the interactions that the plastic species maintains with other species in the community: may expand the interaction niche, may cause a shift from one interaction niche to another or may even cause the colonization of a new niche. The combined action of these three factors can scale to the community level and eventually expresses itself as a modification in the topology and functionality of the entire ecological network. We propose that this causal pathway can be more widespread than previously thought and may explain how interaction niches evolve quickly in response to rapid changes in environmental conditions. The implication of this idea is not solely eco-evolutionary but may also help to understand how ecological interactions rewire and evolve in response to global change.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Organisme : Junta de Andalucía
ID : P18-FR-3641
Organisme : Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
ID : PID2020-116222GB-100
Organisme : Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
ID : PID2021-126456NB
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© 2023 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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