Multiple Mechanisms Required to Predict Grass Community Composition
= 0.65). Alternative model variants, parameterised using subsets of the mechanisms and their nested attributes, still retained high explanatory power if the model included at least three of the four mechanisms. Our results suggest that plant community composition is determined by simultaneous effects of multiple mechanisms, and simpler theories have much lower predictive abilities.
Authors
- Cindy E. Hauser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5876-0342)
- Harry E. R. Shepherd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7077-3581)
- Adam Thomas Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8843-3278)
- Jane A. Catford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0582-5960)
- John G. Donohue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6645-2697)
- Brendan A. Wintle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4234-5950)
- Laura Graham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3611-7281)
- Nicola Munro
- David Tilman
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Conservation International (US)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- University of Graz (AT)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Animal and Plant Health Agency (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecology Letters
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70358
- Primary Topic
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Minnesota
- King’s College London
- European Commission
- Australian Research Council