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Stephen P Ellner¹, Robin E Snyder², Peter B Adler³

¹Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. spe2@cornell.edu.

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|September 29, 2016

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Environmental fluctuations promote biodiversity through the storage effect. This study presents a new simulation approach for quantifying the storage effect in species competition, applicable to complex population models and overcoming previous theoretical limits.

Keywords:

Coexistence competition environmental variability integral projection model storage effect structured population model

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Area of Science:

Community Ecology
Biodiversity Research
Ecological Modeling

Background:

The storage effect is a key concept explaining how environmental variability maintains biodiversity.
Existing theories have limitations, requiring complex mathematical analysis and restricting application to structured populations.
There is a need for more accessible and broadly applicable methods to study the storage effect.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a new, broadly applicable approach for quantifying the temporal storage effect.
To overcome limitations of existing theory in mathematical analysis and structured populations.
To demonstrate the utility of the new approach with empirical examples.

Main Methods:

Utilized Monte Carlo simulations to quantify the temporal storage effect across various competing species models.
Employed the lottery model and a generic integral projection model (IPM) as foundational frameworks.
Applied the method to empirical data from algal species in a chemostat and a sagebrush steppe community.

Main Results:

Demonstrated that the storage effect can operate even without a long-lived life stage, as shown in the algal chemostat example.
Successfully applied the IPM to a sagebrush steppe community, showcasing the model's versatility.
Highlighted the critical importance of accurately modeling nonlinearities to avoid spurious conclusions.

Conclusions:

The proposed simulation-based approach provides a flexible and powerful tool for studying the storage effect in diverse ecological systems.
The findings expand the applicability of storage effect theory to populations with complex structures and variable environments.
Accurate ecological modeling, particularly of nonlinear dynamics, is crucial for reliable predictions of biodiversity maintenance.