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Heng-Xing Zou¹, Xinyi Yan², Volker H W Rudolf¹

¹Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.

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Species arrival timing influences higher-order interactions, affecting community composition and plant coexistence. Understanding these temporal dynamics is key to predicting ecological community behavior.

Keywords:

community assembly higher‐order interactions phenology plant–microbe interactions plant–soil feedback

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Ecology
Community Ecology
Theoretical Ecology

Background:

Species interactions are modified by community composition, leading to emergent dynamics.
Higher-order interactions are prevalent but their link to species arrival timing remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how the timing of species' arrival influences higher-order interactions.
To explore the role of germination phenology and microbiome overlap in mediating plant interactions and coexistence.

Main Methods:

Generated population dynamics using a mechanistic plant-soil feedback model.
Applied a general theoretical framework to analyze time-dependent interaction modifications.
Investigated the influence of microbiome overlap and specificity on plant coexistence.

Main Results:

Modification of pairwise plant interactions by a third plant is dependent on its germination phenology.
Time-dependent interaction modifications arise from concurrent changes in plant and microbe populations.
Microbiome overlap and specificity significantly impact plant coexistence.

Conclusions:

Germination phenology is a critical factor in mediating higher-order interactions.
Integrating temporal shifts in species interactions is essential for predicting community dynamics.
The developed framework is broadly applicable to systems with time-dependent interaction modifications.