We combine life-history measurements obtained in eight Drosophila populations along a latitudinal gradient, ambient temperature data and computer simulations to reconstruct a fitness surface to demonstrate that populations are locally adapted to the thermal conditions that they encounter. This approach can be employed to reconstruct fitness surfaces...

Species-to-species and species-to-environment interactions play a crucial role in community dynamics. However, disentangling these interactions in species-rich communities is challenging due to the ‘curse of dimensionality’. We have developed a novel approach to overcoming this problem, which reveals highly individualistic dynamics in coral reef fish...

We combine life-history measurements obtained in eight Drosophila populations along a latitudinal gradient, ambient temperature data and computer simulations to reconstruct a fitness surface to demonstrate that populations are locally adapted to the thermal conditions that they encounter. This approach can be employed to reconstruct fitness surfaces...

Foods are complex mixtures of organic and inorganic components that differ in digestibility. Animals often need to mix various foods to fulfill their specific nutritional needs. Our goal was to reveal the complex nutritional and functional considerations underlying a simple diet. Using field and laboratory experiments we found that desert isopods...

The global literature on performance of plants from stress and non-stress habitats was synthesized to evaluate reaction norms across native and invasive species. Invasive species had weaker responses to stress compared to natives, and cost efficiency of responses was generally higher for both natives and invasives. Costs do not increase with stress...

Modern coexistence theory (MCT) typically focuses on two-species competition or communities with particular symmetry. Here we study the three-species Lotka–Volterra competition model, including both pairwise coexistence and founder control. We expand MCT by proposing a third quantity beyond niche and fitness differences: cyclic asymmetry, which can...