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Associate Professor @UZH_Science @EawagResearch | President Swiss Biodiversity Forum @biodiversityCH | Biodiversity & Ecology | Like = interesting
Sep 6, 2022 7 tweets 7 min read
Our new paper @PNASNews is addressing a long-standing question in #ecology, #biodiversity sciences and #conservation biology:
How do multiple #species #coexist in fragmented landscapes?

A 🧵on multispecies coexistence: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… (1/7) Image 2/7 Spatially #fragmented #landscapes are very common, both naturally & through human activities.

In such landscapes, a combination of local survival and #colonization of empty habitat patches is key to species' regional persistence. Image