Downstream resource leakage a necessary condition for the stress-gradient hypothesis in processing chain commensalisms

• Main Authors: Sim, Hong Jhun, Lam, Weng Ngai, Chisholm, Ryan A., Chong, Kwek Yan
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Facilitation; Nutritional Mutualism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164043
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The stress-gradient hypothesis (SGH) in ecology predicts that the strength and frequency of positive interspecific interactions, including processing chain commensalisms (PCCs), increase with environmental stress. Although observed in some empirical PCC studies, a recent theoretical study of PCCs us...