Environmental Sciences Department, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos/SP 13565-905, Brazil.
Life Sciences Department, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2021 Apr;36(4):280-283. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.01.003. Epub 2021 Feb 1.
Metabolism controls the pace of life, driving major ecological patterns. We propose that the scaling of metabolism with temperature influences neutral processes of community assembly by controlling population dynamics independently of species identities. This perspective provides new insights into the prevalence of niche and neutral processes through universal energetic constraints.
新陈代谢控制着生命的节奏，驱动着主要的生态模式。我们提出，新陈代谢与温度的关系会通过独立于物种身份控制种群动态来影响群落组装的中性过程。这一观点通过普遍的能量约束为生态位和中性过程的普遍性提供了新的见解。
