The effect of strain level diversity on robust inference of virus-induced mortality

Beckett, Stephen J.; Js, Weitz

doi:10.1101/277517

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 39 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The dilution effect probably explains links between host communities and transmission. In their model of virus infection of plankton based on life-history traits, Beckett and Weitz (2018) found that lysis rates were driven by the strains with the fastest replication and not those with the greatest abundance.…”

Section: 2trait-based Models Focusing On Planktonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trait-based modelling in ecology: lessons from two decades of research

Zakharova

Meyer

Seifan

2019

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Trait-based approaches are an alternative to species-based approaches for functionally linking individual organisms with community structure and dynamics. In the trait‑based approach, the focus is on the traits, the physiological, morphological, or life-history characteristics, of organisms rather than their species. Although used in ecological research for several decades, this approach only emerged in ecological modelling about twenty years ago. We review this rise of trait-based models and trace the occasional transfer of trait-based modelling concepts between terrestrial plant ecology, animal and microbial ecology, and aquatic ecology. Trait-based models have a variety of purposes, such as predicting changes in species distribution patterns under climate and land-use change, planning and assessing conservation management, or studying invasion processes. In modelling, trait-based approaches can reduce technical challenges such as computational limitations, scaling problems, and data scarcity. However, we note inconsistencies in the current usage of terms in trait-based approaches and these inconsistencies must be resolved if trait-based concepts are to be easily exchanged between disciplines. Specifically, future trait-based models may further benefit from incorporating intraspecific trait variability and addressing more complex species interactions. We also recommend expanding the combination of trait-based approaches with individual-based modelling to simplify the parameterization of models, to capture plant-plant interactions at the individual level, and to explain community dynamics under global change.

show abstract

Section: 2trait-based Models Focusing On Planktonmentioning

confidence: 99%