Theoretical consequences of trait-based environmental filtering for the breadth and shape of the niche: New testable hypotheses generated by the Traitspace model

- A model is used to explore the logical consequences of environmental filtering.
- Niche breadth is predicted to decrease as intraspecific trait variation decreases.
- Niche breadth decreases as the strength of the environmental filter increases.
- Bimodal species response curves can occur independently from species interactions.