Estimating and Mapping Ecological Processes Influencing Microbial Community Assembly

Ecological community assembly is governed by a combination of (i) selection resulting from among-taxa differences in performance; (ii) dispersal resulting from organismal movement; and (iii) ecological drift resulting from stochastic changes in population sizes. The relative importance and nature of...

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Main Authors: James C Stegen, Xueju eLin, Jim K Fredrickson, Allan eKonopka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00370/full