The role of abiotic environmental conditions and herbivory in shaping bacterial community composition in floral nectar.

Identifying the processes that drive community assembly has long been a central theme in ecology. For microorganisms, a traditional prevailing hypothesis states that "everything is everywhere, but the environment selects". Although the bacterial community in floral nectar may be affected b...

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Main Authors: Michal Samuni-Blank, Ido Izhaki, Sivan Laviad, Avi Bar-Massada, Yoram Gerchman, Malka Halpern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4055640?pdf=render