Extinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species–area relationships in a microbial microcosm system

Abstract As the most potential ecological "law", the mechanism of the species-area relationship (SAR) remains controversial. Essentially, the SAR addresses the relationship between regional area and biodiversity, shaped by speciation, extinction and dispersal processes. Extinction is the p...

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Main Authors: Wei Deng, Na Li, Chao-Zhi Zhang, Rui An, Xiao-Yan Yang, Wen Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30685-x