Transient invaders can induce shifts between alternative stable states of microbial communities

Microbial dispersal often leads to the arrival of outsider organisms into ecosystems. When their arrival gives rise to successful invasions, outsider species establish within the resident community, which can markedly alter the ecosystem. Seemingly less influential, the potential impact of unsuccess...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amor, Daniel R., Ratzke, Christoph, Gore, Jeff
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128246