Mechanisms linking diversity, productivity and invasibility in experimental bacterial communities

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1506, 2002, Pages 2277-2283

  Hodgson, David J ^a   Rainey, Paul B ^a   Buckling, Angus ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Invasibility; Microcosm; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; INVASIBILITY; MICROCOSM; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROCOSM; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 41049112088     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2146     Document Type: Article

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