Temporal variability in detritus resource maintains diversity of bacterial communities

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-299

  Hiltunen, Teppo ^a   Laakso, Jouni ^b   Kaitala, Veijo ^b   Suomalainen, Lotta Riina ^a   Pekkonen, Minna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Integrative Ecology Unit   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Competition; Diversity; Fluctuating resource supply; Microcosm

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DETRITUS; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DENSITY; REINTRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 42749092904     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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