Natural selection for costly nutrient recycling in simulated microbial metacommunities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 312, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Boyle, Richard A ^a   Williams, Hywel T P ^a   Lenton, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cross feeding; Multi level selection; Spatial structure; Syntrophy

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARASITE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYMBIOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864814525     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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