[HTML][HTML] Dispersal homogenizes communities via immigration even at low rates in a simplified synthetic bacterial metacommunity

S Fodelianakis, A Lorz, A Valenzuela-Cuevas… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Selection and dispersal are ecological processes that have contrasting roles in the
assembly of communities. Variable selection diversifies and strong dispersal homogenizes …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological and evolutionary implications of microbial dispersal

GF Custer, L Bresciani, F Dini-Andreote - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dispersal is simply defined as the movement of species across space and time. Despite this
terse definition, dispersal is an essential process with direct ecological and evolutionary …

Bottom-up and top-down control of dispersal across major organismal groups

EA Fronhofer, D Legrand, F Altermatt… - Nature Ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Ecology and evolution unfold in spatially structured communities, where dispersal links
dynamics across scales. Because dispersal is multicausal, identifying general drivers …

Neutral and selective dynamics in a synthetic microbial community

NJ Cira, MT Pearce, SR Quake - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Ecologists debate the relative importance of selective vs. neutral processes in
understanding biodiversity. This debate is especially pertinent to microbial communities …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary history, immigration history, and the extent of diversification in community assembly

ML Knope, SE Forde, T Fukami - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
During community assembly, species may accumulate not only by immigration, but also by
in situ diversification. Diversification has intrigued biologists because its extent varies even …

The evolution of the competition–dispersal trade-off affects α-and β-diversity in a heterogeneous metacommunity

F Laroche, P Jarne, T Perrot… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Difference in dispersal ability is a key driver of species coexistence in metacommunities.
However, the available frameworks for interpreting species diversity patterns in natura often …

[HTML][HTML] Dispersal-based microbial community assembly decreases biogeochemical function

EB Graham, JC Stegen - Processes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Ecological mechanisms influence relationships among microbial communities, which in turn
impact biogeochemistry. In particular, microbial communities are assembled by deterministic …

[HTML][HTML] Using null models to compare bacterial and microeukaryotic metacommunity assembly under shifting environmental conditions

M Vass, AJ Székely, ES Lindström, S Langenheder - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Temporal variations in microbial metacommunity structure and assembly processes in
response to shifts in environmental conditions are poorly understood. Hence, we conducted …

Dispersal‐mediated trophic interactions can generate apparent patterns of dispersal limitation in aquatic metacommunities

D Verreydt, L De Meester, E Decaestecker… - Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2012) Abstract Dispersal is a major organising force in metacommunities,
which may facilitate compositional responses of local communities to environmental change …

Understanding stochastic and deterministic assembly processes in microbial communities along temporal, spatial and environmental scales

M Menéndez‐Serra, VJ Ontiveros, J Cáliz… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the main drivers of community assembly remains an open fundamental question
in ecology. Dispersal processes introduce randomness in community composition while …