Microbial interactions: from networks to models

K Faust, J Raes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2012‏ - nature.com
Metagenomics and 16S pyrosequencing have enabled the study of ecosystem structure and
dynamics to great depth and accuracy. Co-occurrence and correlation patterns found in …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamic microbiome

GK Gerber - FEBS letters, 2014‏ - Elsevier
While our genomes are essentially static, our microbiomes are inherently dynamic. The
microbial communities we harbor in our bodies change throughout our lives due to many …

Chaos is not rare in natural ecosystems

TL Rogers, BJ Johnson, SB Munch - Nature ecology & evolution, 2022‏ - nature.com
Chaotic dynamics are thought to be rare in natural populations but this may be due to
methodological and data limitations, rather than the inherent stability of ecosystems …

[ספר][B] Limnoecology: the ecology of lakes and streams

W Lampert, U Sommer - 2007‏ - books.google.com
This concise, readable introduction to limnology (the science of investigating the structure
and function of inland waters), places the subject in the context of modern ecology. Unlike …

Early warning signals of extinction in deteriorating environments

JM Drake, BD Griffen - Nature, 2010‏ - nature.com
During the decline to extinction, animal populations may present dynamical phenomena not
exhibited by robust populations,. Some of these phenomena, such as the scaling of …

A synthetic Escherichia coli predator–prey ecosystem

FK Balagaddé, H Song, J Ozaki, CH Collins… - Molecular systems …, 2008‏ - embopress.org
We have constructed a synthetic ecosystem consisting of two Escherichia coli populations,
which communicate bi‐directionally through quorum sensing and regulate each other's …

[ספר][B] Spatiotemporal patterns in ecology and epidemiology: theory, models, and simulation

H Malchow, SV Petrovskii, E Venturino - 2007‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Although the spatial dimension of ecosystem dynamics is now widely recognized, the
specific mechanisms behind species patterning in space are still poorly understood and the …

Chaos in a long-term experiment with a plankton community

E Benincà, J Huisman, R Heerkloss, KD Jöhnk… - Nature, 2008‏ - nature.com
Mathematical models predict that species interactions such as competition and predation
can generate chaos,,,,,,,. However, experimental demonstrations of chaos in ecology are …

Automated design of synthetic microbial communities

BD Karkaria, AJH Fedorec, CP Barnes - Nature communications, 2021‏ - nature.com
Microbial species rarely exist in isolation. In naturally occurring microbial systems there is
strong evidence for a positive relationship between species diversity and productivity of …

[HTML][HTML] The adaptive cycle: More than a metaphor

SM Sundstrom, CR Allen - Ecological Complexity, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The adaptive cycle and its extension to panarchy (nested adaptive cycles) has been a useful
metaphor and conceptual model for understanding long-term dynamics of change in …