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1. 1. Does disturbance history affect the resistance and resilience of bacterial communities?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Sophia Renes; [2015]
   Keywords : Resilience; resistance; ecosystem stability; ecosystem function; pulse disturbance; disturbance history; microbial community composition;

   Abstract : Bacterial communities play a central role in ecosystems and studying their resistance and resilience provides an important step towards predicting the response of microbial ecosystems to environmental disturbances. Since natural communities undergo regular disturbances and incidences of extremes in environmental conditions, communities may ‘accumulate’ a disturbance history over time. READ MORE