Essays about: "bacterial diversity and ecosystem functioning relationship BEF relationship"

Found 1 essay containing the words bacterial diversity and ecosystem functioning relationship BEF relationship.

  1. 1. Effects of diversity and dispersal on the response of bacterial community to starvation perturbation

    University essay from Limnologi; Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Yinghua Zha; [2011]
    Keywords : bacterial diversity and ecosystem functioning relationship BEF relationship ; metacommunity framework; perturbation; multiple functioning;

    Abstract : Bacterial diversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships have received considerable attention during the last three decades and tend to be positive in most cases. However, most studies were done in closed systems and largely ignored the importance of placing local communities into the metacommunity context, in which dispersal can be a crucial factor modifying community diversity and composition and ecosystem functioning. READ MORE