On the move: sloths and their epibionts as model mobile ecosystems
M Kaup, S Trull, EFY Hom - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sloths are unusual mobile ecosystems, containing a high diversity of epibionts living and
growing in their fur as they climb slowly through the canopies of tropical forests. These …
growing in their fur as they climb slowly through the canopies of tropical forests. These …
Bacterial recruitment to carnivorous pitcher plant communities: identifying sources influencing plant microbiome composition and function
JJ Grothjan, EB Young - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Processes influencing recruitment of diverse bacteria to plant microbiomes remain poorly
understood. In the carnivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea model system, individual …
understood. In the carnivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea model system, individual …
Superior dispersal ability can lead to persistent ecological dominance throughout succession
PJ Boynton, CN Peterson, A Pringle - Applied and environmental …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A large number of descriptive surveys have shown that microbial communities
experience successional changes over time and that ecological dominance is common in …
experience successional changes over time and that ecological dominance is common in …
Diverse microbial communities hosted by the model carnivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea: analysis of both bacterial and eukaryotic composition across …
JJ Grothjan, EB Young - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Background The pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea supplements nutrient acquisition through
carnivory, capturing insect prey which are digested by a food web community of eukaryotes …
carnivory, capturing insect prey which are digested by a food web community of eukaryotes …
Regime shifts and hysteresis in the pitcher-plant microecosystem
Abstract Changes in environmental conditions can lead to rapid shifts in the state of an
ecosystem (“regime shifts”), which, even after the environment has returned to previous …
ecosystem (“regime shifts”), which, even after the environment has returned to previous …
Ecological importance of interactions between anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and plants forming phytotelmata in different ecosystems
A Vergne - 2023 - theses.hal.science
Since their origin hundreds of millions of years ago, plants have been metaorganisms living
in association with highly complex, diversified, and distinctive microbial communities …
in association with highly complex, diversified, and distinctive microbial communities …
Regime shifts, alternative states and hysteresis in the Sarracenia microecosystem
Abstract Changes in environmental conditions can lead to a rapid shift in the state of an
ecosystem (“regime shift”), which subsequently returns to the previous state slowly, if ever …
ecosystem (“regime shift”), which subsequently returns to the previous state slowly, if ever …
[PDF][PDF] Regime shifts, alternative states, and hysteresis in the Sarracenia pitcher plant microecosystem
MK Lau, B Baiser, A Northrop, NJ Gotelli, AM Ellison - academia.edu
Abstract Changes in environmental conditions can lead to rapid shifts in ecosystem state (”
regime shifts”), which subsequently returns slowly to the previous state (” hysteresis”). Large …
regime shifts”), which subsequently returns slowly to the previous state (” hysteresis”). Large …