R. Marsland

Metabolic similarity and the predictability of microbial community assembly

The paper predicts microbial community composition based on metabolic similarities across environments by analyzing growth rates and secretion profiles of proteobacterial strains.

Transient dynamics in plant-pollinator networks: Fewer but higher quality of pollinator visits determines plant invasion success

The paper uses a dynamic model to show that invasive plants with high floral rewards and low pollinator visits can invade networks, altering pollinator behavior and native plant interactions.

Cross-feeding shapes both competition and cooperation in microbial ecosystems

The paper analyzes how cross-feeding and competition influence microbial ecosystem properties using the Microbial Consumer Resource Model.

The effect of resource dynamics on species packing in diverse ecosystems

The paper examines how resource dynamics influence species packing in ecosystems, showing species can occupy only half of available niches in certain conditions.

The Community Simulator: A Python package for microbial ecology

The paper introduces a Python package for simulating microbial community dynamics, showing improved performance using a new EM algorithm for finding equilibrium states.

A minimal model for microbial biodiversity can reproduce experimentally observed ecological patterns

The paper shows a minimal model can reproduce ecological patterns in microbial communities observed in surveys like EMP and HMP.

The Minimum Environmental Perturbation Principle: A New Perspective on Niche Theory

The paper introduces the Minimum Environmental Perturbation Principle (MEPP) as a framework to analyze ecosystems and ecological invasions by minimizing environmental impact.

Diverse communities behave like typical random ecosystems

The paper extends May's theorem by showing that diverse ecosystems reorganize into stable states with random interactions beyond the May threshold.

Available energy fluxes drive a transition in the diversity, stability, and functional structure of microbial communities

This study shows that available energy fluxes drive a transition in microbial community diversity, stability, and function, shifting from resource-limited to preference-driven regimes.