Emergence of alternative stable states in microbial communities in a fluctuating environment
V. L. Andersen Woltz, C. I. Abreu, J. Friedman, J. Gore
The paper shows that environmental fluctuations can lead to alternative stable states in microbial communities, with outcomes dependent on initial conditions and not timing, confirmed by both experiments and a Lotka-Volterra model.
bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2019Ecology