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SUBMITTER: Grilli J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7506021 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200921 1
How the coexistence of many species is maintained is a fundamental and unresolved question in ecology. Coexistence is a puzzle because we lack a mechanistic understanding of the variation in species presence and abundance. Whether variation in ecological communities is driven by deterministic or random processes is one of the most controversial issues in ecology. Here, I study the variation of species presence and abundance in microbial communities from a macroecological standpoint. I identify t ...[more]