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DrEmmaRansome

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences

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Sir Alexander Fleming BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Rivett:2018:10.1111/ele.12916,
author = {Rivett, D and Jones, M and Ramoneda, J and Mombrikotb, S and Ransome, E and Bell, TDC},
doi = {10.1111/ele.12916},
journal = {Ecology Letters},
pages = {516--524},
title = {Elevated success of multispecies bacterial invasions impacts community composition during ecological succession},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12916},
volume = {21},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Successful microbial invasions are determined by a species’ ability to occupy a niche in the new habitat whilst resisting competitive exclusion by the resident community. Despite the recognised importance of biotic factors in determining the invasiveness of microbial communities, the success and impact of multiple concurrent invaders on the resident community has not been examined. Simultaneous invasions might have synergistic effects, for example if resident species need to exhibit divergent phenotypes to compete with the invasive populations. We used three phylogenetically diverse bacterial species to invade two compositionally distinct communities in a controlled, naturalised in vitro system. By initiating the invader introductions at different stages of succession, we could disentangle the relative importance of resident community structure, invader diversity and time preinvasion. Our results indicate that multiple invaders increase overall invasion success, but do not alter the successional trajectory of the whole community.
AU  - Rivett,D
AU  - Jones,M
AU  - Ramoneda,J
AU  - Mombrikotb,S
AU  - Ransome,E
AU  - Bell,TDC
DO  - 10.1111/ele.12916
EP  - 524
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1461-023X
SP  - 516
TI  - Elevated success of multispecies bacterial invasions impacts community composition during ecological succession
T2  - Ecology Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12916
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.12916
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/56879
VL  - 21
ER  -
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