Diversity loss in microbial ecosystems undergoing gradual environmental changes
Aviad Berger,
Maya Gatt Harari,
Avner Gross
et al.
Abstract:Microbial ecosystems in soils, oceans, and other environments are essential for global ecological stability. Environmental shifts are anticipated to trigger destabilizing events across the planet. In this study, we model how gradual environmental changes impact ecosystems, specifically when leading to a loss of diversity. We investigate how an ecosystem, within a serial-dilution setup, relaxes to a stable steady state. Our results reveal that as an ecosystem approaches its loss of diversity transition, its dyn… Show more
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