alternative equilibria

Metacommunity Structure: Synergy of Biotic Interactions as Selective Agents and Dispersal as Fuel

The relative importance of regional and local processes in determining community structure is a long-standing problem in community ecology. This is especially problematic in communities from highly connected habitats, which undergo two opposing …

Zooplankton community structure and environmental conditions in a set of interconnected ponds

We studied the zooplankton community structure in a set of 33 interconnected shallow ponds that are restricted to a relatively small area (‘De Maten’, Genk, Belgium, 200 ha). As the ponds share the same water source, geology and history, and as the …