Local dispersal promotes biodiversity in a real-life game of rock-paper-scissors.

Authors :: Kerr, Benjamin
Riley, Margaret A.
Feldman, Marcus W.
Bohannan, Brendan J.M.
Source :: Nature. 7/11/2002, Vol. 418 Issue 6894, p171. 4p. 1 Color Photograph, 2 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Focuses on a study which developed a non-transitive model community of the species of Escherichia coli to identify mechanisms in biodiversity. Competition among species and the ecological process of dispersal and interaction; Importance of localized processes to coexistence in natural communities.

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