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Pre-exposure to disturbance enhances species resilience and protects from change

Authors: Cairns, Johannes

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Publishing place: BERLIN

Publication year: 2025

Journal: Nature Ecology and Evolution

Journal name in source: Nature Ecology & Evolution

Journal acronym: NAT ECOL EVOL

Volume: 9

First page : 374

Last page: 375

Number of pages: 2

eISSN: 2397-334X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02625-z

Web address : https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02625-z

Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/485094568

Abstract

In a serial passage experiment with a 23-species model microbial community, we found that higher dispersal led to stronger spread of the effects of antibiotic disturbance across a metacommunity. This effect was cancelled by protecting the species from the disturbance through adaptation.