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Ecological drivers of the colon cancer microbiome: evidence for niche-based selection over stochastic colonization [PDF]

Frontiers in Oncology
Colon cancer is a leading global malignancy influenced by genetic, environmental, and microbial factors. This study integrates ecological theories, including Hubbell’s neutral theory, augmented by Ning et al.’s (2019, PNAS) stochasticity analysis ...
Wei Su, Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Zhanshan (Sam) Ma   +2 more
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Long Term Interactions of Native and Invasive Species in a Marine Protected Area Suggest Complex Cascading Effects Challenging Conservation Outcomes

Diversity, 2021
Understanding the interactions among invasive species, native species and marine protected areas (MPAs), and the long-term regime shifts in MPAs is receiving increased attention, since biological invasions can alter the structure and functioning of the ...
Charalampos Dimitriadis, Ivoni Fournari-Konstantinidou, Laurent Sourbès, Drosos Koutsoubas, Stelios Katsanevakis   +4 more
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New social media and the displacement effect: University student and staff inter-generational differences in Taiwan

Cogent Social Sciences, 2022
This study examines the displacement-reinforcement effects of social media. In referring to research framework of the satisfaction-attitudes-loyalty (SAL) chain, our model is centred on social media users, and tests the causal relationships among three ...
Chaang-Iuan Ho, Yu-Hwa Chen, Jui-Yuan Chu   +2 more
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A New Evaluation Method for Product Service System Scheme Based on Analytic Network Process and Niche Theory

IEEE Access, 2022
In reservation to enhance the enforceability of the product service system scheme and avoid the waste of time and resources caused by the improper design of the scheme, it is necessary to evaluate the scheme effectively before the implementation of the ...
Zhen Yin
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Analysing species abundance distribution patterns across sampling scales in three natural forests in Northeastern China

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2020
Understanding how and why species abundance distributions (SADs) vary with sampling scale has been a long-standing issue in ecology. By fitting various SAD models with observations collected in three large forest field plots, the objective of this study ...
Tan L, Zhang P, Zhao X, Fan C, Zhang C, Yan Y, Von Gadow K   +6 more
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Developing a Conceptual Partner Matching Framework for Digital Green Innovation of Agricultural High-End Equipment Manufacturing System Toward Agriculture 5.0: A Novel Niche Field Model Combined With Fuzzy VIKOR

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Digital green innovation (DGI) is the core factor that affects the digitalization and decarbonization strategy of agricultural high-end equipment manufacturing (AHEM) system.
Shi Yin, Shi Yin, Yuexia Wang, Junfeng Xu   +3 more
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Non-deterministic reef fish community assembly in an upwelling-influenced transitional subprovince of the southwestern Atlantic

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
There are two major theories for setting up ecological communities, the Niche Theory and the Neutral Theory. Both seek to explain the main factors that form a community, which is a great challenge, since each community has its particularities and the ...
Emily A. A. Carnaúba, Lorena de M. J. Gomes, Gabriel S. Garcia, Cesar A. M. M. Cordeiro, Thiago C. Mendes, Carlos E. L. Ferreira, Douglas F. M. Gherardi   +6 more
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A Cross-Scale Neutral Theory Approach to the Influence of Obesity on Community Assembly of Human Gut Microbiome

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Background: The implications of gut microbiome to obesity have been extensively investigated in recent years although the exact mechanism is still unclear. The question whether or not obesity influences gut microbiome assembly has not been addressed. The
Wendy Li, Yali Yuan, Yali Yuan, Yao Xia, Yao Xia, Yang Sun, Yinglei Miao, Sam Ma, Sam Ma   +8 more
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Productivity, niche availability, species richness, and extinction risk: Untangling relationships using individual‐based simulations

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
It has often been suggested that the productivity of an ecosystem affects the number of species that it can support. Despite decades of study, the nature, extent, and underlying mechanisms of this relationship are unclear. One suggested mechanism is the “
Euan N. Furness, Russell J. Garwood, Philip D. Mannion, Mark D. Sutton   +3 more
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Changes in the Distribution Preference of Soil Microbial Communities During Secondary Succession in a Temperate Mountain Forest

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Soil microbes play a crucial role in a forest ecosystem. However, whether the distribution of bacteria and fungi in different forest succession stages is random or following ecological specialization remains to be further studied.
Peikun Li, Peikun Li, Jian Zhang, Jian Zhang, Senlin Wang, Panpan Zhang, Panpan Zhang, Wenju Chen, Shengyan Ding, Shengyan Ding, Jingjing Xi   +10 more
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