A shift from competition to facilitation amplifies the temperature-dependence of microbial community respiration
F. C. Garcia, T. Clegg, D. Barrios-O'Neill, R. Warfield, S. Pawar, G. Yvon-Durocher
The paper develops a mathematical model predicting increased thermal sensitivity of microbial respiration with shifts from competition to facilitation, validated experimentally in bacterial communities.
bioRxiv · Apr 15, 2021 · PreprintEcology