Flooding and hydrologic connectivity modulate community assembly in a dynamic river-floodplain ecosystem
s. Larsen, U. Karaus, C. Claret, F. Sporka, L. Hamerlik, K. Tockner
This study examines how flooding and hydrologic connectivity affect community assembly in a river-floodplain ecosystem, finding that deterministic processes dominate during stable periods but stochastic processes increase after flooding.
bioRxiv · Feb 21, 2019Ecology