Microbial Ecology
POPULATION
SELECTION WITHIN
COMMUNITIES
, Population selection within
communities Lecture
4: r strategists & k strategists
Population selection within communities
Microorganisms have evolved strategies that enable them to
successfully survive
and maintain themselves within communities.
One artificial scheme for viewing these strategies classifies organisms
along an r-K
gradient.
The terms r and K are derived from the differential equation for growth
of a
population.
POPULATION
SELECTION WITHIN
COMMUNITIES
, Population selection within
communities Lecture
4: r strategists & k strategists
Population selection within communities
Microorganisms have evolved strategies that enable them to
successfully survive
and maintain themselves within communities.
One artificial scheme for viewing these strategies classifies organisms
along an r-K
gradient.
The terms r and K are derived from the differential equation for growth
of a
population.