Species sorting: Difference between revisions

'''Species sorting''' is a mechanism in the [[metacommunity]] framework of [[ecology]] whereby environmental [[species]] abundances can be tied to the abundance of available resources at a location in the environment, environmental filtering, and the interplay between a species ability to disperse to a particular [[habitat]].<ref name="SzékelyçandLangenheder2013">Székely, A.J., Langenheder, S., 2013. The importance of species sorting differs between habitat generalists and specialists in bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87, 102-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12195</ref>