Dispersal promotes stability and persistence of exploited yeast mutualisms.

ABSTRACT: Multispecies mutualistic interactions are ubiquitous and essential in nature, yet they face several threats, many of which have been exacerbated in the Anthropocene era. Understanding the factors that drive the stability and persistence of mutualism has become increasingly important in light of global change. Although dispersal is widely recognized as a crucial spatially explicit process in maintaining biodiversity and community structure, knowledge about how the dispersal of mutualists contributes to the persistence of mutualistic systems remains limited. In this study, we used a synthetic mutualism formed by genetically modified budding yeast to investigate the effect of dispersal on the persistence and stability of mutualisms under exploitation. We found that dispersal increased the per

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11778857 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature