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This study uses the microorganisms found in the floral nectar of the sticky monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus) and Warrior plume (Pedicularis densiflora) to ask basic questions about how ecological communities assemble.

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Anthropogenic activities changed our planet over the course of the Holocene, but the scale of human impacts increased dramatically around the mid-20^th century, representing the start of the Anthropocene.

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Escherichia coli is a common resident of most vertebrate guts, including humans. It assists with vitamin production and prevents colonization of harmful bacteria. But E. coli can also make us sick.

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The Jasper Ridge Eddy Flux station provides data that can be used to address questions that span many different times scales and spatial scales:  1) how do different ecosystems respond to environmental changes?  2) how do changes in ecosystem metabolism feed back to affect the environment?