Ecological Archives E088-051-A1

Marc William Cadotte. 2007. Competition–colonization trade-offs and disturbance effects at multiple scales. Ecology 88:823–829.

Appendix A. Disturbance treatments used in the microcosm experiment.

Treatment

No. patches removed

Frequency (per week)

Disturbances per week

Total no. disturbances

Control

0

0

0

0

One disturbance on week 4

1

0.25

0.25

1

One disturbance every 3rd week

1

0.33

0.33

2

One disturbance every 2nd week

1

0.5

0.5

3

One disturbance per week

1

1

1

7

Two disturbances once every 2nd week

2

0.5

1

7

Two disturbances per week

2

1

2

14

One disturbance twice per week

1

2

2

15

Three disturbances per week

3

1

3

21

Two disturbances twice per week

2

2

4

28

Three disturbances twice per week

3

2

6

42



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