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Table 1.

Summary for full-community competitions. Data for means are across all 100 replicates for each treatment ± 2 s.e.

Treatment	Mean no. of ecotypes in final community	Mean no. of ecotypes from pre-treatment community	Mean no. of ecotypes from end-treatment community	No. of replicates where both communities are ecologically complete (/100)	No. of replicates where both communities are ecologically complete and at least one pre-treatment ecotype is present in final community
Control	5.97 ± 0.235	0.02 ± 0.028	5.95 ± 0.232	85	2
Strong Press	6.45 ± 0.238	1.62 ± 0.27	4.83 ± 0.283	56	40
Strong Pulse	6.12 ± 0.256	0.63 ± 0.179	5.49 ± 0.253	74	25
Weak Press	6.08 ± 0.221	0.06 ± 0.056	6.02 ± 0.222	85	4
Weak Pulse	5.99 ± 0.245	0.04 ± 0.056	5.95 ± 0.238	84	2

Treatment	Mean no. of ecotypes in final community	Mean no. of ecotypes from pre-treatment community	Mean no. of ecotypes from end-treatment community	No. of replicates where both communities are ecologically complete (/100)	No. of replicates where both communities are ecologically complete and at least one pre-treatment ecotype is present in final community
Control	5.97 ± 0.235	0.02 ± 0.028	5.95 ± 0.232	85	2
Strong Press	6.45 ± 0.238	1.62 ± 0.27	4.83 ± 0.283	56	40
Strong Pulse	6.12 ± 0.256	0.63 ± 0.179	5.49 ± 0.253	74	25
Weak Press	6.08 ± 0.221	0.06 ± 0.056	6.02 ± 0.222	85	4
Weak Pulse	5.99 ± 0.245	0.04 ± 0.056	5.95 ± 0.238	84	2