Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across …

RJ Rolls, DC Deane, SE Johnson, J Heino… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biotic homogenisation is defined as decreasing dissimilarity among ecological assemblages
sampled within a given spatial area over time. Biotic differentiation, in turn, is defined as …

Towards an integrative understanding of soil biodiversity

MP Thakur, HRP Phillips, U Brose… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soil is one of the most biodiverse terrestrial habitats. Yet, we lack an integrative conceptual
framework for understanding the patterns and mechanisms driving soil biodiversity. One of …

Linking bacterial-fungal relationships to microbial diversity and soil nutrient cycling

S Jiao, Z Peng, J Qi, J Gao, G Wei - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biodiversity is important for supporting ecosystem functioning. To evaluate the factors
contributing to the strength of microbial diversity-function relationships in complex terrestrial …

Soil origin and plant genotype structure distinct microbiome compartments in the model legume Medicago truncatula

SP Brown, MA Grillo, JC Podowski, KD Heath - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background Understanding the genetic and environmental factors that structure plant
microbiomes is necessary for leveraging these interactions to address critical needs in …

Difficulty in inferring microbial community structure based on co-occurrence network approaches

H Hirano, K Takemoto - BMC bioinformatics, 2019 - Springer
Background Co-occurrence networks—ecological associations between sampled
populations of microbial communities inferred from taxonomic composition data obtained …

Microbiome of vineyard soils is shaped by geography and management

E Coller, A Cestaro, R Zanzotti, D Bertoldi, M Pindo… - Microbiome, 2019 - Springer
Background Despite their importance as a reservoir of biodiversity, the factors shaping soil
microbial communities and the extent by which these are impacted by cultivation are still …

Large‐scale drivers of relationships between soil microbial properties and organic carbon across Europe

LC Smith, A Orgiazzi, N Eisenhauer… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Quantify direct and indirect relationships between soil microbial community properties
(potential basal respiration, microbial biomass) and abiotic factors (soil, climate) in three …

Microbial macroecology: In search of mechanisms governing microbial biogeographic patterns

X Xu, N Wang, D Lipson, R Sinsabaugh… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Rapidly advancing technologies and accumulating information about microbial
communities across the globe allow the quantification of microbial properties and functions …

Soil characteristics and land-use drive bacterial community assembly patterns

SE Barnett, ND Youngblut… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Land-use and soil characteristics drive variation in soil community composition, but the
influences of these factors on dispersal and community assembly at regional scale remain …

Forest-to-agriculture conversion in Amazon drives soil microbial communities and N-cycle

LF Merloti, LW Mendes, A Pedrinho… - Soil Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms play an important role in the N cycle; however, these communities are
sensitive to soil disturbances. Understanding the influence of anthropogenic activities on soil …