We investigated the relationship between taxonomy and functioning of soil bacterial
communities in soils from a Mediterranean holm oak forest using a high-throughput DNA …

Even though recent studies have clarified the influence and hierarchy of environmental
filters on bacterial community structure, those constraining bacterial populations variations …

Forests are essential biomes for global biogeochemical cycles, and belowground
microorganisms have a key role in providing relevant ecosystem services. To predict the …

Several reports have highlighted that forest soil samples are more phylum‐rich than
agricultural soil samples. However, little is known about the structure and richness of the …

Quantifying diversity with phylogeny-informed metrics helps understand the effects of
diversity on ecosystem functioning (EF). The sign of these effects remains controversial …

Changes in the diversity and structure of soil microbial communities may offer a key to
understanding the impact of environmental factors on soil quality in agriculturally managed …

To gain insight into the factors driving the structure of bacterial communities in soil, we
applied real-time PCR, PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoreses, and phylogenetic …

Bacteria have been inferred to exhibit relatively weak biogeographic patterns. To what
extent such findings reflect true biological phenomena or methodological artifacts remains …

Soil bacteria provide a large range of ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling. Despite
their important role in soil systems, compositional and functional responses of bacterial …

There is considerable debate regarding how the taxonomic diversity of microbial
communities relates to the functional diversity across space while similar questions have …