The spatial scaling of biodiversity, such as the taxa-area relationship (TAR) and distance-
decay relationship (DDR), is a typical ecological pattern that is followed by both microbes …

Uncovering the mechanisms driving patterns of diversity across space and through time is of
critical importance in microbial community ecology. Previous studies suggest that …

Aim Revealing the ecological mechanisms driving the diversity patterns of microbial
communities across space and through time is an essential issue in microbial biogeography …

Even in the vertical dimension, soil bacterial communities are spatially distributed in a
distance-decay relationship (DDR). However, whether this pattern is universal among all soil …

Understanding the mechanisms that generate and regulate bacterial biodiversity is a key
focus of microbial ecology. Indeed, understanding how bacterial communities will respond to …

Microorganisms operate at a range of spatial and temporal scales acting as key drivers of
ecosystem properties. Therefore, many key questions in microbial ecology require the …

The taxa–area relationship (TAR) and the distance–decay relationship (DDR) both describe
spatial turnover of taxa and are central patterns of biodiversity. Here, we compared TAR and …

The way strong environmental gradients shape multispecific assemblages has allowed us to
examine a suite of ecological and evolutionary hypotheses about structure, regulation and …

Aim Data and analyses of elevational gradients in diversity have been central to the
development and evaluation of a range of general theories of biodiversity. Elevational …

Background Understanding community assembly mechanisms across taxa and space is
fundamental for microbial ecology. However, the variability and determinants of assembly …