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

Soil microbial communities are essential for ecosystem function, but linking community
composition to biogeochemical processes is challenging because of high microbial diversity …

Although widely used in ecology, comparative analyses of diversity and niche properties are
still lacking for microorganisms, especially focusing on niche variations. Quantifying the …

Soil microbial communities play a key role in ecosystem functioning but still little is known
about the processes that determine their turnover (β‐diversity) along ecological gradients …

A central aim of community ecology is to understand how local species diversity is shaped.
Agricultural activities are reshaping and filtering soil biodiversity and communities; however …

Soil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated
with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to …

The high diversity of soil bacteria is attributed to the spatial complexity of soil systems, where
habitat heterogeneity promotes niche partitioning among bacterial taxa. This premise …

Aim Microbial diversity is one of the most important factors for maintaining the performance
of multiple functions in soils (multifunctionality). However, existing studies typically consider …

The historical conditions under which bacterial lineages evolve determine their functional
traits, and consequently their contribution to ecosystem functions (EFs). Under significant …

Habitat specialization underpins biological processes from species distributions to
speciation. However, organisms are often described as specialists or generalists based on a …