Studying patterns of species distributions along elevation gradients is frequently used to
identify the primary factors that determine the distribution, diversity and assembly of species …

Spatial scaling and determinism of the wide-scale distribution of macroorganism diversity
has been largely demonstrated over a century. For microorganisms, and especially for soil …

Although many studies have investigated the spatial scaling of microbial communities living
in surface soils, very little is known about the patterns within deeper strata, nor is the …

Aim To review published evidence regarding the factors that influence the geographic
variation in diversity of soil organisms at different spatial scales. Location Global. Methods A …

Ecological understandings of soil bacterial community succession and assembly
mechanism along elevational gradients in mountains remain not well understood. Here, by …

Despite recognition of the importance of soil bacteria to terrestrial ecosystem functioning
there is little consensus on the factors regulating belowground biodiversity. Here we present …

Very little is known about the spatial organization of soil microbes across scales that are
relevant both to microbial function and to field-based processes. The spatial distributions of …

Plant range expansion is occurring at a rapid pace, largely in response to human-induced
climate warming. Although the movement of plants along latitudinal and altitudinal gradients …

Microbial communities play a major role in disease, biogeochemical cycling, agriculture, and
bioremediation. However, identifying the ecological processes that govern microbial …

Soil microorganisms dominate terrestrial biogeochemical cycles; however, we know very
little about their spatial distribution and how changes in the distributions of specific groups of …