Plant and animal diversity generally increases with increasing environmental heterogeneity.
Here, we test whether this relationship also holds for bacterial communities in soil …

Many soils are deep, yet soil below 20 cm remains largely unexplored. Exotic plants can
have shallower roots than native species, so their impact on microorganisms is anticipated …

Over the last two decades, a considerable effort has been made to decipher the
biogeography of soil microbial communities as a whole, from small to broad scales. In …

Functional and biogeographical properties of soil microbial communities in urban
ecosystems are poorly understood despite their role in metabolic processes underlying …

Tropical forests are being rapidly altered by logging and cleared for agriculture.
Understanding the effects of these land use changes on soil bacteria, which constitute a …

Spatial heterogeneity is an inherent feature of soils that has significant functional
implications, particularly when the activities of soil microbial communities are considered …

Microbial communities in soils may change in accordance with distance, season, climate,
soil texture and other environmental parameters. Microbial diversity patterns have been …

Microbial colonization and growth can have significant impacts on the built environment,
resulting in a range of effects, from discolouration and staining to biodeterioration and …

Microbial species have different niche breadth, leading to distinct habitat ranges. Specialists
have narrow niche breadth and high habitat specificity in comparison with the generalists …

While the effects of habitat size and isolation have been successfully studied for macro‐
organisms, there is currently debate about their relative importance in explaining patterns of …