For centuries, biologists have studied patterns of plant and animal diversity at continental
scales. Until recently, similar studies were impossible for microorganisms, arguably the most …

Aim To assess the hypothesis that free‐living prokaryotes show a pattern of 'no
biogeography'by examining the scaling of soil prokaryotic diversity and by comparing it with …

Background The study of soil biota in the context of exotic plant invasions has led to an
explosion in our understanding of the ecological roles of many different groups of microbes …

Bacteria and nutrients were determined in upper soil samples collected underneath and
between canopies of the dominant perennial in each of three sites along a steep …

Understanding controls over the distribution of soil bacteria is a fundamental step toward
describing soil ecosystems, understanding their functional capabilities, and predicting their …

Macroecology seeks to understand broad‐scale patterns in the diversity and abundance of
organisms, but macroecologists typically study aboveground macroorganisms. Belowground …

Patterns of variation in plant and animal diversity along precipitation gradients have been
extensively studied, but much less is known about how and to what extent precipitation …

The goal of this study was to investigate the spatial turnover of soil bacterial communities in
response to environmental changes introduced by the practices of soybean monoculture or …

Alt'itudinal gradients strongly affect plant biodiversity, but the effects on microbial patterns
remain unclear, especially in the large scale. We therefore designed an altitudinal gradient …

The existence of biogeographic patterns among most free-living microbial taxa has been
well established, yet little is known about the underlying mechanisms that shape these …