Soon the scientific keywords of the 1990s will be listed. Biodiversity will be among the words
selected and it will be ranking high. After a lag time of several years, as compared to zoology …

The premiere two-volume reference on revelations from studying complex microbial
communities in many distinct habitats Metagenomics is an emerging field that has changed …

Although ongoing research has revealed some of the main drivers behind global spatial
patterns of microbial communities, spatio-temporal dynamics of these communities still …

Bacterial systematists face unique challenges when trying to identify ecologically meaningful
units of biological diversity. Whereas plant and animal systematists are guided by a theory …

Publisher Summary This chapter summarizes the knowledge about the distribution of soil
biota from geographic differences at the regional and global scale down to variability in …

The profound influence of microorganisms on human life and global biogeochemical cycles
underlines the value of studying the biogeography of microorganisms, exploring microbial …

This book covers the ecological activities of microbes in the biosphere with an emphasis on
microbial interactions within their environments and communities In thirteen concise and …

The emergence of high-throughput DNA sequencing methods provides unprecedented
opportunities to further unravel bacterial biodiversity and its worldwide role from human …

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

Water and nutrient availability are the major limiting factors of biological activity in arid and
semiarid ecosystems. Therefore, perennial plants have developed different ecophysiological …