Microorganisms are a promising means to address many societal sustainability challenges
owing to their ability to thrive in diverse environments and interface with the microscale …

Microorganisms are the primary engines of biogeochemical processes and foundational to
the provisioning of ecosystem services to human society. Free‐living microbial communities …

Microbial communities are not the easiest to manipulate experimentally in natural
ecosystems. However, leaf litter—topmost layer of surface soil—is uniquely suitable to …

The atmosphere may be Earth's largest microbial ecosystem. It is connected to all of Earth's
surface ecosystems and plays an important role in microbial dispersal on local to global …

Constructed wetlands are an efficient and cost-effective method of restoring degraded
wetlands, in which the microorganisms present make a significant contribution to the …

Background The processes that shape microbial biogeography are not well understood, and
concepts that apply to macroorganisms, like dispersal barriers, may not affect …

The long-term success of introduced populations depends on their initial size and ability to
compete against existing residents, but it remains unclear how these factors collectively …

Revegetation of barren substrates is often determined by the composition and distance of
the nearest plant community, serving as a source of colonising propagules. Whether such …

The outcomes of species introductions depend on both propagule size and resource
competition, but the effects of these factors are inconsistent across community contexts …

Microbial communities play fundamental roles in ecosystem functioning and are an essential
biological component of soil environments. Therefore, determining the relative importance of …