Gut microbial communities (microbiomes) profoundly shape the ecology and evolution of
multicellular life. Interactions between host and microbiome appear to be reciprocal, and …

Biological communities within lake surface sediments play a vital role in biogeochemical
cycling and ecosystem services. Knowledge on abundance‐occupancy patterns and …

Microorganisms have the potential to affect plant seed germination and seedling fitness,
ultimately impacting plant health and community dynamics. Because seed-associated …

Most of our understanding of island diversity comes from the study of aboveground systems,
while the patterns and processes of diversification and community assembly for …

Understanding the mechanisms that drive the change of biotic assemblages over space and
time is the main quest of community ecology. Assessing the relative importance of dispersal …

Soils harbour a rich arthropod fauna, but many species are still not formally described
(Linnaean shortfall) and the distribution of those already described is poorly understood …

How the four major processes affecting community assembly—selection, dispersal, drift, and
diversification—solely or jointly shape co-occurring assemblages of macro-and …

The large taxonomic variability of microbial community composition is a consequence of the
combination of environmental variability, mediated through ecological interactions, and …

The soil environment contains a large, but historically underexplored, reservoir of
biodiversity. Sequencing prokaryotic marker genes has become commonplace for the …

The structure and diversity of microbial communities are intrinsically hierarchical due to the
shared evolutionary history of their constituents. This history is typically captured through …