Stochastic distribution of small soil eukaryotes resulting from high dispersal and drift in a local environment

M Bahram, P Kohout, S Anslan, H Harend… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
A central challenge in ecology is to understand the relative importance of processes that
shape diversity patterns. Compared with aboveground biota, little is known about spatial …

Fungal identification biases in microbiome projects

L Tedersoo, B Lindahl - Environmental microbiology reports, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi are the key players in ecosystems as well as in plant and human health. High‐
throughput molecular identification of fungi has greatly progressed our understanding about …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and saprotrophic fungal diversity are linked to different tree community attributes in a field‐based tree experiment

NH Nguyen, LJ Williams, JB Vincent… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring the link between above‐and belowground biodiversity has been a major theme of
recent ecological research, due in large part to the increasingly well‐recognized role that …

Small-scale spatial heterogeneity of ecosystem properties, microbial community composition and microbial activities in a temperate mountain forest soil

M Štursová, J Bárta, H Šantrůčková… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Forests are recognised as spatially heterogeneous ecosystems. However, knowledge of the
small-scale spatial variation in microbial abundance, community composition and activity is …

Spatial variability of microbial richness and diversity and relationships with soil organic carbon, texture and structure across an agricultural field

M Naveed, L Herath, P Moldrup, E Arthur… - Applied Soil …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although soil microorganisms play a pivotal role in delivering various ecosystem functions
and services, we are only beginning to understand how microbial communities are shaped …

[HTML][HTML] Divergent habitat filtering of root and soil fungal communities in temperate beech forests

K Goldmann, K Schröter, R Pena, I Schöning… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Distance decay, the general reduction in similarity of community composition with increasing
geographical distance, is known as predictor of spatial variation and distribution patterns of …

[HTML][HTML] Fine spatial scale variation of soil microbial communities under European beech and Norway spruce

H Nacke, K Goldmann, I Schöning, B Pfeiffer… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The complex interactions between trees and soil microbes in forests as well as their inherent
seasonal and spatial variations are poorly understood. In this study, we analyzed the effects …

[PDF][PDF] Oomycete-specific ITS primers for identification and metabarcoding

T Riit, L Tedersoo, R Drenkhan… - …, 2016 - mycokeys.pensoft.net
Microbial metabarcoding studies using high throughput sequencing technologies generate
unprecedented amounts of DNA sequence data and make it possible to determine not only …

Tree species, spatial heterogeneity, and seasonality drive soil fungal abundance, richness, and composition in Neotropical rainforests

SN Kivlin, CV Hawkes - Environmental Microbiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical ecosystems remain poorly understood and this is particularly true for belowground
soil fungi. Soil fungi may respond to plant identity when, for example, plants differentially …

Temporal changes in fungal communities associated with guts and appendages of Collembola as based on culturing and high-throughput sequencing

S Anslan, M Bahram, L Tedersoo - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to high abundance and feeding habits, invertebrates are of great importance for
shaping microbial communities at the fine scale. Springtails (Collembola) that feed on fungal …