Impact of soil heat on reassembly of bacterial communities in the rhizosphere microbiome and plant disease suppression

M van der Voort, M Kempenaar, M van Driel… - Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The rhizosphere microbiome offers a range of ecosystem services to the plant, including
nutrient acquisition and tolerance to (a) biotic stress. Here, analysing the data by Mendes et …

The importance of neutral and niche processes for bacterial community assembly differs between habitat generalists and specialists

J Liao, X Cao, L Zhao, J Wang, Z Gao… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The mechanisms of community assembly are a central focus in the field of microbial ecology.
However, to what extent these mechanisms differ in importance by traits of groups is poorly …

Phytoplankton responses to temperature increases are constrained by abiotic conditions and community composition

M Striebel, S Schabhüttl, D Hodapp, P Hingsamer… - Oecologia, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Effects of temperature changes on phytoplankton communities seem to be highly
context-specific, but few studies have analyzed whether this context specificity depends on …

The beta‐diversity of species interactions: Untangling the drivers of geographic variation in plant–pollinator diversity and function across scales

LA Burkle, JA Myers, RT Belote - American journal of botany, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Geographic patterns of biodiversity have long inspired interest in
processes that shape the assembly, diversity, and dynamics of communities at different …

Changes of soil prokaryotic communities after clear-cutting in a karst forest: evidences for cutting-based disturbance promoting deterministic processes

X Zhang, S Liu, X Li, J Wang, Q Ding… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
To understand the temporal responses of soil prokaryotic communities to clear-cutting
disturbance, we examined the changes in soil bacterial and archaeal community …

Predator identity influences metacommunity assembly

NK Johnston, Z Pu, L Jiang - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2016 - JSTOR
1. Predation is among the most important biotic factors influencing natural communities, yet
we have a rather rudimentary understanding of its role in modulating metacommunity …

Aboveground and belowground arthropods experience different relative influences of stochastic versus deterministic community assembly processes following …

S Ferrenberg, AS Martinez, AM Faist - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Background Understanding patterns of biodiversity is a longstanding challenge in ecology.
Similar to other biotic groups, arthropod community structure can be shaped by deterministic …

Biorremediación de vinazas de destilerías de alcohol por microorganismos autóctonos aislados de ambientes contaminados

PM Ahmed - 2016 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
El bioetanol es el principal biocombustible producido en Argentina. En Tucumán, la
totalidad de este producto se elabora a partir de caña de azúcar con la finalidad de dar …

Predictability and constraints on the structure of ecological communities in the context of climate change

AK Barner - 2016 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
Ecologists must increasingly balance the need for accurate predictions about how
ecosystems will be affected by climate change, against the fact that making such predictions …

Effects of competition, disturbance and productivity on the dynamics of inducible trophic polymorphism in tetrahymena vorax

Y Yin - 2016 - repository.gatech.edu
Inducible trophic polymorphism enables organisms to alter their trophic level when facing
environmental changes, and therefore can ameliorate the intensity of competition. The …