[HTML][HTML] From diversity to complexity: Microbial networks in soils

K Guseva, S Darcy, E Simon, LV Alteio… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Network analysis has been used for many years in ecological research to analyze
organismal associations, for example in food webs, plant-plant or plant-animal interactions …

Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability

MM Yuan, X Guo, L Wu, YA Zhang, N Xiao… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Unravelling the relationships between network complexity and stability under changing
climate is a challenging topic in theoretical ecology that remains understudied in the field of …

Co‐occurrence is not evidence of ecological interactions

FG Blanchet, K Cazelles, D Gravel - Ecology Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a rich amount of information in co‐occurrence (presence–absence) data that could
be used to understand community assembly. This proposition first envisioned by Forbes …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological stability of microbial communities in Lake Donghu regulated by keystone taxa

S Liu, H Yu, Y Yu, J Huang, Z Zhou, J Zeng, P Chen… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seasonal variations of environmental factors generally result in considerable changes in
microbiomes, yet we still lack a clear understanding of how microbial communities maintain …

Dung beetle–mammal associations: methods, research trends and future directions

EH Raine, EM Slade - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dung beetles are increasingly used as a study taxon—both as bioindicators of
environmental change, and as a model system for exploring ecosystem functioning. The …

The challenge of novel abiotic conditions for species undergoing climate‐induced range shifts

AR Spence, MW Tingley - Ecography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coincident with recent global warming, species have shifted their geographic distributions to
cooler environments, generally by moving along thermal axes to higher latitudes, higher …

[HTML][HTML] Grassland degradation-induced declines in soil fungal complexity reduce fungal community stability and ecosystem multifunctionality

S Luo, GK Png, NJ Ostle, H Zhou, X Hou, C Luo… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms are major regulators of ecosystem functioning and are under threat
from human-induced disturbances. Among these threats is grassland degradation, which is …

[PDF][PDF] Resolution in species distribution models shapes spatial patterns of plant multifaceted diversity

Y Chauvier, P Descombes, M Guéguen… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are statistical tools that relate species observations to
environmental conditions to retrieve ecological niches and predict species' potential …

Coexistence patterns of soil methanogens are closely tied to methane generation and community assembly in rice paddies

D Li, H Ni, S Jiao, Y Lu, J Zhou, B Sun, Y Liang - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Soil methanogens participate in complex interactions, which determine the
community structures and functions. Studies continue to seek the coexistence patterns of soil …

Towards exhaustive community ecology via DNA metabarcoding

GF Ficetola, P Taberlet - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Exhaustive biodiversity data, covering all the taxa in an environment, would be fundamental
to understand how global changes influence organisms living at different trophic levels, and …