Advances, challenges and a developing synthesis of ecological community assembly theory
E Weiher, D Freund, T Bunton… - … of the Royal …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ecological approaches to community assembly have emphasized the interplay between
neutral processes, niche-based environmental filtering and niche-based species sorting in …
neutral processes, niche-based environmental filtering and niche-based species sorting in …
Sequencing our way towards understanding global eukaryotic biodiversity
Microscopic eukaryotes are abundant, diverse and fill critical ecological roles across every
ecosystem on Earth, yet there is a well-recognized gap in understanding of their global …
ecosystem on Earth, yet there is a well-recognized gap in understanding of their global …
Biodiversity soup: metabarcoding of arthropods for rapid biodiversity assessment and biomonitoring
Traditional biodiversity assessment is costly in time, money and taxonomic expertise.
Moreover, data are frequently collected in ways (eg visual bird lists) that are unsuitable for …
Moreover, data are frequently collected in ways (eg visual bird lists) that are unsuitable for …
[HTML][HTML] To denoise or to cluster, that is not the question: optimizing pipelines for COI metabarcoding and metaphylogeography
Background The recent blooming of metabarcoding applications to biodiversity studies
comes with some relevant methodological debates. One such issue concerns the treatment …
comes with some relevant methodological debates. One such issue concerns the treatment …
A methodological framework to embrace soil biodiversity
Soils host the vast majority of life on Earth including microorganisms and animals, and
supporting all terrestrial vegetation. While soil organisms are pivotal for ecosystem …
supporting all terrestrial vegetation. While soil organisms are pivotal for ecosystem …
[HTML][HTML] Soil fauna and soil functions: a jigsaw puzzle
MJI Briones - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Terrestrial ecologists and soil modelers have traditionally portrayed the inhabitants of soil as
a black box labeled as “soil fauna” or “decomposers or detritivores” assuming that they just …
a black box labeled as “soil fauna” or “decomposers or detritivores” assuming that they just …
Spatial predictions at the community level: from current approaches to future frameworks
ABSTRACT A fundamental goal of ecological research is to understand and model how
processes generate patterns so that if conditions change, changes in the patterns can be …
processes generate patterns so that if conditions change, changes in the patterns can be …
Global biodiversity assessment and hyper-cryptic species complexes: more than one species of elephant in the room?
Several recent estimates of global biodiversity have concluded that the total number of
species on Earth lies near the lower end of the wide range touted in previous decades …
species on Earth lies near the lower end of the wide range touted in previous decades …
[HTML][HTML] Life barcoded by DNA barcodes
M Guo, C Yuan, L Tao, Y Cai, W Zhang - Conservation Genetics …, 2022 - Springer
The modern concept of DNA-based barcoding for cataloguing biodiversity was proposed in
2003 by first adopting an approximately 600 bp fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene to …
2003 by first adopting an approximately 600 bp fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene to …
From metabarcoding to metaphylogeography: separating the wheat from the chaff
Metabarcoding is by now a well‐established method for biodiversity assessment in
terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. Metabarcoding data sets are usually used …
terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. Metabarcoding data sets are usually used …