Niche and metabolic principles explain patterns of diversity and distribution: theory and a case study with soil bacterial communities

JG Okie, DJ Van Horn, D Storch… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The causes of biodiversity patterns are controversial and elusive due to complex
environmental variation, covarying changes in communities, and lack of baseline and null …

Patterns of earthworm, enchytraeid and nematode diversity and community structure in urban soils of different ages

J Amossé, K Dózsa-Farkas, G Boros, G Rochat… - European Journal of Soil …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Annelids (Lumbricidae and Enchytraeidae) and nematodes are common soil
organisms and play important roles in organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling and …

Soil nematodes show a mid-elevation diversity maximum and elevational zonation on Mt. Norikura, Japan

K Dong, I Moroenyane, B Tripathi, D Kerfahi… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Little is known about how nematode ecology differs across elevational gradients. We
investigated the soil nematode community along a~ 2,200 m elevational range on Mt …

Soil nematode communities vary among populations of the iconic desert plant, Welwitschia mirabilis

AM Treonis, E Marais, G Maggs-Kölling - Pedobiologia, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Scattered throughout the Namib Desert of Namibia are populations of Welwitschia
mirabilis, a unique, low-lying, and slow-growing gymnosperm plant. We studied soils under …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of soil nematodes along an altitudinal gradient in the cold temperate zone of China

F Shen, C Chen, Y Zhang, L Ji, H Liu, L Yang - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As important components of the cosmopolitan soil biota, soil nematodes are found at
multiple trophic levels of the belowground food web and play an important role in soil …

Soil organic matter determines the distribution and abundance of nematodes on alluvial fans in Death Valley, California

AM Treonis, KA Sutton, SK Unangst, JE Wren… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Death Valley, located within the Mojave Desert of the United States, is one of the most
extreme terrestrial environments on Earth. We studied free‐living soil nematode abundance …

Natural ecosystem heterogeneity diversity and functioning of nematode communities in a semi-desert ecosystem in Mexico

HH Mejía-Madrid, S Sánchez-Moreno - Applied Soil Ecology, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to detect the heterogeneity of diversity in seasonal, site,
tree species, and soil properties' effects on structural and functional attributes of the …

Sampling methods affect Nematode-Trapping Fungi biodiversity patterns across an elevational gradient

W Deng, JL Wang, MB Scott, YH Fang, SR Liu… - BMC microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Background Understanding the patterns of species richness across elevational gradients is
a key concept for contemporary research in ecology and evolution, and critical to …

海拔与林隙对色季拉山急尖长苞冷杉林土壤线虫群落的影响

高宛宛, 侯磊, 卢杰, 任毅华 - 生态学杂志, 2024 - cje.net.cn
为了解青藏高原高寒森林土壤线虫对海拔及林隙的响应, 选取藏东南色季拉山急尖长苞冷杉林为
研究区, 采用高通量测序技术分析森林内不同海拔和林隙下土壤线虫群落差异. 结果表明 …

Population density of plant-parasitic nematodes in rice fields associated with environmental variables in Malang, Indonesia

H Tarno, J Sipayung, Y Setiawan, AM Putra… - Cogent Food & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) are significant agricultural pests that cause substantial
crop losses globally. This study investigated the abundance and distribution of PPNs …