In an era of ecosystem degradation and climate change, maximizing microbial functions in
agroecosystems has become a prerequisite for the future of global agriculture. However, …

Fungi represent a large proportion of the genetic diversity on Earth and fungal activity influences
the structure of plant and animal communities, as well as rates of ecosystem processes. …

Knowledge of spatiotemporal patterns in species distribution is fundamental to understanding
the ecological and evolutionary processes shaping communities. The emergence of DNA ‐…

The nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer ( ITS ) region is the formal fungal barcode
and in most cases the marker of choice for the exploration of fungal diversity in …

Recent advances in molecular approaches and DNA sequencing have greatly progressed
the field of ecology and allowed for the study of complex communities in unprecedented detail…

Identifying the ecological processes that structure communities and the consequences for
ecosystem function is a central goal of ecology. The recognition that fungi, bacteria, and …

Global species richness patterns of soil micro‐organisms remain poorly understood compared
to macro‐organisms. We use a global analysis to disentangle the global determinants of …

… The transition from arbuscular mycorrhizal forests to ectomycorrhizal forests between k = 1
and k = 2 is abrupt, which is consistent with positive feedback between climatic and biological …

Dispersal plays a prominent role in most conceptual models of community assembly.
However, direct measurement of dispersal across a whole community is difficult at ecologically …

Dispersal limitation plays an important role in a number of equilibrium and nonequilibrium
theories about community ecology. In this study we use the framework of island biogeography …