Microbial communities often exhibit incredible taxonomic diversity, raising questions
regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of this diversity in …

The ecology of forest soils is an important field of research due to the role of forests as
carbon sinks. Consequently, a significant amount of information has been accumulated …

Microbial communities are responsible for biological wastewater treatment, but our
knowledge of their diversity and function is still poor. Here, we sequence more than 5 million …

Revealing the linkages between community assembly and species coexistence, which is
crucial for the understanding of ecosystem diversity and functioning, is a fundamental but …

Unraveling the influence of community assembly processes on soil ecosystem functioning
presents a major challenge in the field of theoretical ecology, as it has received limited …

Revealing the roles of biotic factors in driving community assembly, which is crucial for the
understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem functions, is a fundamental but infrequently …

Soils support an immense portion of Earth's biodiversity and maintain multiple ecosystem
functions which are essential for human well-being. Environmental thresholds are known to …

The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) health impacts animal productivity. The poultry microbiome
has functions which range from protection against pathogens and nutrients production, to …

Ecological succession and the balance between stochastic and deterministic processes are
two major themes within microbial ecology, but these conceptual domains have mostly …

Background The relative importance of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial
communities is unclear, as are the possible influences that alter the balance between these …