Ecology and exploration of the rare biosphere

MDJ Lynch, JD Neufeld - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
The profound influence of microorganisms on human life and global biogeochemical cycles
underlines the value of studying the biogeography of microorganisms, exploring microbial …

How do ecologists select and use indicator species to monitor ecological change? Insights from 14 years of publication in Ecological Indicators

AAH Siddig, AM Ellison, A Ochs, C Villar-Leeman… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Indicator species (IS) are used to monitor environmental changes, assess the efficacy of
management, and provide warning signals for impending ecological shifts. Though widely …

Dynamics and stabilization of the human gut microbiome during the first year of life

F Bäckhed, J Roswall, Y Peng, Q Feng, H Jia… - Cell host & …, 2015 - cell.com
The gut microbiota is central to human health, but its establishment in early life has not been
quantitatively and functionally examined. Applying metagenomic analysis on fecal samples …

Agricultural intensification reduces microbial network complexity and the abundance of keystone taxa in roots

S Banerjee, F Walder, L Büchi, M Meyer… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Root-associated microbes play a key role in plant performance and productivity, making
them important players in agroecosystems. So far, very few studies have assessed the …

[BOOK][B] Numerical ecology with R

D Borcard, F Gillet, P Legendre - 2011 - Springer
Numerical Ecology with R provides a long-awaited bridge between a textbook in Numerical
Ecology and the implementation of this discipline in the R language. After short theoretical …

[BOOK][B] Numerical ecology

P Legendre - 2012 - books.google.com
The book describes and discusses the numerical methods which are successfully being
used for analysing ecological data, using a clear and comprehensive approach. These …

Maturation of the infant microbiome community structure and function across multiple body sites and in relation to mode of delivery

DM Chu, J Ma, AL Prince, KM Antony, MD Seferovic… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Human microbial communities are characterized by their taxonomic, metagenomic and
metabolic diversity, which varies by distinct body sites and influences human physiology …

The microbiota continuum along the female reproductive tract and its relation to uterine-related diseases

C Chen, X Song, W Wei, H Zhong, J Dai, Z Lan… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Reports on bacteria detected in maternal fluids during pregnancy are typically associated
with adverse consequences, and whether the female reproductive tract harbours distinct …

Associations between species and groups of sites: indices and statistical inference

MD Cáceres, P Legendre - Ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Ecologists often face the task of studying the association between single species and one or
several groups of sites representing habitat types, community types, or other categories …

[HTML][HTML] Wild mouse gut microbiota promotes host fitness and improves disease resistance

SP Rosshart, BG Vassallo, D Angeletti, DS Hutchinson… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Laboratory mice, while paramount for understanding basic biological phenomena, are
limited in modeling complex diseases of humans and other free-living mammals. Because …