Redundancy analysis: A Swiss Army Knife for landscape genomics

T Capblancq, BR Forester - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape genomics identifies how spatial and environmental factors structure the amount
and distribution of genetic variation among populations. Landscape genomic analyses have …

Finding the genomic basis of local adaptation: pitfalls, practical solutions, and future directions

S Hoban, JL Kelley, KE Lotterhos… - The American …, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Uncovering the genetic and evolutionary basis of local adaptation is a major focus of
evolutionary biology. The recent development of cost-effective methods for obtaining high …

Balance between community assembly processes mediates species coexistence in agricultural soil microbiomes across eastern China

S Jiao, Y Yang, Y Xu, J Zhang, Y Lu - The ISME Journal, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Revealing the linkages between community assembly and species coexistence, which is
crucial for the understanding of ecosystem diversity and functioning, is a fundamental but …

Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests

MJP Sullivan, SL Lewis, K Affum-Baffoe, C Castilho… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The sensitivity of tropical forest carbon to climate is a key uncertainty in predicting global
climate change. Although short-term drying and warming are known to affect forests, it is …

Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes

MG Betts, C Wolf, WJ Ripple, B Phalan, KA Millers… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Global biodiversity loss is a critical environmental crisis, yet the lack of spatial data on
biodiversity threats has hindered conservation strategies. Theory predicts that abrupt …

Comparing methods for detecting multilocus adaptation with multivariate genotype–environment associations

BR Forester, JR Lasky, HH Wagner… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying adaptive loci can provide insight into the mechanisms underlying local
adaptation. Genotype–environment association (GEA) methods, which identify these loci …

Differential soil fungus accumulation and density dependence of trees in a subtropical forest

L Chen, NG Swenson, N Ji, X Mi, H Ren, L Guo, K Ma - Science, 2019 - science.org
The mechanisms underlying interspecific variation in conspecific negative density
dependence (CNDD) are poorly understood. Using a multilevel modeling approach, we …

Organism body size structures the soil microbial and nematode community assembly at a continental and global scale

L Luan, Y Jiang, M Cheng, F Dini-Andreote… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Body size is a key life-history trait that influences community assembly by affecting how
ecological processes operate at the organism level. However, the extent to which the …

Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

J Davison, M Moora, M Semchenko… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a globally distributed group of soil organisms that
play critical roles in ecosystem function. However, the ecological niches of individual AM …

Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism

J Davison, M Moora, M Öpik, A Adholeya, L Ainsaar… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The global biogeography of microorganisms remains largely unknown, in contrast to the well-
studied diversity patterns of macroorganisms. We used arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus …