From hairballs to hypotheses–biological insights from microbial networks

L Röttjers, K Faust - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Microbial networks are an increasingly popular tool to investigate microbial community
structure, as they integrate multiple types of information and may represent systems-level …

The structure of ecological networks across levels of organization

PR Guimaraes Jr - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Interactions connect the units of ecological systems, forming networks. Individual-based
networks characterize variation in niches among individuals within populations. These …

Core species impact plant health by enhancing soil microbial cooperation and network complexity during community coalescence

Y Qiao, T Wang, Q Huang, H Guo, H Zhang… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil microbial communities mix and interact, a widespread phenomenon known as
community coalescence. However, in the context of different coalescence degrees, the …

Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality

L Qiu, Q Zhang, H Zhu, PB Reich, S Banerjee… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
While soil erosion drives land degradation, the impact of erosion on soil microbial
communities and multiple soil functions remains unclear. This hinders our ability to assess …

Environmental stress destabilizes microbial networks

DJ Hernandez, AS David, ES Menges… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Environmental stress is increasing worldwide, yet we lack a clear picture of how stress
disrupts the stability of microbial communities and the ecosystem services they provide …

Co‐occurrence is not evidence of ecological interactions

FG Blanchet, K Cazelles, D Gravel - Ecology Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a rich amount of information in co‐occurrence (presence–absence) data that could
be used to understand community assembly. This proposition first envisioned by Forbes …

Multi-kingdom ecological drivers of microbiota assembly in preterm infants

C Rao, KZ Coyte, W Bainter, RS Geha, CR Martin… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The gut microbiota of preterm infants develops predictably,,,,,–, with pioneer species
colonizing the gut after birth, followed by an ordered succession of microorganisms. The gut …

Linking soil fungi to bacterial community assembly in arid ecosystems

S Jiao, H Chu, B Zhang, X Wei, W Chen, G Wei - Imeta, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Decreased soil multifunctionality is associated with altered microbial network properties under precipitation reduction in a semiarid grassland

X Wang, Q Zhang, Z Zhang, W Li, W Liu, N **ao, H Liu… - IMeta, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Decreased precipitation significantly suppressed the nutrient provisioning, microbial growth
efficiency, LOM decomposition, and thus, the averaging multifunctionality by 42.6%(p< …

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 …