The increasing availability of phylogenetic data, computing power and informatics tools has
facilitated a rapid expansion of studies that apply phylogenetic data and methods to …

Aim To review published evidence regarding the factors that influence the geographic
variation in diversity of soil organisms at different spatial scales. Location Global. Methods A …

The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most recognized global patterns of
species richness exhibited across a wide range of taxa. Numerous hypotheses have been …

The search for predictions of species diversity across environmental gradients has
challenged ecologists for decades. The humped-back model (HBM) suggests that plant …

Although experiments show a positive association between vascular plant and arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) species richness, evidence from natural ecosystems is scarce …

Aim Global patterns in primary productivity in natural ecosystems are important for
interpreting ecological processes and patterns of biodiversity. Net primary productivity (NPP) …

Co‐existence theories fail to adequately explain observed community patterns (diversity and
composition) because they mainly address local extinctions. For a more complete …

Environmental heterogeneity is among the most important factors governing community
structure. Besides the widespread evidence supporting positive relationships between …

Despite widespread acknowledgement that local ecological communities are profoundly
shaped by regional‐scale influences, including evolutionary and biogeographic processes …

Resolving contingencies in community ecology requires comparative studies of local
communities along broad-scale environmental gradients and in different biogeographic …