Aligning the measurement of microbial diversity with macroecological theory

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Stegen, James C ^a   Hurlbert, Allen H ^b   Bond Lamberty, Ben ^a   Chen, Xingyuan ^a   Anderson, Carolyn G ^a   Chu, Rosalie K ^c   Dini Andreote, Francisco ^d   Fansler, Sarah J ^a   Hess, Nancy J ^c   Tfaily, Malak ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Niche conservatism; OTU richness; Permafrost; Rarefaction; Soil; Species energy theory; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRIVER; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PERMAFROST; SAMPLING; SOIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAIGA;

EID: 84994059786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01487     Document Type: Article

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