| Literature DB >> 25770744 |
Laura J Martin1, Rachel I Adams2, Ashley Bateman3, Holly M Bik4, John Hawks5, Sarah M Hird4, David Hughes6, Steven W Kembel7, Kerry Kinney8, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis9, Gabriel Levy10, Craig McClain11, James F Meadow12, Raul F Medina13, Gwynne Mhuireach14, Corrie S Moreau15, Jason Munshi-South16, Lauren M Nichols17, Clare Palmer18, Laura Popova19, Coby Schal20, Martin Täubel21, Michelle Trautwein22, Juan A Ugalde23, Robert R Dunn24.
Abstract
Few biologists have studied the evolutionary processes at work in indoor environments. Yet indoor environments comprise approximately 0.5% of ice-free land area--an area as large as the subtropical coniferous forest biome. Here we review the emerging subfield of 'indoor biome' studies. After defining the indoor biome and tracing its deep history, we discuss some of its evolutionary dimensions. We restrict our examples to the species found in human houses--a subset of the environments constituting the indoor biome--and offer preliminary hypotheses to advance the study of indoor evolution. Studies of the indoor biome are situated at the intersection of evolutionary ecology, anthropology, architecture, and human ecology and are well suited for citizen science projects, public outreach, and large-scale international collaborations.Entities:
Keywords: anthrome; built environment; microbiome; phylogeography; urban ecology
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25770744 DOI： 10.1016/j.tree.2015.02.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Ecol Evol ISSN： 0169-5347 Impact factor: 17.712