| Literature DB >> 30209011 |
Ashley Shade1, Robert R Dunn2, Shane A Blowes3, Petr Keil3, Brendan J M Bohannan4, Martina Herrmann5, Kirsten Küsel5, Jay T Lennon6, Nathan J Sanders7, David Storch8, Jonathan Chase9.
Abstract
Macroecology is the study of the mechanisms underlying general patterns of ecology across scales. Research in microbial ecology and macroecology have long been detached. Here, we argue that it is time to bridge the gap, as they share a common currency of species and individuals, and a common goal of understanding the causes and consequences of changes in biodiversity. Microbial ecology and macroecology will mutually benefit from a unified research agenda and shared datasets that span the entirety of the biodiversity of life and the geographic expanse of the Earth.Keywords: abundance occupancy; distance decay; diversity gradient; metabolic theory of ecology; metagenomics; microbiome; rarefaction; species abundance distribution; species–area relationship
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Year: 2018 PMID： 30209011 DOI： 10.1016/j.tree.2018.08.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Ecol Evol ISSN： 0169-5347 Impact factor: 17.712