We review the biogeography of microorganisms in light of the biogeography of macroorganisms.
A large body of research supports the idea that free-living microbial taxa exhibit …

Although much work has linked the human microbiome to specific phenotypes and lifestyle
variables, data from different projects have been challenging to integrate and the extent of …

Microbial ecology is currently undergoing a revolution, with repercussions spreading
throughout microbiology, ecology and ecosystem science. The rapid accumulation of molecular …

… Jessica Green identifies two distinct forms of private authority--… of environmental rule making,
Green shows how the delegation … Green traces how this dynamic and fast-growing form of …

Understanding the causes of spatial variation in species richness is a major research focus
of biogeography and macroecology. Gridded environmental data and species richness maps …

Species abundance distributions (SADs) follow one of ecology’s oldest and most universal
laws – every community shows a hollow curve or hyperbolic shape on a histogram with many …

The study of elevational diversity gradients dates back to the foundation of biogeography.
Although elevational patterns of plant and animal diversity have been studied for centuries, …

For two centuries, biologists have documented a gradient of animal and plant biodiversity from
the tropics to the poles but have been unable to agree whether it is controlled primarily by …

A central goal in ecology is to understand the spatial scaling of biodiversity. Patterns in the
spatial distribution of organisms provide important clues about the underlying mechanisms …

Patterns in the spatial distribution of organisms provide important information about
mechanisms that regulate the diversity of life and the complexity of ecosystems 1 , 2 . Although …