Rare species are increasingly recognized as crucial, yet vulnerable components of Earth’s
ecosystems. This is also true for microbial communities, which are typically composed of a …

Protists are the most diverse eukaryotes. These microbes are keystone organisms of soil
ecosystems and regulate essential processes of soil fertility such as nutrient cycling and plant …

Mountain catchments provide for the livelihood of more than half of humankind, and have
become a key destination for tourist and recreation activities globally. Mountain ecosystems …

Nature conservation literature and policy instruments mainly focus on the impacts of human
development and the benefits of nature conservation for oceans and aboveground terrestrial …

Kombucha tea, a non-alcoholic beverage, is acquiring significant interest due to its claimed
beneficial properties. The microbial community of Kombucha tea consists of bacteria and …

Although temporal heterogeneity is a well-accepted driver of biodiversity, effects of interannual
variation in land-use intensity (LUI) have not been addressed yet. Additionally, responses …

Despite elaborate regulation of agricultural pesticides, their occurrence in non-target areas
has been linked to adverse ecological effects on insects in several field investigations. Their …

Soils harbor a substantial fraction of the world’s biodiversity, contributing to many crucial
ecosystem functions. It is thus essential to identify general macroecological patterns related to …

Higher plant diversity is often associated with higher soil microbial biomass and diversity,
which is assumed to be partly due to elevated root exudate diversity. However, there is little …

In situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted, fluorescent (Cy3-labeled) oligonucleotide probes
was used to analyze bacterial community structure in ethanol- or paraformaldehyde-fixed bulk …