The phyllosphere—the aerial surfaces of plants, including leaves—is a ubiquitous global
habitat that harbors diverse bacterial communities. Phyllosphere bacterial communities have …

Architects and engineers are beginning to consider a new dimension of indoor air: the structure
and composition of airborne microbial communities. A first step in this emerging field is to …

Background Architectural design has the potential to influence the microbiology of the built
environment, with implications for human health and well-being, but the impact of design on …

Eusocial wasps of the family Vespidae are thought to have derived their social behavior from
a common ancestor that had a rudimentary caste-containing social system. In support of …

Background Humans can spend the majority of their time indoors, but little is known about
the interactions between the human and built-environment microbiomes or the forces that …

Diverse bacterial communities live on and in human skin. These complex communities vary
by skin location on the body, over time, between individuals, and between geographic …

One-quarter of extant Eukaryotic species are herbivorous insects, yet the genomic basis of
this extraordinary adaptive radiation is unclear. Recently-derived herbivorous species hold …

Aim Whole‐genome duplication (polyploidy) can influence the biogeography and ecology of
plants that differ in ploidy level (cytotype). Here, we address how two consequences of plant …

Understanding patterns in the distribution and abundance of functional traits across a
landscape is of fundamental importance to ecology. Mapping these distributions is particularly …

Adaptive radiations are characterized by an increased rate of speciation and expanded range
of habitats and ecological niches exploited by those species. The Hawaiian Drosophilidae …