From Forest Soil to the Canopy: Increased Habitat Diversity Does Not Increase Species Richness of Cercozoa and Oomycota in Tree Canopies

Tree canopies provide habitats for diverse and until now, still poorly characterized communities of microbial eukaryotes. One of the most general patterns in community ecology is the increase in species richness with increasing habitat diversity. Thus, environmental heterogeneity of tree canopies sh...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Robin-Tobias Jauss, Susanne Walden, Anna Maria Fiore-Donno, Kenneth Dumack, Stefan Schaffer, Ronny Wolf, Martin Schlegel, Michael Bonkowski
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Subjects:	protists canopies metabarcoding habitat filtering forest ecosystems illumina
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.592189/full