Assembly of the amphibian microbiome is influenced by the effects of land-use change on environmental reservoirs
E. M. Barnes, S. Kutos, N. Naghshineh, M. Mesko, Q. You, J. D. Lewis
This study examines how land-use changes affect amphibian skin and soil microbiomes, finding that microbial composition varies with environmental factors and suggests both stochastic and deterministic assembly mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2020Ecology