Soil community assembly varies across body sizes in a tropical forest
L. Zinger, P. Taberlet, H. Schimann, A. Bonin, F. Boyer, M. De Barba, P. Gaucher, L. Gielly, C. Giguet-Covex, A. Iribar, M. Rejou-Mechain, G. Raye, D. Rioux, V. Schilling, B. Tymen, , J. Chave
The paper shows that soil community assembly varies with body size, with microorganisms influenced by environmental factors and mesofauna showing random distribution in a tropical forest.
bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2017Ecology