One of the most critical studies on microbial ecology is to reveal microbial turnover patterns along spatial, temporal, or environmental gradients. In such studies, it is often necessary to select ...

Aim: Producing quantitative descriptions of large-scale biodiversity patterns is challenging, particularly where biological sampling is sparse or inadequate. This issue is particularly problematic in ...

The increase in species richness from the poles to the Equator has been observed in numerous terrestrial and aquatic taxa. A number of different hypotheses have been put forward as explanations for ...