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Relative roles of niche and neutral processes in structuring a soil microbial community by Dumbrell, Alex J, Nelson, Michaela, Helgason, Thorunn, Dytham, Calvin, Fitter, Alastair H

“…Most attempts to identify the processes that structure natural communities have focused on conspicuous macroorganisms whereas the processes responsible for…”
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Distinct seasonal assemblages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi revealed by massively parallel pyrosequencing by Dumbrell, Alex J., Ashton, Peter D., Aziz, Naveed, Feng, Gu, Nelson, Michaela, Dytham, Calvin, Fitter, Alastair H., Helgason, Thorunn

“…Understanding the dynamics of rhizosphere microbial communities is essential for predicting future ecosystem function, yet most research focuses on either…”
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Lost in diversity: the interactions between soil-borne fungi, biodiversity and plant productivity by Mommer, Liesje, Cotton, T. E. Anne, Raaijmakers, Jos M., Termorshuizen, Aad J., Ruijven, Jasper, Hendriks, Marloes, Rijssel, Sophia Q., Mortel, Judith E., Paauw, Jan Willem, Schijlen, Elio G. W. M., Smit‐Tiekstra, Annemiek E., Berendse, Frank, Kroon, Hans, Dumbrell, Alex J.

“…There is consensus that plant species richness enhances plant productivity within natural grasslands, but the underlying drivers remain debated. Recently,…”
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Size fractionation of bioaerosol emissions from green-waste composting by Ferguson, Robert M.W., Neath, Charlotte E.E., Nasir, Zaheer A., Garcia-Alcega, Sonia, Tyrrel, Sean, Coulon, Frederic, Dumbrell, Alex J., Colbeck, Ian, Whitby, Corinne

“…[Display omitted] •Size fractionated bioaerosol emissions from a compost facility where characterised.•Microbial taxa, abundance, and diversity varied…”
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Bioaerosol biomonitoring: Sampling optimization for molecular microbial ecology by Ferguson, Robert M. W., Garcia‐Alcega, Sonia, Coulon, Frederic, Dumbrell, Alex J., Whitby, Corinne, Colbeck, Ian

“…Bioaerosols (or biogenic aerosols) have largely been overlooked by molecular ecologists. However, this is rapidly changing as bioaerosols play key roles in…”
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Global diversity and biogeography of potential phytopathogenic fungi in a changing world by Li, Pengfa, Tedersoo, Leho, Crowther, Thomas W., Wang, Baozhan, Shi, Yu, Kuang, Lu, Li, Ting, Wu, Meng, Liu, Ming, Luan, Lu, Liu, Jia, Li, Dongzhen, Li, Yongxia, Wang, Songhan, Saleem, Muhammad, Dumbrell, Alex J., Li, Zhongpei, Jiang, Jiandong

“…Phytopathogenic fungi threaten global food security but the ecological drivers of their global diversity and biogeography remain unknown. Here, we construct…”
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Fungi in the future: interannual variation and effects of atmospheric change on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities by Cotton, T. E. Anne, Fitter, Alastair H, Miller, R. Michael, Dumbrell, Alex J, Helgason, Thorunn

“…Understanding the natural dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and their response to global environmental change is essential for the prediction of…”
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Spatial Variation in Soil Fungal Communities across Paddy Fields in Subtropical China by Li, Pengfa, Li, Weitao, Dumbrell, Alex J, Liu, Ming, Li, Guilong, Wu, Meng, Jiang, Chunyu, Li, Zhongpei

“…Fungi underpin almost all terrestrial ecosystem functions, yet our understanding of their community ecology lags far behind that of other organisms. Here, red…”
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Nitrate reduction functional genes and nitrate reduction potentials persist in deeper estuarine sediments. Why? by Papaspyrou, Sokratis, Smith, Cindy J, Dong, Liang F, Whitby, Corinne, Dumbrell, Alex J, Nedwell, David B

“…Denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) are processes occurring simultaneously under oxygen-limited or anaerobic conditions,…”
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Cohabitation promotes high diversity of clownfishes in the Coral Triangle by Camp, Emma F., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., De Brauwer, Maarten, Dumbrell, Alex J., Smith, David J.

“…Global marine biodiversity peaks within the Coral Triangle, and understanding how such high diversity is maintained is a central question in marine ecology. We…”
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An optimality model of photoadaptation in contrasting aquatic light regimes by Talmy, David, Blackford, Jerry, Hardman-Mountford, Nick J., Dumbrell, Alex J., Geider, Richard J.

“…To investigate photoacclimation of phytoplankton adapted to different aquatic light regimes, a physiologically explicit phytoplankton optimality model was…”
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Differences between aerobic and anaerobic degradation of microphytobenthic biofilm-derived organic matter within intertidal sediments by McKew, Boyd A., Dumbrell, Alex J., Taylor, Joe D., McGenity, Terry J., Underwood, Graham J.C.

“…Abstract Within intertidal sediments, much of the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) consists of carbohydrate-rich extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)…”
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Extreme environments simplify reassembly of communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by Šibanc, Nataša, Clark, Dave R, Helgason, Thorunn, Dumbrell, Alex J, Maček, Irena

“…The ecological impacts of long-term (press) disturbance on mechanisms regulating the relative abundance (i.e., commonness or rarity) and temporal dynamics of…”
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Variation of Oxygenation Conditions on a Hydrocarbonoclastic Microbial Community Reveals Alcanivorax and Cycloclasticus Ecotypes by Terrisse, Fanny, Cravo-Laureau, Cristiana, Noël, Cyril, Cagnon, Christine, Dumbrell, Alex J, McGenity, Terry J, Duran, Robert

“…Deciphering the ecology of marine obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (MOHCB) is of crucial importance for understanding their success in occupying distinct…”
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What goes in must come out: testing for biases in molecular analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities by Cotton, T E Anne, Dumbrell, Alex J, Helgason, Thorunn

“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are widely distributed microbes that form obligate symbioses with the majority of terrestrial plants, altering nutrient…”
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Local Adaptation to Soil Hypoxia Determines the Structure of an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Community in Roots from Natural CO2 Springs by MACEK, Irena, DUMBRELL, Alex J, NELSON, Michaela, FITTER, Alastair H, VODNIK, Dominik, HELGASON, Thorunn

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Defining Recovery Potential in River Restoration: A Biological Data-Driven Approach by Wilkes, Martin A., Mckenzie, Morwenna, Naura, Marc, Allen, Laura, Morris, Mike, Van De Wiel, Marco, Dumbrell, Alex J., Bani, Alessia, Lashford, Craig, Lavers, Tom, England, Judy

“…Scientists and practitioners working on river restoration have made progress on understanding the recovery potential of rivers from geomorphological and…”
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Detection of mitochondrial COII DNA sequences in ant guts as a method for assessing termite predation by ants by Fayle, Tom M, Scholtz, Olivia, Dumbrell, Alex J, Russell, Stephen, Segar, Simon T, Eggleton, Paul

“…Termites and ants contribute more to animal biomass in tropical rain forests than any other single group and perform vital ecosystem functions. Although ants…”
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Changes in species diversity following habitat disturbance are dependent on spatial scale: theoretical and empirical evidence by Dumbrell, Alex J., Clark, Ewen J., Frost, Gillian A., Randell, Thomas E., Pitchford, Jonathan W., Hill, Jane K.

“…1. Many studies have examined the impacts of tropical habitat disturbance. However, the effects of moderate habitat disturbance on species diversity show…”
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Regional impacts of warming on biodiversity and biomass in high latitude stream ecosystems across the Northern Hemisphere by Jackson, Michelle C., Friberg, Nikolai, Moliner Cachazo, Luis, Clark, David R., Mutinova, Petra Thea, O’Gorman, Eoin J., Kordas, Rebecca L., Gallo, Bruno, Pichler, Doris E., Bespalaya, Yulia, Aksenova, Olga V., Milner, Alexander, Brooks, Stephen J., Dunn, Nicholas, Lee, K.W.K., Ólafsson, Jón S., Gíslason, Gísli M., Millan, Lucia, Bell, Thomas, Dumbrell, Alex J., Woodward, Guy

“…Warming can have profound impacts on ecological communities. However, explorations of how differences in biogeography and productivity might reshape the effect…”
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