Spatial scaling effects on soil bacterial communities in Malaysian tropical forests

• Main Authors: Tripathi, Binu Mani, Lee Cruz, Larisa, Kim, Mincheol, Singh, Dharmesh, Go, Rusea, Ab. Shukor, Nor Aini, Mohd Hanif, Ahmad Husni, Chun, Jongsik, Adams, Jonathan M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Verlag 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35428/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00248-014-0404-7
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Spatial scaling to some extent determines biodiversity patterns in larger organisms, but its role in microbial diversity patterns is much less understood. Some studies have shown that bacterial community similarity decreases with distance, whereas others do not support this. Here, we studied soil ba...