• Higher spatial than seasonal variation in floodplain soil eukaryotic microbial communities 

      Fournier, Bertrand; Samaritani, Emanuela; Frey, Beat; Seppey, Christophe Victor W.; Lara, Enrique; Heger, Thierry J.; Mitchell, Edward A.D. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-10)
      Beta diversity is a key component of biodiversity with implications ranging from species dynamics to ecosystem functioning. However, β-diversity and its drivers have received little attention, especially for micro-eukaryotes which play key roles in soil functioning. We studied the diversity of soil micro-eukaryotes in a Swiss lowland floodplain using high-throughput Illumina sequencing of soil DNA. ...
    • Niche Conservatism Drives the Elevational Diversity Gradient in Major Groups of Free-Living Soil Unicellular Eukaryotes 

      Fernández, Leonardo D.; Seppey, Victor William Christophe; Singer, David; Fournier, Bertrand; Tatti, Dylan; Mitchell, Edward A.D.; Lara, Enrique (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-30)
      Ancestral adaptations to tropical-like climates drive most multicellular biogeography and macroecology. Observational studies suggest that this niche conservatism could also be shaping unicellular biogeography and macroecology, although evidence is limited to Acidobacteria and testate amoebae. We tracked the phylogenetic signal of this niche conservatism in far related and functionally contrasted ...