In a recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers from Japan compared phylogenetic trees based on proteomic data of microbiota with dendrograms of environmental factors to determine the ...

Aim: To assess how environmental, biotic and anthropogenic factors shape native—alien plant species richness relationships across a heterogeneous landscape. Location: Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.

Aim: To describe the main vegetation types of the Korean zonal forests and explore their relationship with the main environmental and geographic gradients. Location: Korean Peninsula. Methods: A data ...

One of the most critical studies on microbial ecology is to reveal microbial turnover patterns along spatial, temporal, or environmental gradients.

People often have strong opinions on the "right" firmness of mattresses for themselves, and, as it turns out, some cell types have similar preferences for their support structures. Now a research team ...