The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the general ecological patterns and has been extensively studied in plant and microbial communities. However, whether plant–microbe networks follow latitudinal trends and the underlying mechanisms driving such patterns remain largely unknown. In this study, we used an ecological survey dataset with simultaneously investigated plant species and microbial data from 26 forests at...

Global warming may alter microbially mediated ecosystem functions through reshaping of microbial diversity and modified microbial interactions. Here, we examined the effects of 5‐year experimental warming on different microbial hierarchical groups in a coastal nontidal soil ecosystem, including prokaryotes (i.e., bacteria and archaea), fungi, and Cercozoa, which is a widespread phylum of protists. Warming significantly altered...

Although many studies have investigated the spatial scaling of microbial communities living in surface soils, very little is known about the patterns within deeper strata, nor is the mechanism behind them. Here, we systematically assessed spatial scaling of prokaryotic biodiversity within three different strata (Upper: 0–20 cm, Middle: 20–40 cm, and Substratum: 40–100 cm) in a typical grassland by examining both distance–decay...