UNLABELLED We show that Streptomyces biogeography in soils across North America is influenced by the regional diversification of microorganisms due to dispersal limitation and genetic drift.Streptomyces spp. form desiccation-resistant spores, which can be dispersed on the wind, allowing for a strong test of whether dispersal limitation governs patterns of terrestrial microbial diversity. We emp...

EDITORIAL article Front. Ecol. Evol., 18 May 2022Sec. Biogeography and Macroecology https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.894234

EDITORIAL article Front. Mar. Sci., 22 March 2022Sec. Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.877196

The first issue of Journal Biogeography (JBI) was published by Blackwell Scientific in March 1974. Volume 1 summed to 279 pages over four issues, and its remit broad—biology, geography, palaeontology, genetics, human modification the environment, effects on biotic distributions, their medical relevance, more (Watts, 1974). Although other journals carried some biogeographical papers (e.g. see Co...

Abstract Ecological niches are the environmental conditions under which an organism can maintain viable populations. A detailed understanding of organisms’ ecological niche provide information on its taxonomy and biogeography, modelling allows researchers to investigate how closely-related species able coexist. models also enable conservationists determine species’ habitat requirements, map dis...

EDITORIAL article Front. Ecol. Evol., 21 September 2022Sec. Biogeography and Macroecology Volume 10 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1035859

The flowering plant family Elatinaceae is a widespread aquatic lineage inhabiting temperate and tropical latitudes, including ∼35(-50) species. Its phylogeny remains largely unknown, compromising our understanding of its systematics. Moreover, this group is particularly in need of attention because the biogeography of most aquatic plant clades has yet to be investigated, resulting in uncertaint...

The species-area relationship (SAR) is one of the most thoroughly investigated empirical relationships in ecology. Two theories have been proposed to explain SARs: classical island biogeography theory and niche theory. Classical island biogeography theory considers the processes of persistence, extinction, and colonization, whereas niche theory focuses on species requirements, such as habitat a...

Gene expression data play an important role in the development of efficient cancer diagnoses and classification. The genes identified are subsequently used to classify independent test set samples. The different feature selection methods are investigated and most frequent features are selected among all methods. This paper provides gene selection strategies for multiclass classification that ca...