A strong species-area relationship for eukaryotic soil microbes: island size matters for ectomycorrhizal fungi.

@article{Peay2007ASS,
  title={A strong species-area relationship for eukaryotic soil microbes: island size matters for ectomycorrhizal fungi.},
  author={Kabir Gabriel Peay and Thomas D. Bruns and Peter G. Kennedy and Sarah E. Bergemann and Matteo Garbelotto},
  journal={Ecology letters},
  year={2007},
  volume={10 6},
  pages={
          470-80
        }
}
While the effects of habitat size and isolation have been successfully studied for macro-organisms, there is currently debate about their relative importance in explaining patterns of microbial species richness. In this study, we examine the species richness of a dominant group of eukaryotic soil microbes, ectomycorrhizal fungi, on 'tree islands' of constant age and host composition that range in size from < 10 to > 10,000 m(2). Our results show that ectomycorrhizal species richness is… 
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