Thomas Bell

TL;DR: It is shown that Generalized Diversity-Interactions models quantitatively integrate several methods that separately address effects of species richness, evenness and composition on ecosystem function, and serve to unify the modelling of BEF relationships.

TL;DR: It is suggested that niche differentiation can contribute to the maintenance of virulence polymorphisms, and that both within-host and between-host growth rates modulate cheating and cooperation in P. syringae populations.

TL;DR: A dataset of thermal performance curves for over 400 bacteria and archaea is assembled, showing that metabolic rates are likely to increase under warming, with implications for global carbon cycling.

TL;DR: This study suggests that the presence of macrofauna (dung beetles) will modify the microflora (bacteria) of both dung pats and pasture soil, including community diversity and functioning, and promotes the transfer of bacteria across the soil–dung interface, resulting in increased similarity in community structure and functioning.

TL;DR: Using the multivariate diversity-interactions framework, a desirability function approach was developed to examine how individual species and species mixtures contribute to a desired state of overall ecosystem functioning, revealing how multiple aspects of biodiversity can simultaneously drive ecosystem functioning.