The Role of Microbial Communities in Tropical Ecosystems

• Main Author: Silvia Pajares (auth)
• Other Authors: Brendan J.M. Bohannan (auth), Valeria Souza (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical)
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Tropical ecosystems are different in important ways from those of temperate regions. They are a major reservoir of plant and animal biodiversity and play important roles in global climate regulation and biogeochemical cycling. They are also under great threat due to the conversion of tropical ecosys...