Diversity is the question, not the answer

Shade, Ashley

doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.118

Title: Diversity is the question, not the answer

Journal Article · Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · The ISME Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.118· OSTI ID:1427717

Shade, Ashley ^[1]

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Local diversity (within-sample or alpha diversity) is often implicated as a cause of success or failure of a microbial community. However, the relationships between diversity and emergent properties of a community, such as its stability, productivity or invasibility, are much more nuanced. In this paper, I argue that diversity without context provides limited insights into the mechanisms underpinning community patterns. I provide examples from traditional and microbial ecology to discuss common complications and assumptions about within-sample diversity that may prevent us from digging deeper into the more specific mechanisms underpinning community outcomes. I suggest that measurement of diversity should serve as a starting point for further inquiry of ecological mechanisms rather than an 'answer' to community outcomes.

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Research Organization:: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

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OSTI ID:: 1427717

Journal Information:: The ISME Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 1; ISSN 1751-7362

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