A new study conducted as part of the OBSGESSION project investigates whether soil bacterial biodiversity can serve as an indicator of broader forest soil diversity. The article, titled “Prokaryotic communities as proxies for eukaryotic soil beta diversity in forest ecosystems,” has been published in the Ecological Indicators journal.

Co-authored by researchers of the University of Twente, a project partner, the paper examines both alpha and beta diversity in soil ecosystems, exploring the relationships among microbial, fungal, protozoan, and metazoan components of forest soil communities. The findings reveal interrelated diversity patterns within these complex ecosystems. 

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