Safeguard yourself: do backups (yes, now!), don't run random code on production systems. If you must run untrusted pipelines, you can bubblewrap them in a bwrap sandbox - here is an example (works transparently with conda envs & system tools): gist.github.com/vmikk/08212e...
Biodiversity surveys require an appropriate sampling design for optimal performance and comparability across space and time and across studies. Based on PacBio and Illumina amplicon sequencing of ani...
How much does sampling design matter in soil biodiversity surveys? A lot. Our new manuscript shows how diversity changes with sampling design, depth, subsample number, and pooling. I'm especially happy this is the first manuscript from Meirong Chen's PhD work, and very proud of her progress.
Fungal communities in faeces, wood, and subsoil were especially distinct, while leaves, mosses, snow, and topsoil were strongly linked. The patterns show how environmental filtering and dispersal shape fungal distributions across forest ecosystems.
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