title: Macroecology of biodiversity: disentangling local and regional effects.
abstract: Contents 404 I. 404 II. 404 III. 405 IV. 406 V. 407 VI. 408 409 References 409 SUMMARY: Macroecology of biodiversity disentangles local and regional drivers of biodiversity by exploring large-scale biodiversity relationships with environmental or biotic gradients, generalizing local biodiversity relationships across regions, or comparing biodiversity patterns among species groups. A macroecological perspective is also important at local scales: a full understanding of local biodiversity drivers, including human impact, demands that regional processes be taken into account. This requires knowledge of which species could inhabit a site (the species pool), including those that are currently absent (dark diversity). Macroecology of biodiversity is currently advancing quickly owing to an unprecedented accumulation of biodiversity data, new sampling techniques and analytical methods, all of which better equip us to face current and future challenges in ecology and biodiversity conservation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40, Tartu, 51005, Estonia.
authors.forename: Meelis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pärtel
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40, Tartu, 51005, Estonia.
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40, Tartu, 51005, Estonia.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zobel
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D004463:Ecology; D005843:Geography; D013045:Species Specificity
keywords: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; biogeography; community assembly; ectomycorrhizal fungi; latitudinal gradient; metabarcoding; soil pH; species richness