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Trait-based microbial biogeography provides a path for the mechanistic understanding of relationships between microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning. In this mini-review, we identify the scenarios in which to use traits to characterize the microbial community and propose a simple trait-based conceptual framework to link microbial communities with ecosystem functions.
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JTW is funded by the National Key R&D Program (2017YFD0800604) and NSFC (41601256), and BKS and EE are funded by CRC-CARE and the Australian Research Council (DP170104634).
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Wang, JT., Egidi, E., Li, J. et al. Linking microbial diversity with ecosystem functioning through a trait framework. J Biosci 44, 109 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-019-9928-9
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