plant diversity

#ATBC16 Bacardi & Gentry Award Winners

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) recognizes the exceptional research of our students and early career scientists with… Read More »

Biotropica 46(6): Editor’s Choice: Antibiotic bacteria in tropical forest soils may play a role in plant diversity

Kristen Becklund studies antibiotic-producing bacteria from tropical forest soils at the University of Minnesota. Her research was conducted in part in the Kinkel lab, which studies the role Streptomyces play in the structure and function of experimental grasslands and the use of pathogen-suppressive Streptomyces in the biological control of crop diseases in agriculture. Photo credit: Jonathan Pavlica.

The November Editor’s Choice article is a fascinating look at spatial variation in the antibiotic-producing bacteria in tropical soils, and… Read More »