This book reviews the mechanisms patterns and processes that regulate prokaryotic diversity
through different habitats in the context of evolutionary and ecological hypotheses principles
and theories. Despite the tremendous role of prokaryotic diversity in the function of the
global ecosystem it remains understudied in comparison to the rest of biological diversity. In
this book the authors argue that understanding the mechanisms of species coexistence
functioning relationships (e.g. nutrient cycling and host fitness) and trophic and non-trophic
interactions are helpful in addressing the future challenges in basic and applied research in
microbial ecology. The authors also examine the ecological and evolutionary responses of
prokaryotes to global change and biodiversity loss. Ecological Diversity of the Microbiome in
the Context of Ecology Theory and Climate Change aims to bring prokaryotes into the focus of
ecological and evolutionary research especially in the context of global change.
