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Overview

Steven W. Kembel is affiliated with the University of Quebec at Montreal in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have developed expertise across several subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology.

Their work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Steven W. Kembel has frequently published in notable scientific journals. Key publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecological Monographs
  • Plant and Soil
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Environmental Microbiology

Their recent papers cover a variety of topics in microbial ecology and host-microbe interactions. Selected recent works include:

  • "Glial Cell-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Induces Enteric Neurogenesis and Improves Colon Structure and Function in Mouse Models of Hirschsprung Disease" (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • "Adaptive matching between phyllosphere bacteria and their tree hosts in a neotropical forest" (2020, Microbiome)
  • "Host neighborhood shapes bacterial community assembly and specialization on tree species across a latitudinal gradient" (2020, Ecological Monographs)
  • "Diversity and biogeography of plant phyllosphere bacteria are governed by latitude-dependent mechanisms" (2023, New Phytologist)
  • "Bacterial microbiota similarity between predators and prey in a blue tit trophic network" (2021, The ISME Journal)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Zihui Wang
  • Geneviève Bourret
  • Geneviève Lajoie
  • Juanita C. Rodríguez-Rodríguez
  • Nicole J. Fenton

Best Publications

  • Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology

    Steven W. Kembel;Peter D. Cowan;Matthew R. Helmus;William K. Cornwell

  • The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology

    Jeannine M Cavender-Bares;Kenneth H Kozak;Paul V.A. Fine;Steven W. Kembel

  • Phylocom: software for the analysis of phylogenetic community structure and trait evolution.

    Campbell O. Webb;David D. Ackerly;Steven W. Kembel

  • A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

    Andrew Siefert;Cyrille Violle;Loïc Chalmandrier;Loïc Chalmandrier;Cécile H Albert

  • Relationships between phyllosphere bacterial communities and plant functional traits in a neotropical forest.

    Steven W. Kembel;Steven W. Kembel;Timothy K. O’Connor;Holly K. Arnold;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • Architectural design influences the diversity and structure of the built environment microbiome

    Steven W Kembel;Evan Jones;Jeff Kline;Dale Northcutt

  • Incorporating 16S Gene Copy Number Information Improves Estimates of Microbial Diversity and Abundance

    Steven W. Kembel;Martin Wu;Jonathan A. Eisen;Jonathan A. Eisen;Jessica L. Green;Jessica L. Green

  • The phylogenetic structure of a neotropical forest tree community

    Steven W. Kembel;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • Indoor airborne bacterial communities are influenced by ventilation, occupancy, and outdoor air source

    J. F. Meadow;A. E. Altrichter;S. W. Kembel;S. W. Kembel;J. Kline

  • Disentangling niche and neutral influences on community assembly: assessing the performance of community phylogenetic structure tests.

    Steven W. Kembel

  • Does phylogenetic relatedness influence the strength of competition among vascular plants

    James F. Cahill;Steven W. Kembel;Eric G. Lamb;Paul A. Keddy

  • Phylogenetic diversity metrics for ecological communities: integrating species richness, abundance and evolutionary history

    Marc W. Cadotte;T. Jonathan Davies;James Regetz;Steven W. Kembel;Steven W. Kembel

  • Global diversity of drought tolerance and grassland climate-change resilience

    Joseph M. Craine;Troy W. Ocheltree;Jesse B. Nippert;E. Gene Towne

  • Leaf bacterial diversity mediates plant diversity and ecosystem function relationships

    Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe;Alain Paquette;Christian Messier;Christian Messier;Steven W. Kembel

  • Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation

    Grégoire T. Freschet;Oscar J. Valverde‐Barrantes;Caroline M. Tucker;Joseph M. Craine

  • Phylogenetic community structure and phylogenetic turnover across space and edaphic gradients in western Amazonian tree communities

    Paul V. A. Fine;Steven W. Kembel

  • Host species identity, site and time drive temperate tree phyllosphere bacterial community structure.

    Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe;Christian Messier;Christian Messier;Steven W. Kembel

  • Architectural Design Drives the Biogeography of Indoor Bacterial Communities

    Steven W. Kembel;James F. Meadow;Timothy K. O’Connor;Gwynne Mhuireach

  • Relationship between cystic fibrosis respiratory tract bacterial communities and age, genotype, antibiotics and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Vanja Klepac-Ceraj;Katherine P. Lemon;Thomas R. Martin;Martin Allgaier

  • Plant Phenotypic Plasticity Belowground: A Phylogenetic Perspective on Root Foraging Trade-Offs

    Steven W. Kembel;James F. Cahill

Frequent Co-Authors

Jessica L. Green
Jessica L. Green University of Oregon
Christian Messier
Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal
Brendan J. M. Bohannan
Brendan J. M. Bohannan University of Oregon
Daniel A. Peterson
Daniel A. Peterson Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
James F. Cahill
James F. Cahill University of Alberta
Katherine S. Pollard
Katherine S. Pollard University of California, San Francisco
Jens Walter
Jens Walter National University of Ireland
James W. Dalling
James W. Dalling University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joseph M. Craine
Joseph M. Craine Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis

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