Endophyte: microorganisms that colonize inter- or intracellular
space of plants, animals, and fungi.
Epiphyte: microorganisms that live on the surface of plants,
animals, and fungi.
Historical vicariance : Contemporaneously observed geographic
disjunction in species ranges caused by historical severance of a
contiguous species range due to separation of land masses or geological
events (e.g., river gorges).
Island : An island is both a true island of land surrounded by
water and island-like habitats that are spatially and temporally
isolated from habitats of the same type (sensu Itescu 2019).
Legacy effects : Effects of prior environmental conditions on
subsequent organismal physiology, diversity, composition, and
distributions after environmental conditions have changed.
Macroecological rules : Generalizable patterns of organismal
distributions, abundances, and diversity patterns supported by known
processes of organismal physiology/community assembly and/or dispersal.
Microorganisms : Here we define microorganisms as microscopic
fungi, bacteria, archaea, and protists.
Priority effects: When the order of arrival at a given habitat
gives primary colonizers an advantage in using resources to be able to
outcompete subsequent colonizers.