SRP005695 Distance decay Distance-decay relationships in the Tamarix phyllosphere Tamarix, a salt secreting desert tree, can be found throughout the Donoran desert in the South West USA. We sequenced a region of the 16S gene and analysed the affect of distance on community dissimilarity, revealing a statistically significant correlation between the two factors. Tamarix phyllosphere Visualization and analysis http://vamps.mbl.edu/