Search Results - "Ecosystem functions"

Rare microbial taxa as the major drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in long-term fertilized soils by Chen, Qing-Lin, Ding, Jing, Zhu, Dong, Hu, Hang-Wei, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Ma, Yi-Bing, He, Ji-Zheng, Zhu, Yong-Guan

“…Soil microbial communities play an essential role in driving multiple functions (i.e., multifunctionality) that are central to the global biogeochemical…”
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Soil microbial diversity and network complexity drive the ecosystem multifunctionality of temperate grasslands under changing precipitation by Zhai, Changchun, Han, Lili, Xiong, Chao, Ge, Anhui, Yue, Xiaojing, Li, Ying, Zhou, Zhenxing, Feng, Jiayin, Ru, Jingyi, Song, Jian, Jiang, Lin, Yang, Yunfeng, Zhang, Limei, Wan, Shiqiang

“…Soil microbiomes play a critical role in regulating ecosystem multifunctionality. However, whether and how soil protists and microbiome interactions affect…”
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Disturbance and climate affect species richness and aboveground biomass relationship in a forest–savanna transition ecosystem by Nyako, Melanie C., Libalah, Moses B., Kabelong, Louis-Paul-Roger B., Momo, Stéphane T., Babonguen, Marius G., Djouking, Cyntia K., Ekué, Marius R.M., Fabo, Laure B., Fomekong, Alex B.T., Guedje, Nicole M., Madountsap, Tagnang N., Medou, Adrian, Momo, Marie C.S., Nguemo, Géraldine D., Njila, Narcisse E.N., Sagang, Le Bienfaiteur T., Zemagho, Lise, Sonké, Bonaventure, Zapfack, Louis

“…The relationship between species richness and aboveground biomass (richness–biomass relationship) is a major facet of ecosystem functions and has stimulated…”
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Embracing mountain microbiome and ecosystem functions under global change by Wang, Jianjun, Hu, Ang, Meng, Fanfan, Zhao, Wenqian, Yang, Yunfeng, Soininen, Janne, Shen, Ji, Zhou, Jizhong

“…Summary Mountains are pivotal to maintaining habitat heterogeneity, global biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services to humans. They have provided classic…”
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Effects of microplastics and nitrogen deposition on soil multifunctionality, particularly C and N cycling by Zhang, Shuwu, Pei, Lei, Zhao, Yanxin, Shan, Jun, Zheng, Xuebo, Xu, Guangjian, Sun, Yuhuan, Wang, Fayuan

“…Both nitrogen deposition (ND) and microplastics (MPs) pose global change challenges. The effects of MPs co-existing with ND on ecosystem functions are still…”
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Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet by Prăvălie, Remus

“…Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of…”
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Transforming morphology into ecology: Functional trait-based estimation of biomass and carbon budget in predatory nematodes (Nematoda: Mononchida) by Ghaderi, Reza, Nielsen, Uffe N., He, Ji-Zheng

“…Predatory nematodes in the order Mononchida play a key biological regulation role in soil food webs but remain underexplored in terms of their ecosystem…”
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Consistently positive effect of species diversity on ecosystem, but not population, temporal stability by Xu, Qianna, Yang, Xian, Yan, Ying, Wang, Shaopeng, Loreau, Michel, Jiang, Lin, Chase, Jonathan

“…Despite much recent progress, our understanding of diversity–stability relationships across different study systems remains incomplete. In particular, recent…”
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Decomposing multiple dimensions of stability in global change experiments by Hillebrand, Helmut, Langenheder, Silke, Lebret, Karen, Lindström, Eva, Östman, Örjan, Striebel, Maren, O'Connor, Mary

“…Ecological stability is the central framework to understand an ecosystem's ability to absorb or recover from environmental change. Recent modelling and…”
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Soil bacterial taxonomic diversity is critical to maintaining the plant productivity by Chen, Qing-Lin, Ding, Jing, Zhu, Yong-Guan, He, Ji-Zheng, Hu, Hang-Wei

“…[Display omitted] •Soil bacterial diversity positively correlated with plant biomass.•Soil bacterial diversity - functions relationship could be abiotic factor…”
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Intercropping enhances microbial community diversity and ecosystem functioning in maize fields by Xiao, Xiwen, Han, Lei, Chen, Hongri, Wang, Jianjun, Zhang, Yuping, Hu, Ang

“…Intercropping, a widely used planting pattern, could affect soil physicochemical properties, microbial community diversity, and further crop yields. However,…”
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Microbial functional attributes, rather than taxonomic attributes, drive top soil respiration, nitrification and denitrification processes by Chen, Qing-Lin, Ding, Jing, Li, Chao-Yu, Yan, Zhen-Zhen, He, Ji-Zheng, Hu, Hang-Wei

“…We lack empirical evidence for the relative importance of microbial functional attributes vs taxonomic attributes in regulating specified soil processes…”
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Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects by Noriega, Jorge Ari, Hortal, Joaquín, Azcárate, Francisco M., Berg, Matty P., Bonada, Núria, Briones, Maria J.I., Del Toro, Israel, Goulson, Dave, Ibanez, Sébastien, Landis, Douglas A., Moretti, Marco, Potts, Simon G., Slade, Eleanor M., Stout, Jane C., Ulyshen, Michael D., Wackers, Felix L., Woodcock, Ben A., Santos, Ana M.C.

“…Insects play a key role in the regulation and dynamics of many ecosystem services (ES). However, this role is often assumed, with limited or no experimental…”
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Nitrogen-induced acidification plays a vital role driving ecosystem functions: Insights from a 6-year nitrogen enrichment experiment in a Tibetan alpine meadow by Yang, Fei, Zhang, Zhilong, Barberán, Albert, Yang, Yi, Hu, Shuijin, Guo, Hui

“…Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) input has overtaken natural N fixation as the leading source of reactive N, and can profoundly alter the structure and functions of…”
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Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions by Freschet, Grégoire T., Roumet, Catherine

“…Summary Roots vary in anatomy, morphology and physiology, both spatially (different parts of the same root system) and temporally (plastic changes, root…”
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Freshwater systems and ecosystem services: Challenges and chances for cross-fertilization of disciplines by Vári, Ágnes, Podschun, Simone A., Erős, Tibor, Hein, Thomas, Pataki, Beáta, Iojă, Ioan-Cristian, Adamescu, Cristian Mihai, Gerhardt, Almut, Gruber, Tamás, Dedić, Anita, Ćirić, Miloš, Gavrilović, Bojan, Báldi, András

“…Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened in the world, while providing numerous essential ecosystem services (ES) to humans. Despite their…”
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Regulations are needed to protect freshwater ecosystems from salinization by Schuler, Matthew S, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Hintz, William D, Dyack, Brenda, Birk, Sebastian, Relyea, Rick A

“…Anthropogenic activities such as mining, agriculture and industrial wastes have increased the rate of salinization of freshwater ecosystems around the world…”
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A global review of rubber plantations: Impacts on ecosystem functions, mitigations, future directions, and policies for sustainable cultivation by Singh, Ashutosh Kumar, Liu, Wenjie, Zakari, Sissou, Wu, Junen, Yang, Bin, Jiang, Xiao Jin, Zhu, Xiai, Zou, Xin, Zhang, Wanjun, Chen, Chunfeng, Singh, Rishikesh, Nath, Arun Jyoti

“…The growing global need for latex is driving rubber plantation (RP) expansion since the last century, with >2 Mha of cultivation area being established in the…”
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Vegetation browning: global drivers, impacts, and feedbacks by Liu, Qiuyu, Peng, Changhui, Schneider, Robert, Cyr, Dominic, Liu, Zelin, Zhou, Xiaolu, Du, Mingxi, Li, Peng, Jiang, Zihan, McDowell, Nate G., Kneeshaw, Daniel

“…Vegetation browning has progressively increased globally under a background of climate change.Under climate change, increases in the intensity and duration of…”
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Long-term regional evidence of the effects of livestock grazing on soil microbial community structure and functions in surface and deep soil layers by Wu, Ying, Chen, Dima, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Liu, Shengen, Wang, Bing, Wu, Jianping, Hu, Shuijin, Bai, Yongfei

“…Grazing by livestock can affect plant biodiversity and topsoil functions. However, experimental evidence on whether these impacts are limited to the topsoil or…”
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