Medicinal plants (MPs) are important resources widely used in the treatment and prevention
of diseases and have attracted much attention owing to their significant antiviral, anti …

Microbes are key biodiversity components of all ecosystems and control vital ecosystem
functions. Although we have just begun to unravel the scales and factors that regulate …

Fairy circles (FCs) are regular vegetation patterns found in drylands of Namibia and Western
Australia. It is virtually unknown whether they are also present in other regions of the world …

Soils support an immense portion of Earth's biodiversity and maintain multiple ecosystem
functions which are essential for human well-being. Environmental thresholds are known to …

The decomposition of litter and the supply of nutrients into and from the soil are two
fundamental processes through which the above‐and belowground world interact. Microbial …

Forest soils harbor hyper-diverse microbial communities which fundamentally regulate
carbon and nutrient cycling across the globe. Directly testing hypotheses on how …

Soil health is expected to be of key importance for plant growth and ecosystem functioning.
However, whether soil health is linked to primary productivity across environmental …

Fungi are ubiquitous and important biosphere inhabitants, and their abilities to decompose,
degrade, and otherwise transform a massive range of organic and inorganic substances …

Understanding the effects of diversity on ecosystem stability in the context of global change
has become an important goal of recent ecological research. However, the effects of …

Climate warming is predicted to considerably affect variations in soil organic carbon (SOC),
especially in alpine ecosystems. Microbial necromass carbon (MNC) is an important …