Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity

J Lehmann, CM Hansel, C Kaiser, M Kleber… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Soil organic carbon management has the potential to aid climate change mitigation through
drawdown of atmospheric carbon dioxide. To be effective, such management must account …

The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry

TW Crowther, J Van den Hoogen, J Wan, MA Mayes… - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Soil is the largest repository of organic matter on land, storing~ 1500 Gt
carbon, which is at least as much as the vegetation (~ 560 Gt) and atmosphere (~ 750 Gt) …

Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi

L Tedersoo, V Mikryukov, A Zizka… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However,
compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns and conservation …

Linking soil fungi to bacterial community assembly in arid ecosystems

S Jiao, H Chu, B Zhang, X Wei, W Chen, G Wei - Imeta, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Revealing the roles of biotic factors in driving community assembly, which is crucial for the
understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem functions, is a fundamental but infrequently …

Linking bacterial-fungal relationships to microbial diversity and soil nutrient cycling

S Jiao, Z Peng, J Qi, J Gao, G Wei - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biodiversity is important for supporting ecosystem functioning. To evaluate the factors
contributing to the strength of microbial diversity-function relationships in complex terrestrial …

A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi

N Lustenhouwer, DS Maynard… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
As the primary decomposers of organic material in terrestrial ecosystems, fungi are critical
agents of the global carbon cycle. Yet our ability to link fungal community composition to …

A review on trade-offs at the warm and cold ends of geographical distributions

Y Willi, J Van Buskirk - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Species' range limits are ubiquitous. This suggests that the evolution of the ecological niche
is constrained in general and at the edges of distributions in particular. While there may be …

Ecological impacts of fungal wood decay types: A review of current knowledge and future research directions

Y Fukasawa - Ecological Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
I summarize current knowledge about the ecosystem functions of wood decomposition in
forests with a particular focus on the effects of fungal wood decay types (traditionally …

Temperate species underfill their tropical thermal potentials on land

NA Moore, I Morales-Castilla, AL Hargreaves… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding how temperature determines the distribution of life is necessary to assess
species' sensitivities to contemporary climate change. Here, we test the importance of …

Foliar nutrient resorption stoichiometry and microbial phosphatase catalytic efficiency together alleviate the relative phosphorus limitation in forest ecosystems

Z Peng, Y Wu, L Guo, L Yang, B Wang, X Wang… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how plants adapt to spatially heterogeneous phosphorus (P) supply is
important to elucidate the effect of environmental changes on ecosystem productivity. Plant …