Recent demonstrations of the role of plant–soil biota interactions have challenged the
conventional view that vegetation changes are mainly driven by changing abiotic conditions …

Diversity loss has been shown to change the soil community; however, little is known about
long-term consequences and underlying mechanisms. Here, we investigated how nematode …

Soils store∼ 80% of global terrestrial organic carbon and alterations in fluxes into and out of
this pool may interact with ongoing climate change. Belowground food webs drive soil C …

Background Changes in plant diversity may induce distinct changes in soil food web
structure and accompanying soil feedbacks to plants. However, knowledge of the long-term …

Nitrogen (N) fertilization and warming are two crucial global change factors affecting the soil
nematode communities. The effects of N fertilization and warming, however, on nematode …

Alpine wetlands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are undergoing degradation. However, little
is known regarding the response of soil nematodes to this degradation. We conducted …

Soil fauna communities are known to change during succession as the soil ages and
vegetation develops. Moreover, plant functional identity (PFI) influences belowground …

Nematode community indices have been broadly used to assess and monitor soil
conditions. Most studies focused on agricultural or other disturbed soils and were usually …

Seasonal changes in soil nematode community structure were investigated in a 9-year pig
manure experiment on an acid soil in subtropical China. The manure treatments included: 1) …

Positive relationships between tree species diversity and soil communities are reported in
many studies. However, the effects of tree species richness and nitrogen (N)-fixing tree …