Predicting which species will occur together in the future, and where, remains one of the greatest challenges in ecology, and requires a sound understanding of how the abiotic and …
Environmental stress is increasing worldwide, yet we lack a clear picture of how stress disrupts the stability of microbial communities and the ecosystem services they provide …
The relationship between biodiversity and biomass has been a long standing debate in ecology. Soil biodiversity and biomass are essential drivers of ecosystem functions …
Y Zhao, Z Liu, B Zhang, J Cai, X Yao, M Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mutualism is commonly observed in nature but not often reported for bacterial communities. Although abiotic stress is thought to promote microbial mutualism, there is a paucity of …
Summary 1 The stress‐gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts that the frequency of facilitative and competitive interactions will vary inversely across abiotic stress gradients, with …
THE EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES THAT SHAPE ECOSYSTEMS In 1837 a young Charles Darwin took his notebook, wrote “I think”, and then sketched a rudimentary, stick-like tree …
1. Once neglected, the role of facilitative interactions in plant communities has received considerable attention in the last two decades, and is now widely recognized. It is timely to …
Grasslands, in particular managed pastures and rangelands, are widespread, covering approximately 40%(52 million km²) of the Earth's land surface. They are dominated by …
Most ecologists are not card-carrying members of either individualistic or interdependent guilds, but our perception of plant community organization, and the way we conduct …