Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts
Earth's biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural
resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat …
resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat …
The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate
Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant
diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of …
diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of …
Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment
Numerous studies have demonstrated that biodiversity drives ecosystem functioning, yet
how biodiversity loss alters ecosystems functioning and stability in the long-term lacks …
how biodiversity loss alters ecosystems functioning and stability in the long-term lacks …
Increased soil carbon storage through plant diversity strengthens with time and extends into the subsoil
Soils are important for ecosystem functioning and service provisioning. Soil communities
and their functions, in turn, are strongly promoted by plant diversity, and such positive effects …
and their functions, in turn, are strongly promoted by plant diversity, and such positive effects …
Increasing plant species diversity enhances microbial necromass carbon content but does not alter its contribution to soil organic carbon pool in a subtropical forest
Z Qian, Y Li, H Du, K Wang, D Li - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing plant species diversity benefits soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation in forest
ecosystems, but how microbial necromass contributes to SOC accumulation in response to …
ecosystems, but how microbial necromass contributes to SOC accumulation in response to …
Tree diversity and soil chemical properties drive the linkages between soil microbial community and ecosystem functioning
Microbial respiration is critical for soil carbon balance and ecosystem functioning. Previous
studies suggest that plant diversity influences soil microbial communities and their …
studies suggest that plant diversity influences soil microbial communities and their …
Functional identity drives tree species richness‐induced increases in litterfall production and forest floor mass in young tree communities
Forest floor accumulation is a key process that influences ecosystem carbon cycling. Despite
evidence suggesting that tree diversity and soil carbon are positively correlated, most soil …
evidence suggesting that tree diversity and soil carbon are positively correlated, most soil …
Tree mycorrhizal type and tree diversity shape the forest soil microbiota
B Singavarapu, R Beugnon… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is limited knowledge on how the association of trees with different mycorrhizal types
shapes soil microbial communities in the context of changing tree diversity levels. We used …
shapes soil microbial communities in the context of changing tree diversity levels. We used …
High plant species diversity enhances lignin accumulation in a subtropical forest of southwest China
Z Qian, R Gu, K Gao, D Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant species diversity (PSD) benefits soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation, but
mechanisms underlying the stimulative effects of PSD on SOC pools have not been well …
mechanisms underlying the stimulative effects of PSD on SOC pools have not been well …
Abiotic and biotic drivers of tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration
R Beugnon, W Bu, H Bruelheide… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Forests are ecosystems critical to understanding the global carbon budget, due to their
carbon sequestration potential in both aboveground and belowground compartments …
carbon sequestration potential in both aboveground and belowground compartments …