Infectious diseases are emerging globally at an unprecedented rate while global food
demand is projected to increase sharply by 2100. Here, we synthesize the pathways by …

Feedback between plants and soil microbial communities can be a powerful driver of
vegetation dynamics. Plants elicit changes in the soil microbiome that either promote or …

The majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate
in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, HIV, Ebola and SARS),,. Understanding …

Environmental filtering, where the environment selects against certain species, is thought to
be a major mechanism structuring communities. However, recent criticisms cast doubt on …

Purpose of review Forests are frequently exposed to natural disturbances, which are likely to
increase with global change, and may jeopardize the delivery of ecosystem services. Mixed …

The disease ecology community has struggled to come to consensus on whether
biodiversity reduces or increases infectious disease risk, a question that directly affects …

Plant‐soil feedback (PSF) theory provides a powerful framework for understanding plant
dynamics by integrating growth assays into predictions of whether soil communities stabilise …

Using a sample from a population to estimate the proportion of the population with a certain
category label is a broadly important problem. In the context of microbiome studies, this …

A substantial body of evidence has demonstrated that biodiversity stabilizes ecosystem
functioning over time in grassland ecosystems. However, the relative importance of different …

BACKGROUND Despite ongoing advances in biomedicine, infectious diseases remain a
major threat to human health, economic sustainability, and wildlife conservation. This is in …