Best practices in metabarcoding of fungi: from experimental design to results

L Tedersoo, M Bahram, L Zinger, RH Nilsson… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of high‐throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies has greatly improved
our capacity to identify fungi and unveil their ecological roles across a variety of ecosystems …

Landscape patterns are the main regulator of pond water chlorophyll α concentrations in subtropical agricultural catchments of China

H Xiao, Y Luo, M Jiang, R Su, J Li, R Xiang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chlorophyll α (Chl-a) is an important indicator of algal biomass and eutrophication status of
surface water ecosystems. The Chl-a concentrations exhibit significant temporal fluctuations …

glmm. hp: an R package for computing individual effect of predictors in generalized linear mixed models

J Lai, Y Zou, S Zhang, X Zhang… - Journal of Plant Ecology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) have been widely used in contemporary ecology
studies. However, determination of the relative importance of collinear predictors (ie fixed …

Understanding the spatial relationships and drivers of ecosystem service supply-demand mismatches towards spatially-targeted management of social-ecological …

J Shen, S Li, H Wang, S Wu, Z Liang, Y Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Managing relationships among ecosystem service supplies and demands and manipulating
certain drivers to maintain well-balanced ecosystem service suites are key challenges for …

Whole-soil-profile warming does not change microbial carbon use efficiency in surface and deep soils

Q Zhang, W Qin, J Feng, X Li, Z Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The paucity of investigations of carbon (C) dynamics through the soil profile with warming
makes it challenging to evaluate the terrestrial C feedback to climate change. Soil microbes …

Afforestation can lower microbial diversity and functionality in deep soil layers in a semiarid region

W Kong, X Wei, Y Wu, M Shao, Q Zhang… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Afforestation is an effective approach to rehabilitate degraded ecosystems, but often
depletes deep soil moisture. Presently, it is not known how an afforestation‐induced …

Exploring the complex trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services in the Tibet autonomous region

J Huang, F Zheng, X Dong, XC Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
A clear understanding of complex trade-off and synergy (TOS) relationships among different
kinds of ecosystem services (ESs) is vital for promoting regional sustainable development …

Application of the optimal parameter geographic detector model in the identification of influencing factors of ecological quality in Guangzhou, China

M Zhang, AA Kafy, B Ren, Y Zhang, S Tan, J Li - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ecological environment is important for the survival and development of human beings,
and objective and accurate monitoring of changes in the ecological environment has …

Divergent response and adaptation of specific leaf area to environmental change at different spatio‐temporal scales jointly improve plant survival

Z Liu, M Zhao, H Zhang, T Ren, C Liu… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Specific leaf area (SLA) is one of the most important plant functional traits. It integrates
multiple functions and reflects strategies of plants to obtain resources. How plants employ …

Climatic seasonality challenges the stability of microbial‐driven deep soil carbon accumulation across China

S Wen, J Chen, Z Yang, L Deng, J Feng… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial residues contribute to the long‐term stabilization of carbon in the entire soil profile,
helping to regulate the climate of the planet; however, how sensitive these residues are to …