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Climate and Land-Use Changes Predicted to Jointly Drive Soil Fungal Diversity Losses in One-Third of North American Coniferous Forests. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
This study assessed the potential impacts of climate and land‐use change on soil fungal diversity across four North American biomes. We found that climate change typically caused both diversity losses and gains, particularly in coniferous forests and among arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, whereas land‐use change mainly reduced diversity, especially in ...
Luo W, Peay KG, Gonçalves-Souza T, Reich PB, Zak DR, Zhu K.   +5 more
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Defoliation and fertilisation differentially moderate root trait effects on soil abiotic and biotic properties

Journal of Ecology, Volume 111, Issue 12, Page 2733-2749, December 2023., 2023
Our results indicate that defoliation and fertilisation, two common grassland perturbations, have contrasting impacts on root traits of grassland plant species, with direct and indirect short‐term consequences for a wide range of soil abiotic and biotic properties that underpin ecosystem functioning.
Yan Liu, Irene Cordero, Richard D. Bardgett   +2 more
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Escaping social–ecological traps through ecological restoration and socioeconomic development in China's Loess Plateau

People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 1364-1379, August 2023., 2023
Abstract The social–ecological trap is an emerging concept that describes situations in which self‐reinforcing social and ecological feedbacks maintain or push a social–ecological system towards an undesirable state and threaten the sustainability of human societies.
Zhuangzhuang Wang, Bojie Fu, Xutong Wu, Yingjie Li, Shuai Wang, Nan Lu   +5 more
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Root economic space is associated with rhizosphere microbial divergence via root metabolite‐mediated pathways in degraded grasslands

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 2068-2082, July 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Grasslands worldwide are experiencing severe degradation due to overgrazing, climate change and anthropogenic disturbances, resulting in substantial declines in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Xiaoqi Wang, Ruqiang Zhang, Dabu Xilatu, T. Martijn Bezemer, John Klironomos, Jingying Jing   +5 more
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Wildfire strengthens the relationship between soil biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical forests

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1415-1427, May 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Wildfires are disrupting and regenerating forces in nature that affect all ecosystem components. However, the impact of wildfires on soil multitrophic biodiversity and the resulting consequences for ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) remain poorly understood.
Juan Zhou, Hans J. De Boeck, Erik Verbruggen, Simon Reynaert, Shenglei Fu, Jianping Wu, Ivan Nijs   +6 more
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Landscape Composition and Proximity to Water Affect American Badger Occupancy in Shortgrass Prairies 景观组成和与水的距离影响矮草草原中美洲獾的占域率

Wildlife Letters, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 23-31, March 2026.
American badgers, a medium‐sized carnivore occurring in much of North America, are important predators in prairie landscapes though our understanding of their habitat use requirements in these areas is unclear. We used a multi‐scale approach to understand American badger habitat use at both local and landscape scales.
Colleen W. Piper, Ty J. Werdel, Matt S. Peek, Andrew M. Ricketts, Daniel S. Sullins, Adam A. Ahlers   +5 more
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Herbivore species and patch heterogeneity modulate grazing‐induced shifts in soil nematode trophic structure and energy flux

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 163-175, January 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Grazing by large herbivores is a critical factor shaping grassland biodiversity and ecosystem functioning worldwide, yet its consequences for soil communities remain poorly understood.
Quanhui Ma, Yao Wang, G. F. (Ciska) Veen, Ting Liu, Xue Qing, Yonghuan Yue, Haoran Yu, Deli Wang, Wenjia Wu, Jingjing Yang, Dima Chen, Yu Zhu, Ling Wang   +12 more
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西安地区第5层古土壤中的铁质薄膜类型与水文特征

, 2017
揭示西安地区第5层古土壤中还原层的类型和水分平衡,对认识西安地古土壤发育时的气候和植被以及地下水补给来源具有重要科学意义。通过对西安地区第5层古土壤(S5)的调查和多个剖面的观察,在西安东郊任家坡剖面、南郊双竹村剖面和蓝田田家坡剖面首次发现该层古土壤黏化层中含有1~5mm大小的低价氧化铁的灰绿色斑点。低价铁的灰绿色斑点是在地势较高和地下水位较深的还原作用下形成的,属于高位还原层,不同于以往认识的潴育化类型。灰绿色斑点指古土壤发育时土壤中上部出现了雨季积水并处于还原环境,当时雨季还原层含水量达到了饱和状态,
邵天杰[1], 罗小庆[1], 赵景波[1,2], 周旗[3], 马延东[1]   +4 more
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Moderate time grazing in the warm season maintained the diversity and complexity of soil microorganisms by regulating nutrient cycling and decomposition function

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 10, Page 2772-2789, October 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The soil microbial community plays an important role in maintaining the functional balance of grassland ecosystems. However, it is unclear how soil microbial diversity and complexity change in the desert steppe under different grazing times and what ecosystem factors ...
Zhuo Liu, Yan Shen, Guohong Wang, Huiping Li, Jingli Ma, Yao Zhou, Wen Li, Hongbin Ma   +7 more
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Reoccurrence of Dust Storms in South Asia and Their Implications for Vegetation Health 南亚沙尘暴的再次出现及其对植被健康的影响

Integrative Conservation, Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 362-380, September 2025.
Occurrences of dust storms and long‐distance movement of dust across landscapes is constantly increasing in south Asia. This dust is expected to have profound impact on vegetation health and sustainability as dust may contribute to nutrient budgets of the forest ecosystems, while it could impart various stresses to the plants.
Shree P. Pandey, Ashok Kumar Pokharel, Zechen Peng   +2 more
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