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Urbanization and Spatial Aggregation Impair Multifunctionality in Urban Vacant Lots [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Urban shrinkage, driven by population decline rather than expansion, is an emerging concern in many developed countries. This demographic shift increases the prevalence of novel green spaces, such as vacant lots, prompting interest in their potential to ...
Yuki Iwachido, Himari Katsuhara, Kaho Maehara, Mahoro Tomitaka, Kensuke Seto, Shun Nonaka, Masayuki Ushio, Maiko Kagami, Takehiro Sasaki   +8 more
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The soil microbiome as an indicator of ecosystem multifunctionality in European soils [PDF]

Nature Communications
The role of soil microorganisms in supporting multiple ecosystem functions (multifunctionality) remains poorly understood across diverse environmental conditions.
Ferran Romero, Maëva Labouyrie, Alberto Orgiazzi, Cristiano Ballabio, Panos Panagos, Arwyn Jones, Leho Tedersoo, Mohammad Bahram, Nico Eisenhauer, Marie Sünnemann, Carlos A. Guerra, Dongxue Tao, Ido Rog, Shuo Jiao, Stefano Mocali, Matthias C. Rillig, Anika Lehmann, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden   +18 more
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Soil fungi influence the relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality [PDF]

Nature Communications
Fungal diversity influences both plant diversity and ecosystem functioning, but how fungi mediate the relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality is not as well understood.
Zhenwei Xu, Xiao Guo, Warwick J. Allen, Yi Hu, Jingfeng Wang, Mingyan Li, Linwei Wu, Weihua Guo   +7 more
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Microbial diversity and the abundance of keystone species drive the response of soil multifunctionality to organic substitution and biochar amendment in a tea plantation

GCB Bioenergy, 2022
High nitrogen (N) fertilizer inputs accelerate soil acidification and degradation in tea plantations, thus posing a threat to soil microbial diversity, species composition, and ecosystem service functions.
Zhaoqiang Han, Pinshang Xu, Zhutao Li, Haiyan Lin, Chen Zhu, Jinyang Wang, Jianwen Zou   +6 more
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Soil community richness and composition jointly influence the multifunctionality of soil along the forest-steppe ecotone

Ecological Indicators, 2022
Soils harbor an enormous organism which provide multiple ecosystem functions in the terrestrial ecosystem. However, the potential effects of soil biodiversity on soil multifunctionality (multiple ecosystem functions simultaneously provided by soil) have ...
Xiao-Fang Du, Han-Wen Liu, Ying-Bin Li, Bing Li, Xu Han, Yu-Hui Li, Mohammad Mahamood, Qi Li   +7 more
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Biocomposites: Their multifunctionality

International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2010
During the last decade, tissue engineering has shown a considerable promise in providing more viable alternatives to surgical procedures for harvested tissues, implants and prostheses. Due to the fast development on nano- and biomaterial technologies, it is now possible for doctors to use patients' cells to repair orthopaedic defects such as focal ...
Lau, Kin-tak, Ho, Mei-po, Au-Yeung, Chi-ting, Cheung, Hoi-yan   +3 more
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Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality [PDF]

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2018
Recent years have seen a surge of interest in ecosystem multifunctionality, a concept that has developed in the largely separate fields of biodiversity-ecosystem function and land management research. Here we discuss the merit of the multifunctionality concept, the advances it has delivered, the challenges it faces and solutions to these challenges ...
Peter Manning, Fons van der Plas, Santiago Soliveres, Eric Allan, Fernando T. Maestre, Georgina Mace, Mark J. Whittingham, Markus Fischer   +7 more
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Enhancing understanding of ecosystem multifunctionality in mountain regions

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023
Mountain landscapes that are managed to provide several ecosystem services (ES) have the potential to sustain high levels of biodiversity while also meeting multiple human needs.
Heidi Simion, Valentina Giombini, Erich Tasser, Thomas Marsoner, Lukas Egarter Vigl   +4 more
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Determining the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on the ecosystem multifunctionality in a desert-oasis ecotone

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Questions: Differences in the vertical structures of communities, nutrient cycling, multiple diversity attributes, and environmental factors are important forces driving ecosystem multifunctionality.
Hengfang Wang, Guanghui Lv, Yan Cai, Xueni Zhang, Lamei Jiang, Xiaodong Yang   +5 more
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Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity

Nature Communications, 2023
Grazing by domestic herbivores is the most widespread land use on the planet, and also a major global change driver in grasslands. Yet, experimental evidence on the long-term impacts of livestock grazing on biodiversity and function is largely lacking ...
Minna Zhang, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Guangyin Li, Forest Isbell, Yue Wang, Yann Hautier, Yao Wang, Yingli Xiao, Jinting Cai, Xiaobin Pan, Ling Wang   +10 more
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