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Biodiversity in the dark
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In this paper, the authors tie changes in soil biodiversity to shifts in ecosystem function, which is a daunting task, as a multitude of organisms make soils the fertile factories of food and fibre production, decomposition and nutrient cycling that they are.Abstract:
A multitude of organisms makes soils the fertile factories of food and fibre production, decomposition and nutrient cycling that they are. But tying changes in soil biodiversity to shifts in ecosystem function is a daunting task.read more
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Soil biodiversity and soil community composition determine ecosystem multifunctionality
Cameron Wagg,S. Franz Bender,Franco Widmer,Marcel G. A. van der Heijden,Marcel G. A. van der Heijden +4 more
TL;DR: It is found that reductions in the abundance and presence of soil organisms results in the decline of multiple ecosystem functions, including plant diversity and nutrient cycling and retention, suggesting that below-ground biodiversity is a key resource for maintaining the functioning of ecosystems.
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Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo,Fernando T. Maestre,Peter B. Reich,Peter B. Reich,Thomas C. Jeffries,Juan José Gaitán,Daniel Encinar,Miguel Berdugo,Colin Campbell,Brajesh K. Singh +9 more
TL;DR: The findings provide empirical evidence that any loss in microbial diversity will likely reduce multifunctionality, negatively impacting the provision of services such as climate regulation, soil fertility and food and fibre production by terrestrial ecosystems.
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Soil and human security in the 21st century
Ronald Amundson,Asmeret Asefaw Berhe,Jan W. Hopmans,Carolyn Olson,A. Ester Sztein,Donald L. Sparks +5 more
TL;DR: Recent advances in understanding global soil resources, including how carbon stored in soil responds to anthropogenic warming are reviewed, reveal the severity of soil-related issues at stake for the remainder of this century and the need to rapidly regain a balance to the physical and biological processes that drive and maintain soil properties.
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Soil biodiversity and human health.
TL;DR: Current research indicates that soil biodiversity can be maintained and partially restored if managed sustainably, and promotes the ecological complexity and robustness of soil biodiversity through improved management practices.
Biodiversity effects on soil processes explained by interspecific functional dissimilarity
D.A. Heemsbergen,D.A. Heemsbergen,D.A. Heemsbergen,Matty P. Berg,Matty P. Berg,Matty P. Berg,Michel Loreau,Michel Loreau,Michel Loreau,J.R. van Hal,J.R. van Hal,J.R. van Hal,Jack H. Faber,Jack H. Faber,Jack H. Faber,H.A. Verhoef,H.A. Verhoef,H.A. Verhoef +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used soil microcosms to show that functional dissimilarity among detritivorous species, not species number, drives community compositional effects on leaf litter mass loss and soil respiration, two key soil ecosystem processes.
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Ecological linkages between aboveground and belowground biota.
David A. Wardle,David A. Wardle,Richard D. Bardgett,John N. Klironomos,Heikki Setälä,Wim H. van der Putten,Diana H. Wall +6 more
TL;DR: This work shows how aboveground and belowground components are closely interlinked at the community level, reinforced by a greater degree of specificity between plants and soil organisms than has been previously supposed.
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Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden,John N. Klironomos,Margot Ursic,Peter Moutoglis,R. Streitwolf-Engel,Thomas Boller,Andres Wiemken,Ian R. Sanders +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that below-ground diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is a major factor contributing to the maintenance of plant biodiversity and to ecosystem functioning, and that microbial interactions can drive ecosystem functions such as plant biodiversity, productivity and variability.
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Nitrogen additions and microbial biomass: a meta-analysis of ecosystem studies
TL;DR: It is suggested that N enrichment could reduce microbial biomass in many ecosystems, with corresponding declines in soil CO2 emissions.
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Nematode community structure as a bioindicator in environmental monitoring.
Tom Bongers,Howard Ferris +1 more
TL;DR: Recent development of indices that integrate the responses of different taxa and trophic groups to perturbation provides a powerful basis for analysis of faunal assemblages in soil as in situ environmental assessment systems.
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