Soils play a pivotal role in major global biogeochemical cycles (carbon, nutrient, and water),
while hosting the largest diversity of organisms on land. Because of this, soils deliver …

Soils represent a significant reservoir of biological diversity that underpins a broad range of
key processes and moderate ecosystem service provision. Our understanding of the role …

Soil plays a crucial role in ecosystem functioning. In the 1990s ecosystem services (ES)
research focused on developing the concept and framework and only a few studies linked …

This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's
leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis …

Soils are home to more than 25% of the earth's total biodiversity and supports life on land
and water, nutrient cycling and retention, food production, pollution remediation, and climate …

A complex combination of environmental, biological, chemical, and physical properties and
processes determine soil biodiversity and its relationship to biogeochemical functions and …

The field of soil ecology has relatively few fundamental unifying principles that can be used
to explain and predict patterns and processes in belowground ecosystems. Here we …

The role of soil biodiversity in regulating multiple ecosystem functions is poorly understood,
limiting our ability to predict how soil biodiversity loss might affect human wellbeing and …

Soils harbor a substantial fraction of the world's biodiversity, contributing to many crucial
ecosystem functions. It is thus essential to identify general macroecological patterns related …

Soils host the vast majority of life on Earth including microorganisms and animals, and
supporting all terrestrial vegetation. While soil organisms are pivotal for ecosystem …