Soil aggregate size-dependent relationships between microbial functional diversity and multifunctionality

S Han, M Delgado-Baquerizo, X Luo, Y Liu… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil stability and aggregates are important drivers of soil fertility and microbial diversity and
are highly vulnerable to land degradation. However, the role of soil aggregates in driving the …

Soil aggregate modulates microbial ecological adaptations and community assemblies in agricultural soils

H Liao, X Hao, Y Zhang, F Qin, M Xu, P Cai… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil aggregates provide spatially heterogeneous microenvironments for soil microbiome
and ecological processes. Revealing the nuances of assembly processes in aggregates is …

Long-term organic fertilization promotes the resilience of soil multifunctionality driven by bacterial communities

J Luo, G Liao, S Banerjee, S Gu, J Liang, X Guo… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Long-term intensive fertilization is a practice common around the world and gradually alters
soil microbiome, however, its influences on the temporal resilience of soil multifunctionality …

[HTML][HTML] Soil microbial biodiversity promotes crop productivity and agro-ecosystem functioning in experimental microcosms

F Romero, S Hilfiker, A Edlinger, A Held… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil biota contribute substantially to multiple ecosystem functions that are key for
geochemical cycles and plant performance. However, soil biodiversity is currently …

Loss of microbial diversity weakens specific soil functions, but increases soil ecosystem stability

X Yang, J Cheng, AE Franks, X Huang, Q Yang… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The importance of microbial community diversity for soil functioning is still debated. Here, we
used a dilution approach (undiluted, and 10− 4, 10− 8 and 10− 12) and supplementation of …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal-bacterial diversity and microbiome complexity predict ecosystem functioning

C Wagg, K Schlaeppi, S Banerjee, EE Kuramae… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The soil microbiome is highly diverse and comprises up to one quarter of Earth's diversity.
Yet, how such a diverse and functionally complex microbiome influences ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] The ecological clusters of soil organisms drive the ecosystem multifunctionality under long-term fertilization

YF Wang, P Chen, FH Wang, WX Han, M Qiao… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Long-term fertilization is known to impact the biodiversity and community structures of soil
organisms, which are responsible for multiple soil ecosystem functions (multifunctionality) …

Rare microbial taxa as the major drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in long-term fertilized soils

QL Chen, J Ding, D Zhu, HW Hu… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil microbial communities play an essential role in driving multiple functions (ie,
multifunctionality) that are central to the global biogeochemical cycles. Long-term fertilization …

Deciphering the associations between soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality driven by long‐term fertilization management

G Luo, C Rensing, H Chen, M Liu, M Wang… - Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An increasing number of studies indicate that microbial diversity plays a crucial role in the
mediation of ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) in natural ecosystems. However, this point …

[HTML][HTML] Soil multifunctionality is affected by the soil environment and by microbial community composition and diversity

Q Zheng, Y Hu, S Zhang, L Noll, T Böckle… - Soil Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microorganisms are critical in mediating carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling processes in
soils. Yet, it has long been debated whether the processes underlying biogeochemical …