Soil biota play key roles in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, however, compared to
our knowledge of above-ground plant and animal diversity, the biodiversity found in soils …

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 …

Bacteria have been inferred to exhibit relatively weak biogeographic patterns. To what
extent such findings reflect true biological phenomena or methodological artifacts remains …

Explicit characterisation of the complexity of urban landscapes is critical for understanding
patterns of biodiversity and for detecting the underlying social and ecological processes that …

The ecological drivers of soil biodiversity in the Southern Hemisphere remain
underexplored. Here, in a continental survey comprising 647 sites, across 58 degrees of …

Soil microbial communities are essential for ecosystem function, but linking community
composition to biogeochemical processes is challenging because of high microbial diversity …

Soil biota accounts for~ 25% of global biodiversity and is vital to nutrient cycling and primary
production. There is growing momentum to study total belowground biodiversity across large …

Aboveground–belowground interactions exert critical controls on the composition and
function of terrestrial ecosystems, yet the fundamental relationships between plant diversity …

Aim To review published evidence regarding the factors that influence the geographic
variation in diversity of soil organisms at different spatial scales. Location Global. Methods A …

This essay, which provides an overview of recent urban biodiversity research, highlights the
field's basic principles by drawing from specific results that have emerged from the Baltimore …