Capturing the complexity of soil life for soil quality assessments is one of the most
challenging paradoxes of contemporary soil science. Soil biota perform a plethora of …

Revealing the roles of biotic factors in driving community assembly, which is crucial for the
understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem functions, is a fundamental but infrequently …

Long-term fertilization is known to impact the biodiversity and community structures of soil
organisms, which are responsible for multiple soil ecosystem functions (multifunctionality) …

Agricultural ecosystems are facing increasing environmental changes. Revealing ecological
stability of belowground organisms is key to developing management strategies that …

Perturbation of soil microbial communities by rising temperatures could have important
consequences for biodiversity and future climate, particularly in tropical forests where high …

Revealing the ecological roles of core microbiota in the maintenance of the functional
stability of soil microbiomes is crucial for sustainable ecosystem functioning; however, there …

Biochar and nitrogen (N) fertilizer application can increase soil carbon sequestration and
enhance soil nutrient cycling. However, few studies have systematically explored the effects …

Pesticides are widely applied in agriculture to combat disease, pests, and weeds, leading to
long-lasting contamination of agricultural soils with pesticide residues. While classical risk …

In this work, the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in irrigation recycled wastewaters
(RWWs) and a desalinated brackish water (DBW) from the arid territory of Fuerteventura …

Soils are hotspots of diversity and sustain many globally important functions. Here we focus
on the most burning issue: how to keep soils as carbon sinks while maintaining their …