Habitat fragmentation is a primary cause of biodiversity loss. As an essential part of the
ecosystem, soil microorganisms participate in a series of ecosystem processes. However …

Currently, the rapid socioeconomic development and urbanization around the world have
caused the ecological environment on the earth surface to become extremely fragile and …

Societal demand for multifunctional agricultural landscapes keeps increasing. To promote
such landscapes, it is necessary to identify which components of landscape heterogeneity …

Context Human-induced changes in landscape structure are among the main causes of
biodiversity loss. Despite their important contribution to biodiversity and ecosystem …

Urban expansion and associated habitat transformation drives shifts in biodiversity, with
declines in taxonomic and functional diversity. Forests fragments within urban landscapes …

Fungal communities can influence the productivity, composition and survival of trees through
cycling nutrients, providing resources and altering pathogens. Thus, shifts in fungal …

Key message Metabarcoding analysis of soil fungal communities in French mountain forests
revealed that harvesting intensity, time since last harvest and former land use had no effect …

Context Fungi represent a large part of soil biodiversity as well as an essential role for tree
hydromineral nutrition, survival, and carbon cycling. While their local diversity has proven to …

The current environmental changes stressing the Earth's biological systems urgently require
study from an integrated perspective to reveal unexpected, cross-scale interactions …

Dispersal governs microbial biogeography, but the rates and mechanisms of dispersal
remain poorly characterized for most microbial taxa. Dispersal limitation is driven by limits on …