BACKGROUND Early civilizations developed around seasonal river floodplains, and the
natural rhythm of rivers remains critical to humans today. We use streams and rivers to meet …

All species within ecosystems contribute to regulating carbon cycling because of their
functional integration into food webs. Yet carbon modeling and accounting still assumes that …

Ecosystems across the globe receive elevated inputs of nutrients, but the consequences of
this for soil fungal guilds that mediate key ecosystem functions remain unclear. We find that …

Insect abundances are declining in many areas around the world, but the causes of those
declines are seldom clear. Here we report a dramatic decline in the abundance and diversity …

Rapid warming of high-latitude ecosystems is increasing microbial activity and accelerating
the decomposition of permafrost soils. This proliferation of microbial energy could restructure …

Two desirable functions of healthy soil are nutrient cycling and pest suppression. We review
relevant literature on the contributions of soil microarthropods to soil health through their …

In freshwater environments, microbial assemblages attached to submerged substrates play
an essential role in ecosystem processes such as primary production, supported by …

The framework of ecological stoichiometry was developed primarily within the context of
“green” autotroph-based food webs. While stoichiometric principles also apply in “brown” …

Land‐use and land‐cover transitions can affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in a
myriad of ways, including how energy is transferred within food‐webs. Size spectra (ie …

Agricultural production is increasingly viewed as more than a source of food, feed, fiber and
fuel, but also as a system of interdependent biotic and abiotic components that interact to …