Complex networks are ubiquitous: a cell, the human brain, a group of people and the
Internet are all examples of interconnected many-body systems characterized by …

Predicting the impacts of climate change on species is one of the biggest challenges that
ecologists face. Predictions routinely focus on the direct effects of climate change on …

Here we build on the manifesto 'World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, issued by the
Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of conservation biologists deeply concerned about …

The role of soil biodiversity in regulating multiple ecosystem functions is poorly understood,
limiting our ability to predict how soil biodiversity loss might affect human wellbeing and …

A deluge of new data on real-world networks suggests that interactions among system units
are not limited to pairs, but often involve a higher number of nodes. To properly encode …

Whether species interactions are static or change over time has wide‐reaching ecological
and evolutionary consequences. However, species interaction networks are typically …

Loss of diversity in the gut microbiome can persist for extended periods after antibiotic
treatment, impacting microbiome function, antimicrobial resistance and probably host health …

Biodiversity and its responses to environmental changes are central issues in ecology and
for society. Almost all microbial biodiversity research focuses on “species” richness and …

The increasing use of plastic film mulching has caused the accumulation of plastic film
residue in soil. To date, most researches on the plastisphere have focused on bacterial and …

This book evolved from a series of Ph. D. seminars presented to students both at Tsinghua
University in Beijing and at the University of Illinois—Chicago. My lectures, in turn, grew out …