Regenerative agriculture—A literature review on the practices and mechanisms used to improve soil health

R Khangura, D Ferris, C Wagg, J Bowyer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional farming practices can lead to soil degradation and a decline in productivity.
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is purported by advocates as a solution to these issues that …

[HTML][HTML] Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

R Cavicchioli, WJ Ripple, KN Timmis, F Azam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth.
Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms. To understand how …

Reduction of microbial diversity in grassland soil is driven by long-term climate warming

L Wu, Y Zhang, X Guo, D Ning, X Zhou, J Feng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change threatens ecosystem functioning. Soil biodiversity is essential
for maintaining the health of terrestrial systems, but how climate change affects the richness …

Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

FT Maestre, Y Le Bagousse-Pinguet… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem
services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure …

Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships

W Hu, J Ran, L Dong, Q Du, M Ji, S Yao, Y Sun… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Relationships between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem
multifunctionality) are context-dependent. Both plant and soil microbial diversity have been …

Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality

L Qiu, Q Zhang, H Zhu, PB Reich, S Banerjee… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
While soil erosion drives land degradation, the impact of erosion on soil microbial
communities and multiple soil functions remains unclear. This hinders our ability to assess …

Patterns in soil microbial diversity across Europe

M Labouyrie, C Ballabio, F Romero, P Panagos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Factors driving microbial community composition and diversity are well established but the
relationship with microbial functioning is poorly understood, especially at large scales. We …

Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity

C Xiong, YG Zhu, JT Wang, B Singh, LL Han… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plant microbiomes are essential to host health and productivity but the ecological processes
that govern crop microbiome assembly are not fully known. Here we examined bacterial …

Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes

F Bastida, DJ Eldridge, C García, G Kenny Png… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The relationship between biodiversity and biomass has been a long standing debate in
ecology. Soil biodiversity and biomass are essential drivers of ecosystem functions …

Nitrogen fertilization weakens the linkage between soil carbon and microbial diversity: a global meta‐analysis

Y Yang, X Chen, L Liu, T Li, Y Dou, J Qiao… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbes make up a significant portion of the genetic diversity and play a critical role in
belowground carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbial diversity and …