Soil health is defined as the capacity of soil to function, within ecosystem boundaries, to
sustain crop and animal productivities, maintain or enhance environmental sustainability …

Commercial perennial agriculture is prone to declining productivity due to negative plant-soil
feedback. An alternative to costly and environmentally harmful conventional treatment such …

In the past two decades, a large number of studies have investigated the relationship
between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, most of which focussed on a limited set of …

Biodiversity loss, an important consequence of agricultural intensification, can lead to
reductions in agroecosystem functions and services. Increasing crop diversity through …

Aboveground–belowground interactions exert critical controls on the composition and
function of terrestrial ecosystems, yet the fundamental relationships between plant diversity …

Uneven-aged silvicultural practices can maintain habitat continuity and enhance
biodiversity. Soil microorganisms play critical roles in multiple ecosystem functions (ie …

Abstract Background The broad-leaved Korean pine mixed forest is an important and typical
component of a global temperate forest. Soil microbes are the main driver of biogeochemical …

Beyond the loss of species richness [1–3], human activities may also deplete the breadth of
evolutionary history (phylogenetic diversity) and the diversity of roles (functional diversity) …

Elucidating the diversity patterns and drivers of soil microbes at high altitudes contributes to
understanding the role microbes play in ecosystem services, but little is known about the soil …

Retention of nitrogen (N) is a critical ecosystem function, especially in the face of
widespread anthropogenic N enrichment; however, our understanding of the mechanisms …