Grasslands, which constitute almost 40% of the terrestrial biosphere, provide habitat for a
great diversity of animals and plants and contribute to the livelihoods of more than 1 billion …

Grasslands contribute greatly to biodiversity and human livelihoods; they support 70% of the
world's agricultural area, but are heavily degraded by human land use. Grassland …

Grasslands are ubiquitous globally, and their conservation and restoration are critical to
combat both the biodiversity and climate crises. There is increasing interest in implementing …

Background Plants condition the soil in which they grow, thereby altering the performance of
subsequent plants growing in this soil. This phenomenon, known as plant-soil feedback …

The restoration of invasion-resistant plant communities is an important strategy to combat
the negative impacts of alien invasions. Based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of …

Dietary approaches, particularly those including fiber supplementation, can be used to
promote health benefits by shaping the gut microbial communities. Whereas community …

Microbiomes feature recurrent compositional structures under given environmental
conditions. However, these patterns may conceal diverse underlying population dynamics …

Background The recent outbreaks of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Guinea and Ghana
have become a major public health concern not only to the West African sub-region but a …

Priority effects play a key role in structuring natural communities, but considerable confusion
remains about how they affect different ecological systems. Synthesizing previous studies …

Although primarily studied through the lens of community ecology, phenomena consistent
with priority effects appear to be widespread across many different scenarios spanning a …