For more than a decade, researchers on all continents have been engaged in an initiative to
simultaneously produce bioenergy, remove excess carbon (C) from the atmosphere and …

While carbon flow through soil decomposition channels is well studied, the associated
energy fluxes are less considered. In particular, how microbial substrate and energy …

Nematodes occupy different niches in soil and play important roles in plant growth.
However, the dynamic responses of nematode community to fertilization at the aggregate …

Biodiversity can enhance soil multifunctionality through strengthening biotic interactions in
soil food webs, but largely unknown in agroecosystems. We therefore predicted that …

Introduction Soil nutrient supply drives the ecological functions of soil micro-food webs
through bottom-up and top-down mechanisms in degraded agroecosystems. Nutrient …

Forest restoration is expanding globally, which involves dramatic changes in energy fluxes
through soil ecosystem food webs. Soil nematodes are the most abundant animals and …

Short-term drought events occur more frequently and more intensively under global climate
change. Biochar amendment has been documented to ameliorate the negative effects of …

Background Precipitation regimes in arid and semi-arid regions are exhibiting a trend of
increase in rainfall intensity but reduction in frequency, affecting soil communities and …

Systems theory is increasingly important for understanding the recently globalized
Anthropocene period. Popular ideas from complex systems in physical and social sciences …

Nematodes occupy different niches in soil and play important roles in plant growth.
However, the community shift of nematodes at the soil-aggregate scale under fertilization …