Mountains are pivotal to maintaining habitat heterogeneity, global biodiversity, ecosystem
functions and services to humans. They have provided classic model natural systems for …

Aim Soil nitrogen (N) cycling is critical to the productivity of terrestrial ecosystems. However,
the impact of global change factors (GCFs) on the microbial mediators of N cycling pathways …

Temperature sensitivity (Q10) of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition is a crucial
parameter to predict the fate of soil carbon (C) under global warming. Nonetheless, the …

Aims Alpine ecosystems are important terrestrial carbon (C) pools, and microbial
decomposers play a key role in cycling soil C. Microbial metabolic limitations in these …

Background Grazing is a major modulator of biodiversity and productivity in grasslands.
However, our understanding of grazing-induced changes in below-ground communities …

The diversity patterns and drivers of soil microbial communities in altitudinal gradients have
recently received much attention. The rhizosphere is a focus of soil microbial communities …

Background Anthropogenic activities have increased the inputs of atmospheric reactive
nitrogen (N) into terrestrial ecosystems, affecting soil carbon stability and microbial …

Alpine ecosystems are known to be sensitive to climate change and human disturbances.
However, the knowledge about the changes of their underground microbial communities is …

Soil aggregates provide spatially heterogeneous microenvironments for soil microbiome
and ecological processes. Revealing the nuances of assembly processes in aggregates is …

Natural microbiota plays an essential role in flavor compounds used in traditional food
fermentation; however, the fluctuation in natural microbiota results in inconsistency in food …