Plastic has created a new man-made ecosystem called plastisphere. The plastic pieces
including microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have emerged as a global concern …

The scientific literature contains many studies of trade-offs or synergies between ecosystem
services (ES); however, it is challenging to qualify and compare these studies. To address …

Aim Macroinvertebrates comprise a highly diverse set of taxa with great potential as
indicators of soil quality. Communities were sampled at 3,694 sites distributed world‐wide …

The dominance of “ecosystem services” as a guiding concept for environmental
management–where it appears as a neutral, obvious, taken-for-granted concept–hides the …

Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services (ES) and their underlying
socioecological drivers is essential for forming the efficient management decisions of …

Ecological security patterns (ESPs) are designed to enhance ecosystem structure and
functionality while preserving vital ecosystem services (ESs). This study not only integrated …

Land use and land cover change is an important driving force for changes in ecosystem
services. We defined several important human-induced land cover change processes such …

Soil aggregation and its effects on soil C storage have been addressed in thousands of
research articles over the last 40 years. Research has been mostly focused on the …

Exploring the impacts of landscape pattern on ecosystem services (ESs) and their trade-offs
could provide a new way to improve ESs without largely altering land use types. Using the …

Soils participate in the provision of numerous ecosystem services of great importance for the
maintenance of ecosystems and human societies. Physical and chemical soils properties …