Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across …

RJ Rolls, DC Deane, SE Johnson, J Heino… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biotic homogenisation is defined as decreasing dissimilarity among ecological assemblages
sampled within a given spatial area over time. Biotic differentiation, in turn, is defined as …

A global review of rubber plantations: Impacts on ecosystem functions, mitigations, future directions, and policies for sustainable cultivation

AK Singh, W Liu, S Zakari, J Wu, B Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing global need for latex is driving rubber plantation (RP) expansion since the last
century, with> 2 Mha of cultivation area being established in the last decade. Southeast Asia …

Unboxing the black box—one step forward to understand the soil microbiome: a systematic review

A Mishra, L Singh, D Singh - Microbial ecology, 2023 - Springer
Soil is one of the most important assets of the planet Earth, responsible for maintaining the
biodiversity and managing the ecosystem services for both managed and natural …

Decreases in soil P availability are associated with soil organic P declines following forest conversion in subtropical China

L Yang, Z Yang, X Zhong, C Xu, Y Lin, Y Fan, M Wang… - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
The large-scale conversion of natural forests to plantations profoundly alters the
accumulation and transformation of soil nutrients. However, our understanding of how soil P …

Cascade dam impoundments restrain the trophic transfer efficiencies in benthic microbial food web

N Yang, Y Li, W Zhang, L Lin, B Qian, L Wang, L Niu… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Determination of the effects of cascade dams on benthic microbial ecosystem is essential for
dam regulation and ecological function protection. However, no comprehensive …

Responses of soil microbiota and nematodes to application of organic and inorganic fertilizers in grassland columns

I Ikoyi, B Egeter, C Chaves, M Ahmed, A Fowler… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2020 - Springer
Enhancing the role of the soil microbiota in plant phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) supply
through application of organic fertilizer could reduce dependencies on non-sustainable …

Soil degradation due to conversion from natural to plantation forests in Indonesia

E Widyati, HS Nuroniah, HL Tata, N Mindawati… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a crucial component of soil, through which physical, chemical,
and biological characteristics interact in a local context. Within the forest category, the …

Effects of plant diversity, soil microbial diversity, and network complexity on ecosystem multifunctionality in a tropical rainforest

Y Chen, X Huang, X Lang, R Tang, R Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Plant diversity and soil microbial diversity are important driving factors in
sustaining ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) in terrestrial ecosystems. However, little is …

Decreased inorganic N supply capacity and turnover in calcareous soil under degraded rubber plantation in the tropical karst region

F Garousi, Z Shan, K Ni, H Yang, J Shan, J Cao… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Investigating soil inorganic nitrogen (N) supply and availability can guide soil improvement
of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations in tropical regions, but the mechanisms controlling …