Background Land degradation and climate change pose serious threats to global
biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. The key role of plant diversity in resisting …

Straw and wood chips have been widely used as mulch materials to control post-fire erosion
in burned forests. However, their effects on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) have been …

Crop rhizospheres are the foundational support for multiple ecosystem services, ranging
from food production to carbon sequestration and soil fertility. Land use intensification is …

This study represents a first attempt to shed light into the mechanisms that modulate the
response of ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) to fire severity in post-fire landscapes. We …

Traditional management practices, such as grazing, can have adverse impact on soils.
Despite an extensive body of literature exploring the effects of grazing on soil and plants …

Soil nitrogen (N) fixation, driven by microbial reactions, is critical to support the entrance of
nitrogen in nutrient poor and pioneer ecosystems. However, how and why N fixation and soil …

Key message The multiple functions of Mediterranean forest ecosystems primarily decrease
with management operations, and secondarily with tree composition. This finding …

The decline of pollinators is an urgent issue that has gained global attention and many
initiatives have been implemented to promote conservation actions. However, interventions …

As the most widespread terrestrial ecosystem, forests harbour around two-thirds of all
terrestrial plant species and play a key role in the global carbon (C) cycle due to their huge …

Plant diversity plays a crucial role in maintaining the functionality of a community and
providing essential ecosystem services. Studying the plant diversity and its response to …