Environmental disturbances seem to be increasing in frequency and impact, yet we have
little understanding of the belowground impacts of these events. Soil fauna, while widely …

Plants act as ecosystem engineers playing fundamental roles in steering their surroundings,
including soil abiotic and biotic conditions, soil organisms, and the complex soil food web …

Body size is an important life-history trait that affects organism niche occupancy and
ecological interactions. However, it is still unclear to what extent the assembly process of …

Unsustainable anthropogenic activities over the last few decades have resulted in
alterations of the global climate. It can be perceived through changes in the rainfall patterns …

Grasslands provide a number of ecosystem services for human society. Degradation of
grasslands results in the loss of biodiversity and leads to the deterioration of ecosystem …

Climate warming is predicted to alter the structure, stability, and functioning of food webs,,,–.
Yet, despite the importance of soil food webs for energy and nutrient turnover in terrestrial …

The observation and assessment of animal biodiversity using acoustic technology has
developed considerably in recent years. Current eco-acoustic research focuses on …

Soils store∼ 80% of global terrestrial organic carbon and alterations in fluxes into and out of
this pool may interact with ongoing climate change. Belowground food webs drive soil C …

With the world continuously warming, a mechanistic understanding of how temperature
affects interaction strengths, which are fundamental to food‐web stability, is needed. As …

Soil faunas account for 23% of known animal species and play a crucial role in ecosystem
processes such as mineralizing nutrients, regulating microbial community composition …