During the ongoing biodiversity crisis, captive conservation and breeding programs offer a
refuge for species to persist and provide source populations for reintroduction efforts …

While it is now widely accepted that microorganisms provide essential functions in
restoration ecology, the nature of relationships between microbial community assembly and …

Hyporheic zones are the water-saturated flow-through subsurfaces of rivers which are
characterized by the simultaneous occurrence of multiple physical, biological, and chemical …

River network comprised by varieties of interconnected rivers is an essential form of lotic
environments. Unravelling the biogeochemical processes are essential for promoting the …

Mammalian pregnancy can alter the diversity, membership and structure of the maternal gut
microbiota, but it is unclear whether this phenomenon occurs in vertebrates with different …

Titanium salt coagulant, as a new type of water treatment agent, has been widely studied,
but most researches do not consider its effect on the biological treatment. In this study …

The importance of functional diversity for the functioning and behaviour of microbial
communities is clear, yet the widespread incorporation of functional diversity measurements …

Revealing temporal patterns of community assembly processes is important for
understanding how microorganisms underlie the sustainability of agroecosystem. The …

Large herbivores grazing is a major disturbance that can cause significant changes of soil
environment in grassland ecosystems. However, it remains unclear how soil microbial …

Two fundamental questions in ecology are how biodiversity is maintained and how it affects
ecosystem functioning. Until now, it has been difficult to study the above mechanisms in …