Toward a sustainable grazing management based on biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands

R Zhang, J Wang, S Niu - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•The sustainable grazing management should focus on the biodiversity
conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem multifunctionality.•Grazing effects on …

Different responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities to nitrogen deposition in a subtropical forest

J Wang, X Shi, C Zheng, H Suter, Z Huang - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
China has experienced a widespread increase in N deposition due to intensive
anthropogenic activities, particularly in the subtropical regions. However, the effects of long …

Long‐term nitrogen input alters plant and soil bacterial, but not fungal beta diversity in a semiarid grassland

W Liu, L Liu, X Yang, M Deng, Z Wang… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) input is known to alter plant and microbial α‐diversity, but how N
enrichment influences β‐diversity of plant and microbial communities remains poorly …

Identifying thresholds of nitrogen enrichment for substantial shifts in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community metrics in a temperate grassland of northern China

H Wu, J Yang, W Fu, MC Rillig, Z Cao, A Zhao… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) enrichment poses threats to biodiversity and ecosystem stability, while
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play important roles in ecosystem stability and …

Resource-dependent biodiversity and potential multi-trophic interactions determine belowground functional trait stability

L Zhu, Y Chen, R Sun, J Zhang, L Hale, K Dumack… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background For achieving long-term sustainability of intensive agricultural practices, it is
pivotal to understand belowground functional stability as belowground organisms play …

Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships

Z Hu, M Delgado-Baquerizo, N Fanin, X Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nutrient enrichment is a major global change component that often disrupts the relationship
between aboveground biodiversity and ecosystem functions by promoting species …

Soil microbial community response to nitrogen application on a swamp meadow in the arid region of central Asia

Y Hu, M Chen, Z Yang, M Cong, X Zhu… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although a large number of studies have reported the importance of microbial communities
in terrestrial ecosystems and their response to nitrogen (N) application, it is not clear in arid …

Towards ecosystem‐based techniques for tip** point detection

DA Hemraj, J Carstensen - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An ecosystem shifts to an alternative stable state when a threshold of accumulated pressure
(ie direct impact of environmental change or human activities) is exceeded. Detecting this …

Characteristics of microbial community composition and its relationship with carbon, nitrogen and sulfur in sediments

W Liao, D Tong, Z Li, X Nie, Y Liu, F Ran… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microorganisms play an important role in the biogeochemical cycles of lacustrine sediments.
However, little is known about their vertical responses to sedimentary depths and their …

Drip irrigation mode affects tomato yield by regulating root–soil–microbe interactions

J Wang, Y Du, W Niu, J Han, Y Li, P Yang - Agricultural Water Management, 2022 - Elsevier
A deep understanding of root–soil–microbe interactions in response to drip irrigation can
help optimize drip irrigation techniques and improve crop yield; however, relevant …