Seaweeds are important primary producers in marine ecosystems and often play keystone
and significant structural roles in their communities. After almost a century of research …

Soil organic matter (SOM) transformation processes are regulated by the activities of plants,
microbes, and fauna. Compared with plants and microbes, effects of soil fauna are less …

Human activities and climate change have accelerated species losses and degradation of
ecosystems to unprecedented levels. Both theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that …

Aim Quantifying the relative contribution of environmental filtering versus limiting similarity in
sha** communities is challenging because these processes often act simultaneously and …

Exploring diversity and community composition patterns across evolutionary and functionally
diverse organisms is critical for understanding the general processes that shape biodiversity …

From Darwin's visit to nowadays, we analyzed the changes in species-and genus-level
richness and turnover, equity, diversity, composition, as well as functional group and …

Green roofs provide vital functions within the urban ecosystem, from supporting biodiversity,
to sustainable climate-positive ESS provisioning. However, how plant communities should …

Functional diversity is increasingly used alongside taxonomic diversity to describe
populations and communities in ecology. Indeed, functional diversity metrics allow …

The potential of science and technology to advance human progress is immense. The recent
pandemic highlighted some of the key elements of a multifaceted approach that are …

Coccolithophore's significant contribution to marine primary production alongside their
considerable diversity has made this phytoplankton group an important focus of ocean …