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In forest ecosystems, the decomposition of deadwood, primarily driven by fungal communities, constitutes a fundamental ecological process. The initial phase of deadwood decomposition is particularly critical, ...
Carbon emissions are the primary driver of climate change. As the world’s largest carbon emitter, China faces huge challenges in reducing emissions. To address this, greening, defined as the expansion and enha...
Accurately representing the spatial distribution of organisms is essential for understanding ecological systems and managing natural environments. Conventional surveys for estimating macroinvertebrate abundanc...
Subtropical forests play a critical role in global carbon cycling but are highly sensitive to climate-driven precipitation and temperature variability. At China's Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve, observed warming...
Forest ecosystems are in the spotlight for their potential to mitigate anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through net photosynthesis. However, this mitigation potential can be counteracted by respirator...
Insectivorous birds provide a key ecosystem service as predators of folivorous insects. Changes in forest structural complexity and composition, currently underway in temperate forests, may affect the predatio...
The relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) are of global concern due to unprecedented biodiversity loss. Although many controlled experiments advocate that biodiversity enhances eco...
Water use efficiency (WUE), a pivotal metric of carbon–water coupling strength in terrestrial ecosystems, is strongly regulated by vapor pressure deficit (VPD), yet its diurnal dynamics under contrasting water...
The changing hydrological conditions in wetland ecosystems are often accompanied by salt fluctuations. However, how fluctuating salt conditions affect growth and interspecific competition of dominant plants in...
This study focuses on the agrochemical properties of soils and microbial communities in the rhizosphere of the narrowly endemic species Rosa potentilliflora in the mountain ecosystems of the Zailiyskiy Alatau (Ka...
Machine learning is widely used to estimate gross primary productivity (GPP) on large scales. Usually, models are trained at site level using eddy flux observations and remote sensing based vegetation indices....
Investigating the influencing factors of groundwater drought offers critical insights for the sustainable management of groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs). The Upper Zambezi Catchment hosts a large-scale ...
The increasing demand for large-scale hydroelectric dam development in tropical developing countries has led to significant land-use changes that impact biodiversity, particularly in megadiverse countries, suc...
The depletion of birds and mammals by invasive snakes is known to trigger top-down trophic cascades in recipient ecosystems. However, the indirect effects of island reptile depletion by invasive snakes remain ...
The classic growth rate hypothesis (GRH) suggests a direct relationship between rapid growth rates, higher phosphorus (P) concentrations, and lower nitrogen (N):P ratios. However, the applicability of GRH in f...
Family ranches are major sources of livestock-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in global pastoral ecosystems. We conducted semi-structured interviews and collected data on livestock production and the li...
Plant water use efficiency (WUE) is a key indicator of coupling between the carbon and water cycles in grassland ecosystems and is influenced by both grazing and nutrient availability. However, the regulatory ...
China’s national “Dual Carbon” goals have set clear timelines and imposed more stringent requirements for regional emission reductions. To effectively achieve these goals, developing an equitable carbon alloca...
Dispersal limitations vary among species within the same region. For some species, geographic distance is the primary constraint, while for others, environmental factors such as climate and vegetation patterns...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) represents the largest carbon sink in terrestrial ecosystems. Anthropogenic nitrogen inputs increase the levels of reactive nitrogen, significantly influencing SOC dynamics. Given the...
Global risk assessment of invasive weeds is a proactive strategy for identifying high-risk species and regions, predicting invasion rates and extents, and evaluating harmful impacts on native biodiversity, agr...
More than 90% of the carbon in grassland ecosystems is stored in the soil. Grassland land-use has been considered as a fundamental aspect altering soil carbon pool dynamics in the context of global change. How...
The invasiveness of Spartina alterniflora Loisel. into the estuarine coastal wetlands has impacted the stability of soil organic carbon, as well as the functional genes of soil microorganisms. However, the mechan...
Describing where distribution hotspots and coldspots are located is crucial for any science-based species management and governance. Thus, here we created the world’s first Super Species Distribution Models (S...
Biological invasions pose severe threats to global biodiversity and human well-being. Invading populations often experience negative growth rates during the ‘lag phase’, leading to Allee effects, a density-dep...
The decomposition of organic matter is among the most important ecosystem processes in forest ecosystems, regulating the carbon and nutrient cycle. However, our understanding about how direct (environment and ...
The impact of vessel-induced waves on macrophyte communities in lakes remains controversial, due to a lack of comprehensive assessments which also consider mechanistic effects on ecological processes during ea...
The assembly processes of fish communities in large complex ecosystems often exhibit spatiotemporal variation. In riverine floodplains, this variation is also influenced by interactions with the river main-ste...
Ecological land evolution is pivotal in shaping regional landscapes and ecosystem functions. However, existing metrics are limited in quantifying patch-scale dynamics of connectivity and fragmentation during t...
Understanding the temporal development of community assembly processes is essential for assessing the recovery of degraded ecosystems after restoration. Community development in restored streams is often slow ...
The forest floor humus layer is an important carbon pool and serves as a key interface that influences forest soil carbon and nutrient cycling, especially in temperate and boreal forests. Over the past decades...
Accurate measurements of aboveground biomass (AGB) are essential for understanding the planet’s carbon balance. The Atlantic Forest of the Serra do Mar in southeastern Brazil contains large areas of well-prese...
Fluvial fish habitat in the Northeastern and Midwestern U.S. is substantially affected by natural landscape factors and anthropogenic stressors, with climate change expected to alter natural influences and exa...
Seed traits, including size, nutrient content, mechanical and chemical defenses, are important factors influencing seed-animal interactions. Representing insect-seed antagonism, pre-dispersal seed predation (P...
Understanding the drivers of spatial patterns in fish communities is important for protecting fishery ecosystems. However, the influence of ocean currents on the spatial patterns of fish communities remains po...
Dry forests, on which millions of the world’s impoverished individuals rely, are among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. Understanding the drivers of change affecting the dynamics of dry forests, the ec...
Using isotope mixing models, researchers can estimate the proportionate contributions of the components within a mixture to infer their sources, which is a significant method in fields such as ecology, environ...
The forest-steppe ecotone, a critical transition zone sensitive to global change, faces increasing nitrogen deposition. However, the interplay between nitrogen conversion processes and soil enzyme activity rem...
In diverse agroecological settings, determining the magnitude and intensity of drought conditions is crucial for enhancing food security and climate resilience. However, in regions with bimodal agroecology, th...
Soil respiration (Rs) is critical for maintaining the terrestrial carbon (C) cycling, and considerable research has focused on its response to climate warming. However, our knowledge of the mechanistic basis o...
Ecological floating beds can restore eutrophic water, but few studies have focused on changes in microbial communities during the remediation process. To gain a deeper understanding of the restoration process,...
The agricultural sector accounts for more than 80% of global freshwater consumption, making accurate water demand modeling crucial for preserving these scarce resources, particularly in arid and semi-arid regi...
Identifying the processes that govern community assembly along elevational gradients has been a central theme in ecology, especially in montane ecosystems where abundant species and strong turnover are present...
Increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is a major threat to plant diversity globally. Recent observations show that the reduced-to-oxidized (NHx/NOy) ratio of N deposition has been changing spatially and ...
The diet of ungulates is often characterized by low protein levels and the presence of indigestible and defensive compounds. It also often lacks micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) essential for growth, hea...
The global freshwater biodiversity crisis has led to widespread implementation of measures to counteract environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. While these efforts aim to foster recovery, intensifyin...
Acacia dealbata Link is a problematic invasive alien tree in South Africa, with severe environment effects such as native plant displacement and soil nutrient manipulation (nitrogen fixation). Most studies on A. ...
Nitrogen (N) addition profoundly alters soil phosphatase activities and induces widespread microbial phosphorus (P) limitation in grassland ecosystems. However, the long-term effects of different rates and che...
Nutrient concentrations in foliage are often used to infer whether growth of a species at a particular site is likely limited by low supply of soil nutrients. Sometimes ratios of nutrient elements (stoichiomet...
The invasion of apple snails (Pomacea spp.) has a serious negative impact on the yield of aquatic crops, including rice, which is a vital food source for more than half of the global population and irreplaceable ...
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