Introduction -- Setting the scene : the context of investigating ecosystem functioning -- What do we need for a functioning ecosystem? The debate on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning -- Becoming ...

Soils are among the world’s most diverse habitats, hosting myriad organisms from microbes to invertebrates and even small vertebrates. This diversity underpins critical ecosystem functions such as ...

There were significant differences in the key driving factors of aboveground biomass in different spatial degrees. The results of the mixed effects model revealed the effects of tree diversity, ...

A new study suggests that biochar, a carbon-rich material often used to restore degraded soils, may do more than improve soil chemistry. At the right dose, it may also support the social behaviors of ...

For decades, ecologists have theorized that the extinction of one important species could set off a chain reaction of losses ...

Grassland degradation fundamentally reshapes how biodiversity supports ecosystem multifunctionality, shifting it from being plant-dominated to being mediated by soil microbes, according to a new study ...

Natural riverine and aquatic ecosystems harbor diverse and dynamic microbial communities that are central to biogeochemical cycling, organic matter ...

Halting biodiversity loss is one of the great challenges of the 21st century, and if we want international conservation policies that work, we need to urgently re-evaluate how we think ecosystems work ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 6, 2025) A study in Ecology Letters finds “severe degradation of ecosystem functioning in the form of loss of organic matter consumption and dramatic shifts in primary ...

Some of the world's most distinct and ancient animal species, which play crucial roles in our planet's ecosystems, are exploited for the wildlife trade across large parts of the world, according to ...

Over the past twenty years, coral reef restoration has seen unprecedented growth worldwide. From Indonesia to the Caribbean, thousands of projects have been launched with the goal of “saving” coral ...