Agroecological measures in meadows promote honey bee colony development and winter survival by Julie Hernandez, Yann‐David Varennes, Alexandre Aebi, Vincent Dietemann, André Kretzschmar

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Plant diversity and soil legacy independently affect the plant metabolome and induced responses following herbivory by Christian Ristok, Nico Eisenhauer, Alexander Weinhold, Nicole M. vanDam

“…Abstract Plant and soil biodiversity can have significant effects on herbivore resistance mediated by plant metabolites. …”
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Latitude variations of soil bacterial community diversity and composition in three typical forests of temperate, northeastern of China by Xiao-Yu Fu, Xiao-Yu Fu, Zhi-Chao Cheng, Hong-Wei Ni, Hong-Wei Ni, Rong-Tao Zhang

“…Soil bacteria are a crucial component of forest soil biodiversity and play important functions in numerous ecosystem processes. …”
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Large-scale experimental warming reduces soil faunal biodiversity through peatland drying by Carlos Barreto, Carlos Barreto, Pedro Henrique Silva Conceição, Estevam Cipriano Araujo de Lima, Luís Carlos Stievano, Douglas Zeppelini, Randall K. Kolka, Paul J. Hanson, Zoë Lindo

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Soil <i>Aspergillus</i> Species, Pathogenicity and Control Perspectives by Queenta Ngum Nji, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, Mulunda Mwanza

“…The World Soil Charter recognizes the relevance of soil biodiversity in supporting healthy soil functions. …”
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Diversity and asynchrony in soil microbial communities stabilizes ecosystem functioning by Cameron Wagg, Yann Hautier, Sarah Pellkofer, Samiran Banerjee, Bernhard Schmid, Marcel GA van der Heijden

“…Our results emphasize the need to conserve soil biodiversity for the provisioning of multiple ecosystem functions that soils provide to the society.…”
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Inferring northern peatland methane emissions from testate amoebae: A proof of concept study by Alicia Frésard, Matthieu Mulot, Guillaume Bertrand, Alexandre Lhosmot, Laure Gandois, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Julie Loisel, Julie Talbot, Sanna Saarnio, Elisa Männistö, Luc Pelletier, Michelle Garneau, Edward A.D. Mitchell

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Intercropping Maize With Legumes for Sustainable Highland Maize Production by Adirek Punyalue, Sansanee Jamjod, Benjavan Rerkasem

“…The effects of maize/legume intercropping—increased nitrogen accumulation and crop residue, enhanced soil biodiversity, suppression of weeds, and protection of the soil surface, which enabled the maize to be sown without land clearing with fire—should all contribute to sustainable highland maize production.…”
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Soil physico-chemical properties are critical for predicting carbon storage and nutrient availability across Australia by Jinquan Li, Ming Nie, Jeff R Powell, Andrew Bissett, Elise Pendall

“…In contrast, climate, plant productivity, and soil biodiversity played relatively small roles. The importance of physico-chemical properties was evident across soil depths and ecosystem types (i.e. tropical, temperate, arid, and cropland). …”
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Rare Species-Driven Diversity–Ecosystem Multifunctionality Relationships are Promoted by Stochastic Community Assembly by Zhengqing Zhang, Yahai Lu, Gehong Wei, Shuo Jiao

“…Community assembly processes were closely related to the ecosystem functional performance of soil biodiversity, only observed in rare subcommunity. …”
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Soil Fauna and Ecosystem Services in Agroecological Cropping Systems: Focus on Experimental Open-Field Market Gardens by Coraline Moulin-Rouyard, Victor Vaillant, Valérie Angeon, Jean-Louis Diman, Jean Vaillant, Gladys Loranger-Merciris

“…The present study aimed to determine the effects of two agroecological systems (AG and AGSPP) on soil biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical market gardens. …”
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Photovoltaic power stations: an opportunity to promote European semi-natural grasslands? by Quentin Lambert, Armin Bischoff, Morgane Enea, Morgane Enea, Raphael Gros

“…Solar panels therefore reduce the plant and soil biodiversity of semi-natural grasslands and disrupt ecosystem functions. …”
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Preliminary Study on the Diversity of Soil Oribatid Mite (Acari: Oribatida) Community Reveals Both Longitudinal and Latitudinal Patterns in Paddy Fields along the Middle and Lower... by Jiahuan Sun, Yifei Liu, Yanyan Ye, Jiangshan Lai, Ye Zheng, Dong Liu, Meixiang Gao

“…Soil biodiversity plays an important role in maintaining soil fertility and agricultural health. …”
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Soil Organic Carbon and pH Dominate the Effects of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Microarthropods in a Poplar Plantation in Coastal Eastern China by Zhiwei Ge, Hanran Xiao, Yanbing Pang, Sili Peng, Lingfeng Mao, Honghua Ruan

“…Soil biodiversity and fuction have been altered by the increasing levels of nitrogen as a result of fertilization and atmospheric deposition. …”
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A decade of research in mofette areas has given us new insights into adaptation of soil microorganisms to abiotic stress by Irena MAČEK

“…Along with the fast development of new, high-throughput molecular techniques driving the field of molecular ecology, mofettes enable new insights into the importance of the abiotic environmental factors in regulating soil biodiversity, and the community structure of these functionally important microbial groups. …”
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The Selective Effects of Environmental Change on the Functional Diversity of Soil Decomposers by Herman A. Verhoef

“…It is suggested that the effects of environmental changes on ecosystem functions such as decomposition can be better understood if we have more knowledge about the selective effect of these changes on specific facets of soil biodiversity, such as functional diversity.…”
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Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity by Minna Zhang, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Guangyin Li, Forest Isbell, Yue Wang, Yann Hautier, Yao Wang, Yingli Xiao, Jinting Cai, Xiaobin Pan, Ling Wang

“…We also highlight the fundamental importance of conserving soil biodiversity for protecting multifunctionality in widespread grazed grasslands.…”
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Earthworms contribute significantly to global food production by Steven J. Fonte, Marian Hsieh, Nathaniel D. Mueller

“…Our findings suggest that earthworms are important drivers of global food production and that investment in agroecological policies and practices to support earthworm populations and overall soil biodiversity could contribute greatly to sustainable agricultural goals.…”
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Plant–microbe interactions ameliorate phosphate-mediated responses in the rhizosphere: a review by Sakineh Abbasi

“…We focus on the role of soil biodiversity in improved P uptake by the plant, especially under drought conditions. …”
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A step towards smart agriculture using metallic nanostructures by Sarmistha Saha, Alok Bharadwaj

“…The green revolution led to the endless use of fertilizers and pesticides, reducing soil biodiversity and enhancing pathogen resistance. In this context, nanotechnology has emerged as a possible way for the controlled and slow delivery of fertilizers and pesticides, as well as nano-enabled sensors for improving crops. …”
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