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The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services
Eldridge, David J.; Guirado, Emilio; Reich, Peter B.; Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl; Berdugo, Miguel; Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo; Blanco-Pastor, José L.; Tedersoo, LehoSoil mosses are among the most widely distributed organisms on land. Experiments and observations suggest that they contribute to terrestrial soil biodiversity and function, yet their ecological contribution to soil has never been assessed globally under natural conditions. Here we conducted the most comprehensive global standardized field study to quantify how soil mosses influence 8 ecosystem services associa...
Publisher Correction: Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that i...
Liu, Yu-Rong; van der Heijden, Marcel G A; Riedo, Judith; Sanz-Lazaro, Carlos; Eldridge, David J.; Bastida, Felipe; Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo
Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces wo...
Liu, Yu-Rong; van der Heijden, Marcel G A; Riedo, Judith; Sanz-Lazaro, Carlos; Eldridge, David J.; Bastida, Felipe; Moreno-Jiménez, EduardoSoil contamination is one of the main threats to ecosystem health and sustainability. Yet little is known about the extent to which soil contaminants differ between urban greenspaces and natural ecosystems. Here we show that urban greenspaces and adjacent natural areas (i.e., natural/semi-natural ecosystems) shared similar levels of multiple soil contaminants (metal(loid)s, pesticides, microplastics, and antibi...
Global hotspots for soil nature conservation
Guerra, Carlos A; Berdugo, Miguel; Eldridge, David J.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Singh, Brajesh K; Cui, Haiying; Abades, Sebastian; Alfaro, Fernando DSoils are the foundation of all terrestrial ecosystems1. However, unlike for plants and animals, a global assessment of hotspots for soil nature conservation is still lacking2. This hampers our ability to establish nature conservation priorities for the multiple dimensions that support the soil system: from soil biodiversity to ecosystem services. Here, to identify global hotspots for soil nature conservation, ...
Global homogenization of the structure and function in the soil microbiome of u...
Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Eldridge, David J.; Liu, Yu-Rong; Sokoya, Blessing; Wang, Jun-Tao; Hu, Hang-Wei; He, Ji-Zheng; Bastida, FelipeThe structure and function of the soil microbiome of urban greenspaces remain largely undetermined. We conducted a global field survey in urban greenspaces and neighboring natural ecosystems across 56 cities from six continents, and found that urban soils are important hotspots for soil bacterial, protist and functional gene diversity, but support highly homogenized microbial communities worldwide. Urban greens...