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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...
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...