New @Ecology_Letters @BioFunLab Plant Competitive Balance and Intransitivity Shape Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Grasslands Under Drought onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Led by Markus Bittlingmaier @irnase.bsky.social

Plant Competitive Balance and Intransitivity Shape Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Grasslands Under Drought

Non-additivity in species effects on ecosystem functioning can arise from the interactions occurring among them. Here, we show that drought and the composition of the soil biotic community alter how ....

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New @NatureComm @BioFunLab Dominance & natural suppression of bacterial plant pathogens across global soils @Dr_MinGao nature.com/articles/s41... Pathogen hotspots in warm & agricultural soils. High microbial diversity -> less pathogens @irnase.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social @csic

New @currentbiology.bsky.social at @BioFunLab The Great Wall of China harbors a diverse and protective biocrust microbiome cell.com/current-biol... Led by Yousong Cao & Bo Xiao w/ Matt Bowker & Youzhi Feng @irnase.bsky.social

New @EcolLetters Multiple Sustainable Practices Are Crucial for Enhancing the Provisioning of Agroecosystem Services Worldwide onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Led by @biofunlab PhD Luna Medrano w/ @mrillig.bsky.social @SOILBIO @fbiodiversidad.bsky.social @irnase.bsky.social

Multiple Sustainable Practices Are Crucial for Enhancing the Provisioning of Agroecosystem Services Worldwide

We compiled 1570 observations from 57 countries to assess how the number of sustainable practices affects ecosystem services in cereal systems. We found that multiple practices are essential for impr...

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New @newphyt.bsky.social in the @BioFunLab Tree evenness sustains multiple ecosystem services in boreal–temperate ecotone nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Led by CSC @BioFunLab student Tao Zhou w/ Zhenghu Zhou, Peter Reich @GuiyaoZhou and +! @irnase.bsky.social

New @natrevbiodiv.nature.com in the @Biofunlab! Building on monitoring and conservation policies for global soil biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s44... Led by @Braj_Singh w/@TadeoSaez, @PankajTri29 and +! @csic.es @irnase.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

New @globalchangebio.bsky.social in the @BioFunLab Warming Amplifies Responses of Soil Organic Carbon to Multiple Global Change Drivers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Led by Yuan Sun w/ Honghua Ruan, @c_terrer & +! @irnase.bsky.social

Warming Amplifies Responses of Soil Organic Carbon to Multiple Global Change Drivers

Our analysis of global studies reveals that warming acts as a potent amplifier of other global change drivers on soil carbon. It magnifies the positive effects of elevated CO2 and nitrogen addition b....

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New review published on the possibility, physiology, pitfalls and ethics of using extremophilic microbial communities in future Martian terraforming Claudia Coleine and @andzerb.bsky.social @manudelbaq.bsky.social - @irnase.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

The role of extremophile microbiomes in terraforming Mars - Communications Biology

This Review highlights how extremophile microbiomes and synthetic biology approaches could support Martian terraforming by driving biogeochemical cycles, regolith transformation, and future life-suppo...

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New @CommsBio @BioFunLab The role of extremophile microbiomes in terraforming Mars www.nature.com/articles/s42... Led by @ClaudiaColeine @irnase.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

The role of extremophile microbiomes in terraforming Mars - Communications Biology

This Review highlights how extremophile microbiomes and synthetic biology approaches could support Martian terraforming by driving biogeochemical cycles, regolith transformation, and future life-suppo...

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal networks-A climate-smart blueprint for agriculture in Plant Communications from Gary Gan (Wenzhou University) with @mvanderheijden.bsky.social @manudelbaq.bsky.social www.cell.com/plant-commun...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal networks—A climate-smart blueprint for agriculture

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus–plant hyphosphere networks serve as a keystone ecological infrastructure for sustainable agroecosystems. Exploring AM fungal functionality can lead to increased nutr...

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Thrilled & honored to be included in the @clarivate.com Highly Cited Researcher List 2025! 🚀 Huge thanks to my collaborators & the present & past members of the @BioFunLab Proud to contribute to the international visibility of @irnase.bsky.social & @csic.es clarivate.com/highly-cited...

Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025

The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...

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New Ecology Letters in the BioFunLab Neighbourhood Tree Competition Promotes Microbial Diversity in Phyllosphere onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Led Anqi Lu and former @BioFunLab CSC student @LiuShengen! w/@GuiyaoZhou and +! @irnase.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

Neighbourhood Tree Competition Promotes Microbial Diversity in Phyllosphere

We used a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment in subtropical China to elucidate the mechanisms driving phyllosphere microbial diversity (including bacteria, fungi and fungal functional guilds)...

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New in the @BioFunLab Native earthworms maintain their environmental functionality following deforestation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... authors.elsevier.com/c/1m0Wh3JGmR... Led by Tangjun Xu & long-term collaborator Honghua Ruan @irnase.bsky.social

IGUE Seminars - Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo (@manudelbaq.bsky.social) - The fate of soil biodiversity and function under global environmental change youtu.be/a_m93wjjqv8

IGUE - Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo: The fate of soil biodiversity and function under global environment

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New @OneEarth_CP in the @BioFunLab ! Long-term climate warming substantially reduces global soil microbial richness www.cell.com/one-earth/ab... @irnase.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social @csic.es w/ Pengfei Dang, Ji Chen, @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social , @tedersoo.bsky.social and +!

New @ISMEComms @BioFunLab Native edaphoclimatic regions shape soil communities of crop wild progenitors academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... Led by MJFernández-Alonso w/ @RubenMilla, @pablogarciapal.bsky.social, @YGZHURCEES, @BrajeshKSingh @PankajTrivedi Miguel de Celis and + @irnase.bsky.social

New @pnas.org in @Biofunlab !! Soil microbial life history strategies covary with ecosystem multifunctionality across aridity gradients www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Led by @BioFunLab CSC student Tao Zhou @irnase.bsky.social @csic.es @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

New @pnas.org @BioFunLab Causes and consequences of disordered hyperuniformity in global drylands www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Led by Wensi Hu & Chi Xu @irnase.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

Causes and consequences of disordered hyperuniformity in global drylands | PNAS

Self-organization of individual organisms at a very small scale may result in recognizable functional ecosystem structures at a larger spatial scal...

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🟥Is it safe to estimate enzymatic activity from frozen or dry stream sediments? ✅In our new paper, led by Rebeca Arias, we demonstrate that both methods are able to accurately predict enzyme activity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @manudelbaq.bsky.social & Simone Guareschi

Great thread on our recent lab paper in @geoderma.bsky.social on how SOC fractions regulate ecosystem services in global drylands Nicely led by Luna McGill as part of her PhD at ICA @csic.es @cesarplaza.bsky.social @ftmaestre.bsky.social @manudelbaq.bsky.social

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Our new article is out in @geoderma.bsky.social! Drylands, which cover 40% of Earth’s land, store ~30% of global soil organic carbon. But how do different carbon fractions support ecosystem services under rising aridity? 🏜️ 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

New @Natureplants @BioFunLab Highly protected areas buffer against aridity thresholds in global drylands nature.com/articles/s41... @irnase.bsky.social @csic.es @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

Highly protected areas buffer against aridity thresholds in global drylands - Nature Plants

Highly protected areas help drylands stay productive under increasing aridity, delaying critical ecosystem thresholds and underscoring the need to expand protection to safeguard these vulnerable regio...

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New @newphyt.bsky.social in the @BioFunLab Maize growth as a function of cover crop-mediated soil microbiome nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @irnase.bsky.social

Maize growth as a function of cover crop‐mediated soil microbiome

Soil microbes are critical drivers of maize growth and soil health by regulating soil fertility and suppressing diseases. Yet, the relative contribution to maize growth across diverse soil types, pa...

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New @natcities.nature.com es in the @BioFunLab Unforeseen high continental-scale soil microbiome homogenization in urban greenspaces www.nature.com/articles/s44... Led by Xin Sun w/@EisenhauerLab @YGZHURCEES & +! @irnase.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

Unforeseen high continental-scale soil microbiome homogenization in urban greenspaces - Nature Cities

The soils of urban greenspaces are strikingly rich. This study finds that the variety of microbial life there is linked to acidic conditions and that this diversity is more homogenous than found in fa...

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New #BMCPlantBio in the @BioFunLab The blueberry phyllosphere microbiota: tissue-specific core communities and their stability across cultivars and years link.springer.com/article/10.1... Led by Claudia Coleine Matteo Giese & Claudio Donati @irnase.bsky.social

The blueberry phyllosphere microbiota: tissue-specific core communities and their stability across cultivars and years - BMC Plant Biology

Blueberries are critical for food production due to their widespread consumption and nutritional value. Beyond agriculture, wild Vaccinium species play essential ecological roles, including supporting...

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New @pnas.org in the Biofunlab! Human land use promotes range expansion of soil protists from temperate to subtropical regions in China www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @irnase.bsky.social @csic.es @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

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New in the @BioFunLab! Nitrogen deposition and climate drive plant nitrogen uptake while soil factors drive nitrogen use efficiency in terrestrial ecosystems @egu-esurf.bsky.social esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/... Led by Helena Vallicrosa & Cesar Terrer

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New in the @BioFunLab! Fauna-microbe diversity coupling lost in agricultural soils: Implications from the bacteria hidden in earthworm gut @FundamentalResearch www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Led by Xin Gong & Sibo Xi

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New in the @BioFunLab Soil microbial networks mediate long-term effects of nitrogen fertilization on ecosystem multiservices @JEcology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Led by Yaodan Zhang & Xiaobo Yuan w/ @BioFunLab @Dr_Hypervolume @GuiyaoZhou

New in the @BioFunLab Soil microbial networks mediate long-term effects of nitrogen fertilization on ecosystem multiservices @JEcology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Led by Yaodan Zhang & Xiaobo Yuan w/ @BioFunLab @Dr_Hypervolume @GuiyaoZhou

New in the @BioFunLab! Fauna-microbe diversity coupling lost in agricultural soils: Implications from the bacteria hidden in earthworm gut @FundamentalResearch www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Led by Xin Gong & Sibo Xi

Fauna-microbe diversity coupling lost in agricultural soils: Implications from the bacteria hidden in earthworm gut

Earthworms are critical for supporting soil health and microbial diversity and simultaneously maintaining a highly diverse gut microbiome. The earthwo…

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