Why do diverse species live together and what's the mystery behind it? This is the core question of community ecology.

The sky view factor (SVF) is a geometric concept that refers to the ratio of the radiation received by a planar surface to the radiation emitted by the entire hemispheric environment.

Atmospheric nitrate (NO3-), a sink of nitric oxides (NOx), is an important nitrogen supply to terrestrial and marine ecosystems through wet and dry deposition. Excess deposited nitrogen can cause s...

The input of labile organics by plant roots stimulates microbial activity and therefore facilitates biochemical process rates in the rhizosphere compared to bulk soil, forming microbial hotspots.

Scientists from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with their collaborators, reported that the inter-specific difference exerted a significant ef...