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...

Sand-fixing shrubs perform important roles in stabilizing mobile sand dunes. Different sand-fixing shrub species often separate along the temporal-spatial environmental water gradient during the sa...

Desertification is a significant ecological and environmental problem worldwide. China is one of the countries affected seriously by long-term and large-scale land desertification particularly in w...

Factors such as climate change, habitat destruction and species invasion increase risks of species extinction.