Desertification in degraded grasslands is manifested through the development of bare sandy patches, which eventually lead to habitat fragmentation.

Urban residents suffer more from heat stress, compared to people living in rural areas, due to the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Mitigation of UHI is thus essential to improving human thermal com...

Litter decomposition and nutrient release are key processes for soil C and nutrient cycling. However, the relative importance of the effects of litter quality, fauna and decomposition site on litte...

Plants and their associated microbes influence nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, yet we have a limited understanding of how soil acidity mediates the process. Here, we investigate whether...

Remnant trees have great ecological importance in post-disturbance forest landscape recovery which is strongly affected by their spatial configuration. Location and abundance, the two key attribute...