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    Active sulfur cycling in the terrestrial deep subsurface

    1. Mcmahon S, Parnell J. Weighing the deep continental biosphere. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2014;87:113–20. 2. Magnabosco C, Lin L-H, Dong H, Bomberg M, Ghiorse W, Stan-Lotter H, et al. The biomass and biodiversity of the continental subsurface. Nat Geosci. 2018;11:707–17. 3. Pedersen K. Microbial life in deep granitic rock. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 1997;20:399–414. 4. Bagnoud […] More

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    Food availability modulates the combined effects of ocean acidification and warming on fish growth

    1. Breitburg, D. L. et al. Understanding Effects of Multiple Stressors: Ideas and Challenges. in Successes, Limitations, and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science (eds. Pace, M. L. & Groffman, P. M.) 416–431, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1724-4_17, (Springer New York, 1998) Google Scholar 2. Frost, T. M. et al. Multiple stresses from a single agent: Diverse responses to the experimental […] More

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    Regional nutrient decrease drove redox stabilisation and metazoan diversification in the late Ediacaran Nama Group, Namibia

    Fe-speciation data show pronounced water column redox stratification during deposition of the Kuibis Subgroup5. Marine transgression during deposition of the Mara, Kliphoek and lower Omkyk members resulted in basin-wide shoaling of the redoxcline, represented by dominantly anoxic ferruginous deeper and shallower (above fair weather wave base) waters (Fig. 2b,c)5,6. The data then show more frequent development […] More

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    An assessment of oil palm plantation aboveground biomass stocks on tropical peat using destructive and non-destructive methods

    1. FAO. FAOSTAT http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home (2019). 2. Miettinen, J., Shi, C., Liew, S. & Land, C. cover distribution in the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2015 with changes since 1990. Glob. Ecol. Conserv. 6, 67–78 (2016). Article Google Scholar 3. Hergoualc’h, K., Hendry, D. T., Murdiyarso, D. & Verchot, L. V. Total and […] More

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    Global determinants of freshwater and marine fish genetic diversity

    1. Tittensor, D. P. et al. Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa. Nature 466, 1098–U1107 (2010). 2. Gaston K., Blackburn T. Pattern and Process in Macroecology (Blackwell Science, 2009). 3. Oberdorff, T. et al. Global and regional patterns in riverine fish species richness: a review. Int. J. Ecol. 2011, ID 967631 (2011). […] More

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    Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests

    Site descriptions, soil and litter layer sampling and analyses All of the forest sites were located in the Northern region of French Guiana and span various geological substrates (Fig. 1). Soils are mainly classified as Oxisols, Ultisols and Spodosols. Mean annual precipitation ranges from approximately 2,400–4,000 mm yr−1 (Table 1). We created the map in Fig. 1 using ArcGIS, Version […] More

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    Strength of species interactions determines biodiversity and stability in microbial communities

    1. Faust, K. & Raes, J. Microbial interactions: from networks to models. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 10, 538–550 (2012). 2. Fuhrman, J. A. Microbial community structure and its functional implications. Nature 459, 193–199 (2009). 3. Ley, R. E., Peterson, D. A. & Gordon, J. I. Ecological and evolutionary forces shaping microbial diversity in the human intestine. […] More

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    Short-range interactions govern the dynamics and functions of microbial communities

    1. Proulx, S. R., Promislow, D. E. L. & Phillips, P. C. Network thinking in ecology and evolution. Trends Ecol. Evol. 20, 345–353 (2005). 2. Levin, S. A. Ecosystems and the biosphere as complex adaptive systems. Ecosystems 1, 431–436 (1998). Article Google Scholar 3. Pickett, S. T. A. & Cadenasso, M. L. Landscape ecology: spatial […] More