Xian Wu et al. quantified the relative contributions of #KeystoneTaxa and #RareTaxa in a subtropical forest to soil microbial functions and their shared or unique responses to abiotic conditions.
#CommunityStability | #EcologicalNetwork | #EcosystemFunctioning
How can we revive a collapsed mutualistic ecological network? This study uses concepts from signal propagation theory and an eco-evolutionary model based on network structures of 115 empirical plant-pollinator networks to reveal that effort should be focused on one or a few key species.
Journal of Plant Ecology
NIOO-KNAW
PLOS Biology
Frederico Mestre