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Belowground Biodiversity

Belowground Biodiversity is a singular ecological construct denoting the variety and variability of organisms and their functional roles within soil ecosystems, distinguished from aboveground biodiversity by its focus on subterranean life forms, including microorganisms, fungi, and invertebrates, and their interactions in root zones and soil matrices.

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Preserving Biodiversity: Species, Ecosystems, or Landscapes?

Jerry F. Franklin · Ecological Applications · 1993 · 1.1K citations

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Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield

Giovanni Tamburini, Riccardo Bommarco, Thomas Cherico Wanger et al. · Science Advances · 2020 · 1K citations · Full text

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The bacterial biogeography of British soils

Robert I. Griffiths, Bruce C. Thomson, Philip James et al. · Environmental Microbiology · 2011 · 915 citations

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The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate

Xin Jing, Nathan J. Sanders, Yu Shi et al. · Nature Communications · 2015 · 870 citations · Full text

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Interactions between Aboveground and Belowground Biodiversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Feedbacks

David U. Hooper, David E. Bignell, V. K. Brown et al. · BioScience · 2000 · 778 citations · Full text

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  1. NE
    Nico Eisenhauer

    Leipzig University, Germany

    9 publications · 573 citations

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  2. YS
    Yu Shi

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. JH
    Jin He

    Peking University, China

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. DH
    Diana H. Wall

    Colorado State University, United States

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. WH
    Wim H. van der Putten

    Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Netherlands

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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Institutions

593

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    26 h-index

    154 publications

    13.1K citations

  2. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    13 h-index

    78 publications

    29.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    43 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research

    Leipzig, Germany

    10 h-index

    40 publications

    4.3K citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Leipzig University

    Leipzig, Germany

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    9 h-index

    26 publications

    1.5K citations

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  1. Global Change Biology

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Scientific Reports

    8 publications · 490 citations

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  3. Journal of Ecology

    8 publications · 558 citations

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  4. Applied Soil Ecology

    6 publications · 305 citations

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  5. Nature Communications

    5 publications · 2.1K citations

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