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The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops by Savary, Serge, Willocquet, Laetitia, Pethybridge, Sarah Jane, Esker, Paul, McRoberts, Neil, Nelson, Andy

“…Crop pathogens and pests reduce the yield and quality of agricultural production. They cause substantial economic losses and reduce food security at household,…”
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Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Reich, Peter B., Trivedi, Chanda, Eldridge, David J., Abades, Sebastián, Alfaro, Fernando D., Bastida, Felipe, Berhe, Asmeret A., Cutler, Nick A., Gallardo, Antonio, García-Velázquez, Laura, Hart, Stephen C., Hayes, Patrick E., He, Ji-Zheng, Hseu, Zeng-Yei, Hu, Hang-Wei, Kirchmair, Martin, Neuhauser, Sigrid, Pérez, Cecilia A., Reed, Sasha C., Santos, Fernanda, Sullivan, Benjamin W., Trivedi, Pankaj, Wang, Jun-Tao, Weber-Grullon, Luis, Williams, Mark A., Singh, Brajesh K.

“…The role of soil biodiversity in regulating multiple ecosystem functions is poorly understood, limiting our ability to predict how soil biodiversity loss might…”
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Species better track climate warming in the oceans than on land by Lenoir, Jonathan, Bertrand, Romain, Comte, Lise, Bourgeaud, Luana, Hattab, Tarek, Murienne, Jérôme, Grenouillet, Gaël

“…There is mounting evidence of species redistribution as climate warms. Yet, our knowledge of the coupling between species range shifts and isotherm shifts…”
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COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife by Rutz, Christian, Loretto, Matthias-Claudio, Bates, Amanda E., Davidson, Sarah C., Duarte, Carlos M., Jetz, Walter, Johnson, Mark, Kato, Akiko, Kays, Roland, Mueller, Thomas, Primack, Richard B., Ropert-Coudert, Yan, Tucker, Marlee A., Wikelski, Martin, Cagnacci, Francesca

“…Reduced human mobility during the pandemic will reveal critical aspects of our impact on animals, providing important guidance on how best to share space on…”
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Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems by Birk, Sebastian, Chapman, Daniel, Carvalho, Laurence, Spears, Bryan M., Andersen, Hans Estrup, Argillier, Christine, Auer, Stefan, Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette, Banin, Lindsay, Beklioğlu, Meryem, Bondar-Kunze, Elisabeth, Borja, Angel, Branco, Paulo, Bucak, Tuba, Buijse, Anthonie D., Cardoso, Ana Cristina, Couture, Raoul-Marie, Cremona, Fabien, de Zwart, Dick, Feld, Christian K., Ferreira, M. Teresa, Feuchtmayr, Heidrun, Gessner, Mark O., Gieswein, Alexander, Globevnik, Lidija, Graeber, Daniel, Graf, Wolfram, Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano, Hanganu, Jenica, Işkın, Uğur, Järvinen, Marko, Jeppesen, Erik, Kotamäki, Niina, Kuijper, Marijn, Lemm, Jan U., Lu, Shenglan, Solheim, Anne Lyche, Mischke, Ute, Moe, S. Jannicke, Nõges, Peeter, Nõges, Tiina, Ormerod, Steve J., Panagopoulos, Yiannis, Phillips, Geoff, Posthuma, Leo, Pouso, Sarai, Prudhomme, Christel, Rankinen, Katri, Rasmussen, Jes J., Richardson, Jessica, Sagouis, Alban, Santos, José Maria, Schäfer, Ralf B., Schinegger, Rafaela, Schmutz, Stefan, Schneider, Susanne C., Schülting, Lisa, Segurado, Pedro, Stefanidis, Kostas, Sures, Bernd, Thackeray, Stephen J., Turunen, Jarno, Uyarra, María C., Venohr, Markus, von der Ohe, Peter Carsten, Willby, Nigel, Hering, Daniel

“…Climate and land-use change drive a suite of stressors that shape ecosystems and interact to yield complex ecological responses (that is, additive,…”
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Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems by Louca, Stilianos, Polz, Martin F., Mazel, Florent, Albright, Michaeline B. N., Huber, Julie A., O’Connor, Mary I., Ackermann, Martin, Hahn, Aria S., Srivastava, Diane S., Crowe, Sean A., Doebeli, Michael, Parfrey, Laura Wegener

“…Microbial communities often exhibit incredible taxonomic diversity, raising questions regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of…”
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A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline by Dicks, Lynn V., Breeze, Tom D., Ngo, Hien T., Senapathi, Deepa, An, Jiandong, Aizen, Marcelo A., Basu, Parthiba, Buchori, Damayanti, Galetto, Leonardo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Howlett, Brad G., Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera L., Johnson, Steven D., Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Kwon, Yong Jung, Lattorff, H. Michael G., Lungharwo, Thingreipi, Seymour, Colleen L., Vanbergen, Adam J., Potts, Simon G.

“…Pollinator decline has attracted global attention and substantial efforts are underway to respond through national pollinator strategies and action plans…”
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Strength of species interactions determines biodiversity and stability in microbial communities by Ratzke, Christoph, Barrere, Julien, Gore, Jeff

“…Organisms—especially microbes—tend to live together in ecosystems. While some of these ecosystems are very biodiverse, others are not, and while some are very…”
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Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem by Galloway, Tamara S., Cole, Matthew, Lewis, Ceri

“…Marine microscopic plastic (microplastic) debris is a modern societal issue, illustrating the challenge of balancing the convenience of plastic in daily life…”
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Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology by Trisos, Christopher H., Auerbach, Jess, Katti, Madhusudan

“…Ecological research and practice are crucial to understanding and guiding more positive relationships between people and ecosystems. However, ecology as a…”
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The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems by Watson, James E. M., Evans, Tom, Venter, Oscar, Williams, Brooke, Tulloch, Ayesha, Stewart, Claire, Thompson, Ian, Ray, Justina C., Murray, Kris, Salazar, Alvaro, McAlpine, Clive, Potapov, Peter, Walston, Joe, Robinson, John G., Painter, Michael, Wilkie, David, Filardi, Christopher, Laurance, William F., Houghton, Richard A., Maxwell, Sean, Grantham, Hedley, Samper, Cristián, Wang, Stephanie, Laestadius, Lars, Runting, Rebecca K., Silva-Chávez, Gustavo A., Ervin, Jamison, Lindenmayer, David

“…As the terrestrial human footprint continues to expand, the amount of native forest that is free from significant damaging human activities is in precipitous…”
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Global buffering of temperatures under forest canopies by De Frenne, Pieter, Zellweger, Florian, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, Scheffers, Brett R., Hylander, Kristoffer, Luoto, Miska, Vellend, Mark, Verheyen, Kris, Lenoir, Jonathan

“…Macroclimate warming is often assumed to occur within forests despite the potential for tree cover to modify microclimates. Here, using paired measurements, we…”
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A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change by Song, Jian, Wan, Shiqiang, Piao, Shilong, Knapp, Alan K., Classen, Aimée T., Vicca, Sara, Ciais, Philippe, Hovenden, Mark J., Leuzinger, Sebastian, Beier, Claus, Kardol, Paul, Xia, Jianyang, Liu, Qiang, Ru, Jingyi, Zhou, Zhenxing, Luo, Yiqi, Guo, Dali, Adam Langley, J., Zscheischler, Jakob, Dukes, Jeffrey S., Tang, Jianwu, Chen, Jiquan, Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Kueppers, Lara M., Rustad, Lindsey, Liu, Lingli, Smith, Melinda D., Templer, Pamela H., Quinn Thomas, R., Norby, Richard J., Phillips, Richard P., Niu, Shuli, Fatichi, Simone, Wang, Yingping, Shao, Pengshuai, Han, Hongyan, Wang, Dandan, Lei, Lingjie, Wang, Jiali, Li, Xiaona, Zhang, Qian, Li, Xiaoming, Su, Fanglong, Liu, Bin, Yang, Fan, Ma, Gaigai, Li, Guoyong, Liu, Yanchun, Liu, Yinzhan, Yang, Zhongling, Zhang, Kesheng, Miao, Yuan, Hu, Mengjun, Yan, Chuang, Zhang, Ang, Zhong, Mingxing, Hui, Yan, Li, Ying, Zheng, Mengmei

“…Direct quantification of terrestrial biosphere responses to global change is crucial for projections of future climate change in Earth system models. Here, we…”
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Air temperature optima of vegetation productivity across global biomes by Huang, Mengtian, Piao, Shilong, Ciais, Philippe, Peñuelas, Josep, Wang, Xuhui, Keenan, Trevor F., Peng, Shushi, Berry, Joseph A., Wang, Kai, Mao, Jiafu, Alkama, Ramdane, Cescatti, Alessandro, Cuntz, Matthias, De Deurwaerder, Hannes, Gao, Mengdi, He, Yue, Liu, Yongwen, Luo, Yiqi, Myneni, Ranga B., Niu, Shuli, Shi, Xiaoying, Yuan, Wenping, Verbeeck, Hans, Wang, Tao, Wu, Jin, Janssens, Ivan A.

“…The global distribution of the optimum air temperature for ecosystem-level gross primary productivity ( T opt eco ) is poorly understood, despite its…”
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A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality by Adams, Henry D., Zeppel, Melanie J. B., Anderegg, William R. L., Hartmann, Henrik, Landhäusser, Simon M., Tissue, David T., Huxman, Travis E., Hudson, Patrick J., Franz, Trenton E., Allen, Craig D., Anderegg, Leander D. L., Barron-Gafford, Greg A., Beerling, David J., Breshears, David D., Brodribb, Timothy J., Bugmann, Harald, Cobb, Richard C., Collins, Adam D., Dickman, L. Turin, Duan, Honglang, Ewers, Brent E., Galiano, Lucía, Galvez, David A., Garcia-Forner, Núria, Gaylord, Monica L., Germino, Matthew J., Gessler, Arthur, Hacke, Uwe G., Hakamada, Rodrigo, Hector, Andy, Jenkins, Michael W., Kane, Jeffrey M., Kolb, Thomas E., Law, Darin J., Lewis, James D., Limousin, Jean-Marc, Love, David M., Macalady, Alison K., Martínez-Vilalta, Jordi, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Mitchell, Patrick J., Muss, Jordan D., O’Brien, Michael J., O’Grady, Anthony P., Pangle, Robert E., Pinkard, Elizabeth A., Piper, Frida I., Plaut, Jennifer A., Pockman, William T., Quirk, Joe, Reinhardt, Keith, Ripullone, Francesco, Ryan, Michael G., Sala, Anna, Sevanto, Sanna, Sperry, John S., Vargas, Rodrigo, Vennetier, Michel, Way, Danielle A., Xu, Chonggang, Yepez, Enrico A., McDowell, Nate G.

“…Widespread tree mortality associated with drought has been observed on all forested continents and global change is expected to exacerbate vegetation…”
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Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality by Manning, Peter, van der Plas, Fons, Soliveres, Santiago, Allan, Eric, Maestre, Fernando T., Mace, Georgina, Whittingham, Mark J., Fischer, Markus

“…Recent years have seen a surge of interest in ecosystem multifunctionality, a concept that has developed in the largely separate fields of…”
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Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities by Bruelheide, Helge, Dengler, Jürgen, Purschke, Oliver, Lenoir, Jonathan, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Hennekens, Stephan M., Botta-Dukát, Zoltán, Chytrý, Milan, Field, Richard, Jansen, Florian, Kattge, Jens, Pillar, Valério D., Schrodt, Franziska, Mahecha, Miguel D., Peet, Robert K., Sandel, Brody, van Bodegom, Peter, Altman, Jan, Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban, Arfin Khan, Mohammed A. S., Attorre, Fabio, Aubin, Isabelle, Baraloto, Christopher, Barroso, Jorcely G., Bauters, Marijn, Bergmeier, Erwin, Biurrun, Idoia, Bjorkman, Anne D., Blonder, Benjamin, Čarni, Andraž, Cayuela, Luis, Cornelissen, J. Hans C., Craven, Dylan, Dainese, Matteo, Derroire, Géraldine, De Sanctis, Michele, Díaz, Sandra, Doležal, Jiří, Farfan-Rios, William, Feldpausch, Ted R., Garnier, Eric, Guerin, Greg R., Gutiérrez, Alvaro G., Haider, Sylvia, Hattab, Tarek, Henry, Greg, Hérault, Bruno, Higuchi, Pedro, Homeier, Jürgen, Jentsch, Anke, Jürgens, Norbert, Kącki, Zygmunt, Kessler, Michael, Kleyer, Michael, Korolyuk, Andrey Y., Kühn, Ingolf, Laughlin, Daniel C., Lens, Frederic, Loos, Jacqueline, Louault, Frédérique, Lyubenova, Mariyana I., Malhi, Yadvinder, Marcenò, Corrado, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Müller, Jonas V., Munzinger, Jérôme, Myers-Smith, Isla H., Neill, David A., Niinemets, Ülo, Orwin, Kate H., Ozinga, Wim A., Penuelas, Josep, Pérez-Haase, Aaron, Petřík, Petr, Phillips, Oliver L., Pärtel, Meelis, Reich, Peter B., Römermann, Christine, Rodrigues, Arthur V., Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Sardans, Jordi, Schmidt, Marco, Seidler, Gunnar, Silva Espejo, Javier Eduardo, Silveira, Marcos, Smyth, Anita, Sporbert, Maria, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Tang, Zhiyao, Thomas, Raquel, Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Vassilev, Kiril, Violle, Cyrille, Virtanen, Risto, Weiher, Evan, Welk, Erik, Wesche, Karsten, Winter, Marten, Wirth, Christian, Jandt, Ute

“…Plant functional traits directly affect ecosystem functions. At the species level, trait combinations depend on trade-offs representing different ecological…”
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A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night by Sanders, Dirk, Frago, Enric, Kehoe, Rachel, Patterson, Christophe, Gaston, Kevin J.

“…Natural light cycles are being eroded over large areas of the globe by the direct emissions and sky brightening that result from sources of artificial…”
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Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds by Pigot, Alex L., Sheard, Catherine, Miller, Eliot T., Bregman, Tom P., Freeman, Benjamin G., Roll, Uri, Seddon, Nathalie, Trisos, Christopher H., Weeks, Brian C., Tobias, Joseph A.

“…Animals have diversified into a bewildering variety of morphological forms exploiting a complex configuration of trophic niches. Their morphological diversity…”
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The ecological importance of intraspecific variation by Des Roches, Simone, Post, David M., Turley, Nash E., Bailey, Joseph K., Hendry, Andrew P., Kinnison, Michael T., Schweitzer, Jennifer A., Palkovacs, Eric P.

“…Human activity is causing wild populations to experience rapid trait change and local extirpation. The resulting effects on intraspecific variation could have…”
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