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Ecology 101 Understand the science with Ecology 101: Want to learn more about the fundamental of ecology? Check our research spotlights, blog articles, videos and podcasts

MEET THE LAB

We are theoretical ecologists, restoration experts, and data scientists studying global ecosystems and generating knowledge to protect biodiversity and address climate change. RESTORATION NETWORKS A mapping platform to share ecological information. In 2021, we launched Restor to bring transparency and connectivity to the global biodiversity movement. We have connected over 50,000 locations where someone is farming, conserving or restoring nature around the world to promote biodiversity.

MAPS | CROWTHER LAB

In 2020 we founded Restor – a platform rooted in science that enables everyone, everywhere to engage in the global restoration movement. Through transparency and knowledge sharing, Restor brings this ecological data together with actors of all sizes and scopes to drive change at scale. TREE RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Q&A By Crowther Lab Our paper on the restoration potential of forests received an overwhelming reaction in the media. We are so delighted for all the wonderful comments and discussion. And the conversation also raised several issues from a few people. These are all important considerations and they are points that we have been well aware FUNGAL INTERACTIONS REDUCE CARBON USE EFFICIENCY LETTER Fungal interactions reduce carbon use efficiency Daniel S. Maynard,1,2* Thomas W. Crowther,1,3 and Mark A. Bradford1 Abstract The efficiency by which fungi decompose organic matter contributes to the amount of carbon that CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF DECOMPOSITION DRIVE THE GLOBAL LETTERRESEARCH these proposed biogeographical patterns and their climate drivers are lacking. To address this, we compiled a global ground-sourced survey COMPETITIVE NETWORK DETERMINES THE DIRECTION OF THE Competitive network determines the direction of the diversity–function relationship Daniel S. Maynarda,b,1, Thomas W. Crowtherc,d, and Mark A. Bradfordb aDepartment of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637; bSchool of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511; cDepartment of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology,

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TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF SOIL RESPIRATION LARGELY UNALTERED estimated at ∼90 Pg C·yr−1 (2). Rising temperatures are expected to stimulate soil respiration (3), both by accelerating rates of C cycling via autotrophic respiration and by providing a potentially

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HOME | CROWTHER LABABOUT USOUR RESEARCHRESTORATIONMAPSMEDIACOVID-19

AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Restor is a free, open-access platform founded by Crowther Lab with the goal to improve transparency and connectivity across the entire global restoration movement.

ECOLOGY 101

Ecology 101 Understand the science with Ecology 101: Want to learn more about the fundamental of ecology? Check our research spotlights, blog articles, videos and podcasts

MEET THE LAB

We are theoretical ecologists, restoration experts, and data scientists studying global ecosystems and generating knowledge to protect biodiversity and address climate change. RESTORATION NETWORKS A mapping platform to share ecological information. In 2021, we launched Restor to bring transparency and connectivity to the global biodiversity movement. We have connected over 50,000 locations where someone is farming, conserving or restoring nature around the world to promote biodiversity.

MAPS | CROWTHER LAB

In 2020 we founded Restor – a platform rooted in science that enables everyone, everywhere to engage in the global restoration movement. Through transparency and knowledge sharing, Restor brings this ecological data together with actors of all sizes and scopes to drive change at scale. TREE RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Q&A By Crowther Lab Our paper on the restoration potential of forests received an overwhelming reaction in the media. We are so delighted for all the wonderful comments and discussion. And the conversation also raised several issues from a few people. These are all important considerations and they are points that we have been well aware FUNGAL INTERACTIONS REDUCE CARBON USE EFFICIENCY LETTER Fungal interactions reduce carbon use efficiency Daniel S. Maynard,1,2* Thomas W. Crowther,1,3 and Mark A. Bradford1 Abstract The efficiency by which fungi decompose organic matter contributes to the amount of carbon that CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF DECOMPOSITION DRIVE THE GLOBAL LETTERRESEARCH these proposed biogeographical patterns and their climate drivers are lacking. To address this, we compiled a global ground-sourced survey COMPETITIVE NETWORK DETERMINES THE DIRECTION OF THE Competitive network determines the direction of the diversity–function relationship Daniel S. Maynarda,b,1, Thomas W. Crowtherc,d, and Mark A. Bradfordb aDepartment of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637; bSchool of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511; cDepartment of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology,

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TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF SOIL RESPIRATION LARGELY UNALTERED estimated at ∼90 Pg C·yr−1 (2). Rising temperatures are expected to stimulate soil respiration (3), both by accelerating rates of C cycling via autotrophic respiration and by providing a potentially

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MAPS | CROWTHER LAB

In 2020 we founded Restor – a platform rooted in science that enables everyone, everywhere to engage in the global restoration movement. Through transparency and knowledge sharing, Restor brings this ecological data together with actors of all sizes and scopes to drive change at scale.

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

Forecasting autumn leaf senescence in deciduous trees. By studying the drivers of autumn senescence we were able to show that photosynthesis has a crucial role in autumn onset, constraining the seasonal carbon uptake of temperate forests.

SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS

The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) is designed to create a global collaboration of scientists, all with the goals of informing the public, promoting this information into environmental policy, and overall creating a platform for the current and future sustainability of soils. The network made of more than a hundred scientists, all over the world, have built up a dataset containing CONTACT US | CROWTHER LAB Crowther Lab at ETH Zürich. The Crowther Lab at ETH Zürich is an interdisciplinary research group which aims to generate a better understanding of Earth’s ecology in order to understand and address biodiversity loss and climate change.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

The interdisciplinary nature of our research means that we work with many different groups of people, including scientists, NGOs, local governments, international governmental organizations and the general public from all over the world. OPEN POSITION SOIL ECOLOGY We are seeking for a postdoctoral researcher to work with a series of global databases compiled in the frameworks of the BIODESERT, CLIMIFUN and MUSGONET research projects, funded by the European Research Council, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie program and the British Ecological Society, respectively. These databases contain information on multiple surrogates of ecosystem structure and SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY Environmental stress response limits microbial necromass contributions to soil organic carbon Thomas W. Crowther*, Noah W. Sokol, Emily E. Oldfield, Daniel S. Maynard, Stephen M. Thomas, Mark A. Bradford WE EXPLORED THE EFFECT OF TREE POSITIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH ARTICLE FOREST ECOLOGY Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests Jingjing Liang, 1* Thomas W. Crowther,2,3† Nicolas Picard,4 Susan Wiser,5 Mo Zhou, Giorgio Alberti,6 Ernst-Detlef Schulze,7 A. David McGuire,8 Fabio Bozzato,9 Hans Pretzsch,10 Sergio de-Miguel,11,12 Alain Paquette,13 Bruno Hérault,14 Michael Scherer-Lorenzen,15 Christopher B SENSITIVITY OF GLOBAL SOIL CARBON STOCKS TO COMBINED horizon can be indicative of the direction and magnitude of the net ecosystem response. We then explored the spatial vari-ation in the sensitivity of soil carbon stocks to multiple nutri- UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE FROM A GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH ARTICLE Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues Jean-Francois Bastin ID 1*, Emily Clark1, Thomas Elliott1, Simon Hart2, Johan van den Hoogen ID 1, Iris Hordijk ID 1, Haozhi Ma1, Sabiha Majumder1, Gabriele Manoli ID 3, Julia Maschler1, Lidong Mo1, Devin Routh1, Kailiang Yu1, Constantin M. Zohner1, Thomas W. Crowther1 1 Crowther Lab, Department of HOME | CROWTHER LABABOUT USOUR RESEARCHRESTORATIONMAPSMEDIACOVID-19

AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Conserve nature. Protect nature. Restore nature. We help generate a better understanding of Earth’s ecology and aim to inspire responsible ecosystem restoration. At Crowther Lab, our team believes that conserving, protecting and restoring nature can help fight climate change and enhance human health and wellbeing. Read more.

MEET THE LAB

Head of Communications. Samantha Suarez. Communications Director. Lucie Sammicheli. Science Communications and Graphic Design Specialist. Stella Tandhika.

ECOLOGY 101

With science! Our team is made up of: fungi enthusiasts, dirt lovers, nematode ninjas, science communicators, biodiversity fanatics and climate crusaders. We’re inspired by nature, driven by science! By working together in an interdisciplinary way, we use science to understand and address climate change. Meet The Lab. RESTORATION NETWORKS A mapping platform to share ecological information. In 2021, we launched Restor to bring transparency and connectivity to the global biodiversity movement. We have connected over 50,000 locations where someone is farming, conserving or restoring nature around the world to promote biodiversity. Restor is an ever-growing global network.

MAPS | CROWTHER LAB

A mapping platform to share ecological information. We generate maps. Lots of them. Each map layer in this tool represents the outputs from various models produced by the scientific community providing key data about our ecosystems. Explore this data by either drawing a polygon (drawing tool) or selecting a country (search button). TREE RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Q&A By Crowther Lab Our paper on the restoration potential of forests received an overwhelming reaction in the media. We are so delighted for all the wonderful comments and discussion. And the conversation also raised several issues from a few people. These are all important considerations and they are points that we have been well aware SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY Environmental stress response limits microbial necromass contributions to soil organic carbon Thomas W. Crowther*, Noah W. Sokol, Emily E. Oldfield, Daniel S. Maynard, Stephen M. Thomas, Mark A. Bradford FUNGAL INTERACTIONS REDUCE CARBON USE EFFICIENCY LETTER Fungal interactions reduce carbon use efficiency Daniel S. Maynard,1,2* Thomas W. Crowther,1,3 and Mark A. Bradford1 Abstract The efficiency by which fungi decompose organic matter contributes to the amount of carbon that CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF DECOMPOSITION DRIVE THE GLOBAL LETTERRESEARCH these proposed biogeographical patterns and their climate drivers are lacking. To address this, we compiled a global ground-sourced survey TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF SOIL RESPIRATION LARGELY UNALTERED estimated at ∼90 Pg C·yr−1 (2). Rising temperatures are expected to stimulate soil respiration (3), both by accelerating rates of C cycling via autotrophic respiration and by providing a potentially

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HOME | CROWTHER LABABOUT USOUR RESEARCHRESTORATIONMAPSMEDIACOVID-19

AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Conserve nature. Protect nature. Restore nature. We help generate a better understanding of Earth’s ecology and aim to inspire responsible ecosystem restoration. At Crowther Lab, our team believes that conserving, protecting and restoring nature can help fight climate change and enhance human health and wellbeing. Read more.

MEET THE LAB

Head of Communications. Samantha Suarez. Communications Director. Lucie Sammicheli. Science Communications and Graphic Design Specialist. Stella Tandhika.

ECOLOGY 101

With science! Our team is made up of: fungi enthusiasts, dirt lovers, nematode ninjas, science communicators, biodiversity fanatics and climate crusaders. We’re inspired by nature, driven by science! By working together in an interdisciplinary way, we use science to understand and address climate change. Meet The Lab. RESTORATION NETWORKS A mapping platform to share ecological information. In 2021, we launched Restor to bring transparency and connectivity to the global biodiversity movement. We have connected over 50,000 locations where someone is farming, conserving or restoring nature around the world to promote biodiversity. Restor is an ever-growing global network.

MAPS | CROWTHER LAB

A mapping platform to share ecological information. We generate maps. Lots of them. Each map layer in this tool represents the outputs from various models produced by the scientific community providing key data about our ecosystems. Explore this data by either drawing a polygon (drawing tool) or selecting a country (search button). TREE RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Q&A By Crowther Lab Our paper on the restoration potential of forests received an overwhelming reaction in the media. We are so delighted for all the wonderful comments and discussion. And the conversation also raised several issues from a few people. These are all important considerations and they are points that we have been well aware SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY Environmental stress response limits microbial necromass contributions to soil organic carbon Thomas W. Crowther*, Noah W. Sokol, Emily E. Oldfield, Daniel S. Maynard, Stephen M. Thomas, Mark A. Bradford FUNGAL INTERACTIONS REDUCE CARBON USE EFFICIENCY LETTER Fungal interactions reduce carbon use efficiency Daniel S. Maynard,1,2* Thomas W. Crowther,1,3 and Mark A. Bradford1 Abstract The efficiency by which fungi decompose organic matter contributes to the amount of carbon that CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF DECOMPOSITION DRIVE THE GLOBAL LETTERRESEARCH these proposed biogeographical patterns and their climate drivers are lacking. To address this, we compiled a global ground-sourced survey TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF SOIL RESPIRATION LARGELY UNALTERED estimated at ∼90 Pg C·yr−1 (2). Rising temperatures are expected to stimulate soil respiration (3), both by accelerating rates of C cycling via autotrophic respiration and by providing a potentially

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CONTACT US | CROWTHER LAB Contact Us. Mutualism noun: a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association. Let’s do that! We would love to hear from you. For press enquiries contact: press@crowtherlab.com. For job enquiries, please see Join the Lab. Address: Universitätstrasse 16, 8092

Zürich.

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

Forecasting autumn leaf senescence in deciduous trees. By studying the drivers of autumn senescence we were able to show that photosynthesis has a crucial role in autumn onset, constraining the seasonal carbon uptake of temperate forests.

MAPS | CROWTHER LAB

A mapping platform to share ecological information. We generate maps. Lots of them. Each map layer in this tool represents the outputs from various models produced by the scientific community providing key data about our ecosystems. Explore this data by either drawing a polygon (drawing tool) or selecting a country (search button).

SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS

The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) is designed to create a global collaboration of scientists, all with the goals of informing the public, promoting this information into environmental policy, and overall creating a platform for the current and future sustainability of soils. The network made of more than a hundred scientists, all over the world, have built up a dataset containing

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

We helped convene a global coalition of leaders in science, conservation, restoration, development and sustainability around four high-level principles for nature-based solutions. The Together With Nature principles provide a framework to responsibly tackle the climate crisis, restore biodiversity, and benefit planetary health and

human wellbeing.

OPEN POSITION SOIL ECOLOGY Publications will be assessed based on their content and match to the profile requested. This is an exciting joint collaborative position between the Dryland Ecology and Global Change Lab (DryLab) at the University of Alicante (UA; Alicante), the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich and the BioFun lab at Pablo de Olavide University (Seville). The post SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY Environmental stress response limits microbial necromass contributions to soil organic carbon Thomas W. Crowther*, Noah W. Sokol, Emily E. Oldfield, Daniel S. Maynard, Stephen M. Thomas, Mark A. Bradford SENSITIVITY OF GLOBAL SOIL CARBON STOCKS TO COMBINED horizon can be indicative of the direction and magnitude of the net ecosystem response. We then explored the spatial vari-ation in the sensitivity of soil carbon stocks to multiple nutri- WE EXPLORED THE EFFECT OF TREE POSITIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH ARTICLE FOREST ECOLOGY Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests Jingjing Liang, 1* Thomas W. Crowther,2,3† Nicolas Picard,4 Susan Wiser,5 Mo Zhou, Giorgio Alberti,6 Ernst-Detlef Schulze,7 A. David McGuire,8 Fabio Bozzato,9 Hans Pretzsch,10 Sergio de-Miguel,11,12 Alain Paquette,13 Bruno Hérault,14 Michael Scherer-Lorenzen,15 Christopher B UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE FROM A GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH ARTICLE Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues Jean-Francois Bastin ID 1*, Emily Clark1, Thomas Elliott1, Simon Hart2, Johan van den Hoogen ID 1, Iris Hordijk ID 1, Haozhi Ma1, Sabiha Majumder1, Gabriele Manoli ID 3, Julia Maschler1, Lidong Mo1, Devin Routh1, Kailiang Yu1, Constantin M. Zohner1, Thomas W. Crowther1 1 Crowther Lab, Department of HOME | CROWTHER LABABOUT USOUR RESEARCHRESTORATIONMAPSMEDIACOVID-19

AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Conserve nature. Protect nature. Restore nature. We help generate a better understanding of Earth’s ecology and aim to inspire responsible ecosystem restoration. At Crowther Lab, our team believes that conserving, protecting and restoring nature can help fight climate change and enhance human health and wellbeing. Read more.

MEET THE LAB

Head of Communications. Samantha Suarez. Communications Director. Lucie Sammicheli. Science Communications and Graphic Design Specialist. Stella Tandhika.

ECOLOGY 101

With science! Our team is made up of: fungi enthusiasts, dirt lovers, nematode ninjas, science communicators, biodiversity fanatics and climate crusaders. We’re inspired by nature, driven by science! By working together in an interdisciplinary way, we use science to understand and address climate change. Meet The Lab. RESTORATION NETWORKS A mapping platform to share ecological information. In 2021, we launched Restor to bring transparency and connectivity to the global biodiversity movement. We have connected over 50,000 locations where someone is farming, conserving or restoring nature around the world to promote biodiversity. Restor is an ever-growing global network.

MAPS | CROWTHER LAB

A mapping platform to share ecological information. We generate maps. Lots of them. Each map layer in this tool represents the outputs from various models produced by the scientific community providing key data about our ecosystems. Explore this data by either drawing a polygon (drawing tool) or selecting a country (search button). TREE RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Q&A By Crowther Lab Our paper on the restoration potential of forests received an overwhelming reaction in the media. We are so delighted for all the wonderful comments and discussion. And the conversation also raised several issues from a few people. These are all important considerations and they are points that we have been well aware SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY Environmental stress response limits microbial necromass contributions to soil organic carbon Thomas W. Crowther*, Noah W. Sokol, Emily E. Oldfield, Daniel S. Maynard, Stephen M. Thomas, Mark A. Bradford FUNGAL INTERACTIONS REDUCE CARBON USE EFFICIENCY LETTER Fungal interactions reduce carbon use efficiency Daniel S. Maynard,1,2* Thomas W. Crowther,1,3 and Mark A. Bradford1 Abstract The efficiency by which fungi decompose organic matter contributes to the amount of carbon that CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF DECOMPOSITION DRIVE THE GLOBAL LETTERRESEARCH these proposed biogeographical patterns and their climate drivers are lacking. To address this, we compiled a global ground-sourced survey TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF SOIL RESPIRATION LARGELY UNALTERED estimated at ∼90 Pg C·yr−1 (2). Rising temperatures are expected to stimulate soil respiration (3), both by accelerating rates of C cycling via autotrophic respiration and by providing a potentially

power-

HOME | CROWTHER LABABOUT USOUR RESEARCHRESTORATIONMAPSMEDIACOVID-19

AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Conserve nature. Protect nature. Restore nature. We help generate a better understanding of Earth’s ecology and aim to inspire responsible ecosystem restoration. At Crowther Lab, our team believes that conserving, protecting and restoring nature can help fight climate change and enhance human health and wellbeing. Read more.

MEET THE LAB

Head of Communications. Samantha Suarez. Communications Director. Lucie Sammicheli. Science Communications and Graphic Design Specialist. Stella Tandhika.

ECOLOGY 101

With science! Our team is made up of: fungi enthusiasts, dirt lovers, nematode ninjas, science communicators, biodiversity fanatics and climate crusaders. We’re inspired by nature, driven by science! By working together in an interdisciplinary way, we use science to understand and address climate change. Meet The Lab. RESTORATION NETWORKS A mapping platform to share ecological information. In 2021, we launched Restor to bring transparency and connectivity to the global biodiversity movement. We have connected over 50,000 locations where someone is farming, conserving or restoring nature around the world to promote biodiversity. Restor is an ever-growing global network.

MAPS | CROWTHER LAB

A mapping platform to share ecological information. We generate maps. Lots of them. Each map layer in this tool represents the outputs from various models produced by the scientific community providing key data about our ecosystems. Explore this data by either drawing a polygon (drawing tool) or selecting a country (search button). TREE RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Q&A By Crowther Lab Our paper on the restoration potential of forests received an overwhelming reaction in the media. We are so delighted for all the wonderful comments and discussion. And the conversation also raised several issues from a few people. These are all important considerations and they are points that we have been well aware SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY Environmental stress response limits microbial necromass contributions to soil organic carbon Thomas W. Crowther*, Noah W. Sokol, Emily E. Oldfield, Daniel S. Maynard, Stephen M. Thomas, Mark A. Bradford FUNGAL INTERACTIONS REDUCE CARBON USE EFFICIENCY LETTER Fungal interactions reduce carbon use efficiency Daniel S. Maynard,1,2* Thomas W. Crowther,1,3 and Mark A. Bradford1 Abstract The efficiency by which fungi decompose organic matter contributes to the amount of carbon that CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF DECOMPOSITION DRIVE THE GLOBAL LETTERRESEARCH these proposed biogeographical patterns and their climate drivers are lacking. To address this, we compiled a global ground-sourced survey TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF SOIL RESPIRATION LARGELY UNALTERED estimated at ∼90 Pg C·yr−1 (2). Rising temperatures are expected to stimulate soil respiration (3), both by accelerating rates of C cycling via autotrophic respiration and by providing a potentially

power-

CONTACT US | CROWTHER LAB Contact Us. Mutualism noun: a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association. Let’s do that! We would love to hear from you. For press enquiries contact: press@crowtherlab.com. For job enquiries, please see Join the Lab. Address: Universitätstrasse 16, 8092

Zürich.

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

Forecasting autumn leaf senescence in deciduous trees. By studying the drivers of autumn senescence we were able to show that photosynthesis has a crucial role in autumn onset, constraining the seasonal carbon uptake of temperate forests.

MAPS | CROWTHER LAB

A mapping platform to share ecological information. We generate maps. Lots of them. Each map layer in this tool represents the outputs from various models produced by the scientific community providing key data about our ecosystems. Explore this data by either drawing a polygon (drawing tool) or selecting a country (search button).

SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS

The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) is designed to create a global collaboration of scientists, all with the goals of informing the public, promoting this information into environmental policy, and overall creating a platform for the current and future sustainability of soils. The network made of more than a hundred scientists, all over the world, have built up a dataset containing

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

We helped convene a global coalition of leaders in science, conservation, restoration, development and sustainability around four high-level principles for nature-based solutions. The Together With Nature principles provide a framework to responsibly tackle the climate crisis, restore biodiversity, and benefit planetary health and

human wellbeing.

OPEN POSITION SOIL ECOLOGY Publications will be assessed based on their content and match to the profile requested. This is an exciting joint collaborative position between the Dryland Ecology and Global Change Lab (DryLab) at the University of Alicante (UA; Alicante), the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich and the BioFun lab at Pablo de Olavide University (Seville). The post SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY Environmental stress response limits microbial necromass contributions to soil organic carbon Thomas W. Crowther*, Noah W. Sokol, Emily E. Oldfield, Daniel S. Maynard, Stephen M. Thomas, Mark A. Bradford SENSITIVITY OF GLOBAL SOIL CARBON STOCKS TO COMBINED horizon can be indicative of the direction and magnitude of the net ecosystem response. We then explored the spatial vari-ation in the sensitivity of soil carbon stocks to multiple nutri- WE EXPLORED THE EFFECT OF TREE POSITIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH ARTICLE FOREST ECOLOGY Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests Jingjing Liang, 1* Thomas W. Crowther,2,3† Nicolas Picard,4 Susan Wiser,5 Mo Zhou, Giorgio Alberti,6 Ernst-Detlef Schulze,7 A. David McGuire,8 Fabio Bozzato,9 Hans Pretzsch,10 Sergio de-Miguel,11,12 Alain Paquette,13 Bruno Hérault,14 Michael Scherer-Lorenzen,15 Christopher B UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE FROM A GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH ARTICLE Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues Jean-Francois Bastin ID 1*, Emily Clark1, Thomas Elliott1, Simon Hart2, Johan van den Hoogen ID 1, Iris Hordijk ID 1, Haozhi Ma1, Sabiha Majumder1, Gabriele Manoli ID 3, Julia Maschler1, Lidong Mo1, Devin Routh1, Kailiang Yu1, Constantin M. Zohner1, Thomas W. Crowther1 1 Crowther Lab, Department of

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