"Can we develop crops that are more resilient to climate fluctuation without yield loss?" Gaowen Yang reports "Soil biodiversity enhances the persistence of legumes under climate change" in New Phytologist doi.org/10.1111/nph.17… #100PlantQuestions

Very happy to share our new paper in Nature Communications led by Gaowen Yang (Gaowen Yang) Multiple anthropogenic pressures eliminate the effects of soil microbial diversity on ecosystem functions in experimental microcosms #globalchange #soil #soilhealth nature.com/articles/s4146…

The 50 best papers recently published in ecology and evolution by Nature Communications: nature.com/collections/ja…. Our study was selected😀: “Multiple anthropogenic pressures eliminate the effects of soil microbial diversity on ecosystem functions in experimental microcosms”.

There are at least 6 postdoc positions in our group. Keyworks: grassland restoration, grazing, soil microbiome, biogeochemistry, remote sensing, ecological modeling, biodiversity, AMF. You can us here: cau.edu.cn/tzgg/8cac4207e…

"We show... microbial community membership and abundance characteristics, rather than α diversity, most strongly predict ecosystem functions and... are more likely to represent the direct microbial drivers of functional changes at the ecosystem scale." nature.com/articles/s4370…

Super cool paper from Ernie Osburn, Gaowen Yang Matthias C. Rillig and @strickm27 showing that alpha-diversity relationships with soil ecosystem function are non-causal.

A replicate of Berlin Global Change Experiment Matthias C. Rillig Masahiro Ryo is being setting up in a temperate grassland in China. We will test: (1) what are the consequences of multiple global change factors? (2) whether grassland restoration could mitigate this influence?

Six positions are released in Grassland Science, China Agricultural University. Keywords: microbiome, grassland ecology, global changes, carbon sequenstration, forage cultivation and breeding. website: cauzhaopin.cau.edu.cn/zp.html#/chann…

LANDSCAPE 2024 (Berlin) is calling for abstracts. Welcome to join "Intercropping for sustainable agriculture" and other sessions. Landscape2024.org

LANDSCAPE 2024: Deadline extension - Call for abstracts & workshops until April 2, 2024. Welcome to join "Intercropping for sustainable agriculture" and other sessions. Landscape2024.org

There is an international summer relatedto grassland restoration. In this summer school, we will spend two weeks in Hulunbeir grassland, the largest natural grassland in the world. You can find details in this websites: admissions.cau.edu.cn/art/2024/5/11/…

Lab webpage has been updated. We will have the first graduates next month. l am happy that both graduates have already got work offers. Welcome to join us: gaowenyang.wordpress.com

Hay harvest Hulunbuir. Welcome to join us here!

How does fairy ring formed? We revealed the role of fairy ring fungi in accelerating nitrogen cycling to promote grass growth (dark ring) in grasslands. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

If you want to improve forage production, you need more legumes in pastures. Here found restored legume acts as a “nurse” to facilitate plant compensatory growth and biomass production in mown grasslands. doi.org/10.1007/s13593…

Our college is recruiting master and doctor students. If you were interested in grassland ecosystem, welcome to join us. We will provide full scholarship for 3 or 4 years. Deadline is Feb. 28th, 2025. admissions.cau.edu.cn/art/2024/11/12…

China Link Scholarship Program 2025 for undergraduates, graduates and faculties has been released now (admissions.cau.edu.cn/art/2025/2/21/…). If you would like to have a short term visit to our lab, please contact me (gaowenyang.wordpress.com).

Hi undergraduates and graduates, if you would like to have one-year study in China Agricultural University located in Beijing, please contact me before 30th November. There are two positions with scholarship in my lab (gaowenyang.wordpress.com).