Vanishing diversity: Loss of rare plants erodes the flourishing of soil life

Vanishing diversity: Loss of rare plants erodes the flourishing of soil life

Kechang Niu, Nanjing University in China, discusses his article: Plant species loss reduces rare soil microbes through diversity effects amplified by multitrophic interactions Background A key reason for the flourishing of life on Earth is that diverse groups of organisms mutually thrive in changing environments. However, increasing evidence shows that we are suffering the sixth…