By analyzing the #SecondarySuccessionDynamics of a #SubtropicalForest in Southeast China over 68 years, Shan Rao et al. showed that exploring the contribution of #SpeciesColonization and #Extinction is likely the key to gaining a more mechanistic understanding of the drivers of #CommunityPhylogenetic and #FunctionalStructures over succession.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtad008

The study of Xian Wu et al. revealed that #KeystoneTaxa made a significantly greater contribution than #RareTaxa in all comparisons of the all comparisons of #MicrobialFunctions and stability in a #SubtropicalForest based on #Co-occurrenceNetworkAnalyses.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae105

The study by Brian Njoroge et al. is in response to the threat posed by increased #Droughts due to #GlobalClimateChange. Droughts are increasing in frequency and intensity in the #DinghushanBiosphereReserve, seasonal droughts drive up #Carbon gain in a #SubtropicalForest according to the measured eddy flux and soil moisture content data.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac088

How do #SoilMicroorganisms respond to increasing #PlantSpeciesDiversity (PSD) when #MicrobialResource limited ?
The conclusion is: Increasing PSD aggravates microbial #Phosphorus limitation but alleviates microbial #Carbon limitation in a #SubtropicalForest.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae100