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ReviewNature ecology & evolution2025

Vulnerability of soil food webs to chemical pollution and climate change.

Yu-Rong Liu, Shuhai Wen, Brajesh K Singh, Wen Zhang, Zhongwen Liu, Xiuli Hao, Yun-Yun Hao, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Wenfeng Tan, Qiaoyun Huang and 2 more

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Review in Nature ecology & evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Yu-Rong Liu *National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. yrliu@mail.hzau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1112-4255
Shuhai Wen *National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6260-924X
Brajesh K SinghHawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4413-4185
Wen ZhangCollege of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Zhongwen LiuCollege of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Xiuli HaoNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7963-6356
Yun-Yun HaoCollege of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Manuel Delgado-BaquerizoLaboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6499-576X
Wenfeng TanCollege of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3098-2928
Qiaoyun HuangNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-8066
Matthias C RilligInstitute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-7853
Yong-Guan ZhuState Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. ygzhu@rcees.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3861-8482

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42425701
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil food webs are critical for maintaining ecosystem functions but are challenged by various stressors including climate change, habitat destruction and pollution. Although complex multitrophic networks can, in theory, buffer environmental stress, the effects of anthropogenic chemicals on soil food webs under climate change remain poorly understood. Here we propose that the effects of chemical pollution on soil communities have been largely underestimated, particularly for climate change-affected ecosystems. We explore the interactive effects of environmental stressors on soil food webs and the importance of integrating chemical pollution impacts into assessing soil food web stability. We also discuss a conceptual framework involving microbiome manipulation, community compensatory dynamics and interaction modulation to mitigate the combined effects of chemical pollution and climate change on soil food webs.

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Climate ChangeEnvironmental PollutionFood ChainSoilSoil PollutantsAnimalsSoil MicrobiologySoilSoil Pollutants

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