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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Coupled Above- and Belowground Ecosystem Stability Worldwide.

Zexin Meng, Huiwen Li, Yiping Wu, Peter B Reich, Nico Eisenhauer, Diego Abalos, Daniel Revillini, Shuguang Liu, Wende Yan, Ji Chen and 9 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors.

Zexin MengInstitute of Global Environmental Change; Department of Earth & Environmental Science, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Huiwen LiShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Life Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
Yiping WuInstitute of Global Environmental Change; Department of Earth & Environmental Science, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5163-0884
Peter B ReichInstitute For Global Change Biology, and School for the Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Nico EisenhauerGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Diego AbalosDepartment of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark.
Daniel RevilliniLaboratorio De Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Sevilla, Spain.
Shuguang LiuSchool of Ecology, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Wende YanSchool of Soil and Water Conservation, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China.
Ji ChenDepartment of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Alexey VoinovFaculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.
Zhifeng YangState Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Ying-Ping WangCSIRO Environment, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.
Fubo ZhaoInstitute of Global Environmental Change; Department of Earth & Environmental Science, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Linjing QiuInstitute of Global Environmental Change; Department of Earth & Environmental Science, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Jingfeng XiaoEarth Systems Research Center, Institute For the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
Shantao AnInstitute of Global Environmental Change; Department of Earth & Environmental Science, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Guopeng LiangInstitute For Global Change Biology, and School for the Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Manuel Delgado-BaquerizoLaboratorio De Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Sevilla, Spain.

Funding

Central Government Guiding Fund for Local Science and Technology Development Projects 25ZYJA019China Scholarship Council 202206280232DFG 422440326DFG Ei862/29-1DFG FOR5000iDiv (German Research Foundation, DFG) 202548816iDiv (German Research Foundation, DFG) FZT118Key Project of Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation 2026JJXXXXXKey Technology Research Project for Forestry in Hunan Province XLK202501Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology National Key Laboratory Open Fund CPRM202508National High-end Foreign Experts Recruitment Program H20250437National Natural Science Foundation of China 31961143011National Natural Science Foundation of China 42271025National Natural Science Foundation of China 42501375National Natural Science Foundation of China U25A20758Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province 2025JC-YBQN-228Shaanxi Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023BSHTBZZ19Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation PID2020-115813RA-I00The Innovation Team of Shaanxi Province 2021TD-52
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upholding stable terrestrial ecosystems is integral to supporting climate regulation and planetary security. Yet, while aboveground ecosystem stability is widely described, global-scale patterns in belowground ecosystem stability and how it connects to aboveground stability remain virtually unknown. Here, we assembled a global dataset including high-resolution information on annual estimates of soil respiration from 4,544 communities and associated aboveground ecosystem productivity over the past four decades (1985-2018). We found that ecosystems with greater stability in aboveground productivity had greater long-term stability in soil respiration, with a positive and significant connection between above- and belowground stability being especially strong in arid environments. Stable temperatures played a crucial role in reinforcing the stability and coupling of above- and belowground ecosystems. Our work provides new evidence of, and insights into, the local to global connections of stability of above- and belowground biological activity, and identifies a fundamental role of temperature stability in maintaining this stability under a changing climate.

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Climate ChangeEcosystemSoilTemperatureSoilabove‐ and belowground couplingarid environmentsclimatic fluctuationsecosystem stabilitysoil respiration

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PMID41802150
PMCPMC13185820

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