The economic spectrum of soil food webs

Guofan Zhu; Francisco Dini-Andreote; Shungui Zhou; Yuji Jiang

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2025.07.005

The economic spectrum of soil food webs

Guofan Zhu
, Francisco Dini-Andreote
, Shungui Zhou
, Yuji Jiang

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Abstract

Soils are highly heterogeneous ecosystems hosting multiple organisms engaged in trophic interactions. We introduce the economic spectrum of soil food webs – a trait-based framework spanning a fast-to-slow continuum – that offers a more integrative understanding than previous classifications. This framework highlights the complexity of multiple organismal traits shaping soil food web structure, dynamics, and soil functionality.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1270-1273
Number of pages	4
Journal	Trends in Microbiology
Volume	33
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2025.07.005
State	Published - Dec 2025

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Microbiology
Microbiology (medical)
Virology
Infectious Diseases

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