Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Global-scale patterns of assemblage structure of soil nematodes in relation to climate and ecosystem properties

(2014) Uffe N. Nielsen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Interactions with soil biota shift from negative to positive when a tree species is moved outside its native range

(2014) Michael J. Gundale et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil biodiversity and soil community composition determine ecosystem multifunctionality

(2014) C. Wagg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcriptional Response of Nitrifying Communities to Wetting of Dry Soil

(2013) Sarah A. Placella et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A first comprehensive census of fungi in soil reveals both hyperdiversity and fine-scale niche partitioning

(2013) D. Lee Taylor et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

The impact of an invasive plant changes over time

(2013) Petr Dostál et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Thermal acclimation in widespread heterotrophic soil microbes

(2013) Thomas W. Crowther et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Eco-evolutionary dynamics in response to selection on life-history

(2013) Tom C. Cameron et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack

(2013) Zdenka Babikova et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Three-way interactions between plants, microbes and insects

(2013) Arjen Biere et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Temporal variability in soil microbial communities across land-use types

(2013) Christian L Lauber et al.   ISME Journal

Biological soil crusts affect small-scale spatial patterns of inorganic N in a semiarid Mediterranean grassland

(2013) M. Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of fungi

(2013) Urmas Kõljalg et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Global sampling of plant roots expands the described molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2013) Maarja Öpik et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere

(2013) Laurent Philippot et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across European land use systems

(2013) F. T. de Vries et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

Legacy effects of aboveground-belowground interactions

(2012) Olga Kostenko et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Spatial organization of earthworm assemblages in pastures of northwestern France

(2012) Benoit Richard et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Global biogeography of highly diverse protistan communities in soil

(2012) Scott T Bates et al.   ISME Journal

Root Herbivore Effects on Aboveground Multitrophic Interactions: Patterns, Processes and Mechanisms

(2012) Roxina Soler et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Towards global patterns in the diversity and community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi

(2012) LEHO TEDERSOO et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Rapid responses of soil microorganisms improve plant fitness in novel environments

(2012) J. A. Lau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes

(2012) N. Fierer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rainfall-induced carbon dioxide pulses result from sequential resuscitation of phylogenetically clustered microbial groups

(2012) S. A. Placella et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought

(2012) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   Nature Climate Change

The generation and maintenance of diversity in microbial communities

(2011) Noah Fierer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Mycorrhizal fungal identity and diversity relaxes plant–plant competition

(2011) Cameron Wagg et al.   ECOLOGY

Using network analysis to explore co-occurrence patterns in soil microbial communities

(2011) Albert Barberán et al.   ISME Journal

Molecular study of worldwide distribution and diversity of soil animals

(2011) T. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Deciphering the Rhizosphere Microbiome for Disease-Suppressive Bacteria

(2011) R. Mendes et al.   SCIENCE

Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

(2011) E. T. Kiers et al.   SCIENCE

Global diversity and distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2011) Stephanie N. Kivlin et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Phylogenetic Molecular Ecological Network of Soil Microbial Communities in Response to Elevated CO2

(2011) J. Zhou et al.   mBio

Negative soil feedbacks accumulate over time for non-native plant species

(2010) Jeffrey M. Diez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Soil fungal pathogens and the relationship between plant diversity and productivity

(2010) John L. Maron et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: a review and synthesis of studies examining diversity-function relationships

(2010) U. N. Nielsen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Macroecological patterns in soil communities

(2010) Thibaud Decaëns   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The use of chronosequences in studies of ecological succession and soil development

(2010) Lawrence R. Walker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Virulence of soil-borne pathogens and invasion by Prunus serotina

(2010) Kurt O. Reinhart et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Resistance and recovery of soil microbial communities in the face of Alliaria petiolata invasions

(2010) Richard A. Lankau   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Quantification of effects of season and nitrogen supply on tree below-ground carbon transfer to ectomycorrhizal fungi and other soil organisms in a boreal pine forest

(2010) Mona N. Högberg et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fungistasis and general soil biostasis – A new synthesis

(2010) Paolina Garbeva et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Defoliation and patchy nutrient return drive grazing effects on plant and soil properties in a dairy cow pasture

(2009) J. Mikola et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Global patterns in belowground communities

(2009) Noah Fierer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Does photosynthesis affect grassland soil-respired CO2 and its carbon isotope composition on a diurnal timescale?

(2009) Michael Bahn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Regulation and function of root exudates

(2009) DAYAKAR V. BADRI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Evolutionary limits ameliorate the negative impact of an invasive plant

(2009) R. A. Lankau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

(2009) Edward Ayres et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Disentangling the rhizosphere effect on nitrate reducers and denitrifiers: insight into the role of root exudates

(2008) S. Henry et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Invasibility of experimental grassland communities: the role of earthworms, plant functional group identity and seed size

(2008) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   OIKOS

Mushroom fruiting and climate change

(2008) H. Kauserud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA