Effects of plant diversity on soil carbon in diverse ecosystems: a global meta‐analysis

Plant diversity loss reduces soil respiration across terrestrial ecosystems

(2019) Xinli Chen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Meta-analysis shows positive effects of plant diversity on microbial biomass and respiration

(2019) Chen Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Tree species diversity promotes litterfall productivity through crown complementarity in subtropical forests

(2019) Li-Ting Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Selection of terrain attributes and its scale dependency on soil organic carbon prediction

(2019) Zhixing Guo et al.   GEODERMA

Effect of monospecific and mixed Mediterranean tree plantations on soil microbial community and biochemical functioning

(2019) Giovanni Garau et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Biogeographical patterns of soil microbial community as influenced by soil characteristics and climate across Chinese forest biomes

(2018) Zhiwei Xu et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

(2018) Jake J. Grossman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mixed-species plantation with Pinus massoniana and Castanopsis hystrix accelerates C loss in recalcitrant coniferous litter but slows C loss in labile broadleaf litter in southern China

(2018) Hui Wang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Effects of tree species and soil properties on the composition and diversity of the soil bacterial community following afforestation

(2018) Jinliang Liu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Global effects of plant litter alterations on soil CO2 to the atmosphere

(2018) Xinli Chen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global negative effects of nitrogen deposition on soil microbes

(2018) Tian’an Zhang et al.   ISME Journal

Plant diversity enhances productivity and soil carbon storage

(2018) Shiping Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks after afforestation in arid and semi-arid regions: A meta-analysis

(2018) Xiang Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Forbs differentially affect soil microbial community composition and functions in unfertilized ryegrass-red clover leys

(2018) Wen-Feng Cong et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Positive species mixture effects on fine root turnover and mortality in natural boreal forests

(2018) Zilong Ma et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Root penetration in deep soil layers stimulates mineralization of millennia-old organic carbon

(2018) Tanvir Shahzad et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Ecosystem context illuminates conflicting roles of plant diversity in carbon storage

(2018) E. Carol Adair et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Meta-analysis and the science of research synthesis

(2018) Jessica Gurevitch et al.   NATURE

Atmosphere–soil carbon transfer as a function of soil depth

(2018) Jérôme Balesdent et al.   NATURE

Evidence for the primacy of living root inputs, not root or shoot litter, in forming soil organic carbon

(2018) Noah W. Sokol et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil organic carbon storage as a key function of soils - A review of drivers and indicators at various scales

(2018) Martin Wiesmeier et al.   GEODERMA

Microbes drive global soil nitrogen mineralization and availability

(2018) Zhaolei Li et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microbial formation of stable soil carbon is more efficient from belowground than aboveground input

(2018) Noah W. Sokol et al.   Nature Geoscience

Mixed Eucalyptus plantations induce changes in microbial communities and increase biological functions in the soil and litter layers

(2018) Arthur P.A. Pereira et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Comparison of nitrogen nutrition and soil carbon status of afforested stands established in degraded soil of the Loess Plateau, China

(2017) Bin Hu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree species functional group is a more important driver of soil properties than tree species diversity across major European forest types

(2017) Seid Muhie Dawud et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Specific leaf area predicts dryland litter decomposition via two mechanisms

(2017) Guofang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

(2017) Forest Isbell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biodiversity effects in the wild are common and as strong as key drivers of productivity

(2017) J. Emmett Duffy et al.   NATURE

Plant litter diversity increases microbial abundance, fungal diversity, and carbon and nitrogen cycling in a Mediterranean shrubland

(2017) Mathieu Santonja et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Why does oriental arborvitae grow better when mixed with black locust: Insight on nutrient cycling?

(2017) Xuedong Chen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Do temperate tree species diversity and identity influence soil microbial community function and composition?

(2017) Rim Khlifa et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A broadleaf species enhances an autotoxic conifers growth through belowground chemical interactions

(2016) Zhi-Chao Xia et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional identity is the main driver of diversity effects in young tree communities

(2016) Cornelia M. Tobner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant diversity and root traits benefit physical properties key to soil function in grasslands

(2016) Iain J. Gould et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Is Tree Species Diversity or Species Identity the More Important Driver of Soil Carbon Stocks, C/N Ratio, and pH?

(2016) Seid Muhie Dawud et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Soil C:N:P dynamics during secondary succession following fire in the boreal forest of central Canada

(2016) Alexandra Hume et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks under pure and mixed stands of European beech, Douglas fir and Norway spruce

(2016) Maike Cremer et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Effects of species diversity on fine root productivity in diverse ecosystems: a global meta-analysis

(2016) Zilong Ma et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Functional diversity enhances silver fir growth resilience to an extreme drought

(2016) Antonio Gazol et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of species diversity on fine root productivity increase with stand development and associated mechanisms in a boreal forest

(2016) Zilong Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Do experiments exploring plant diversity-ecosystem functioning relationships inform how biodiversity loss impacts natural ecosystems?

(2016) David A. Wardle   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

(2016) T. W. Crowther et al.   NATURE

Functional composition of plant communities determines the spatial and temporal stability of soil microbial properties in a long-term plant diversity experiment

(2016) Tanja Strecker et al.   OIKOS

Soil microbiological properties and available nitrogen for corn in monoculture and intercropped with forage

(2016) Thais Rodrigues Coser et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Phosphorus availability and microbial community in the rhizosphere of intercropped cereal and legume along a P-fertilizer gradient

(2016) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Response of soil microbial community to afforestation with pure and mixed species

(2016) Anna Gunina et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

(2016) J. Liang et al.   SCIENCE

Grass–legume ratio can change soil carbon and nitrogen storage in a temperate steppe grassland

(2016) Qiang Li et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Substrate quality influences organic matter accumulation in the soil silt and clay fraction

(2016) K.T. Cyle et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The influence of above-ground residue input and incorporation on GHG fluxes and stable SOM formation in a sandy soil

(2016) Elaine Mitchell et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Differences in nitrogen cycling and soil mineralisation between a eucalypt plantation and a mixed eucalypt and Acacia mangium plantation on a sandy tropical soil

(2016) Sogni Viviane Tchichelle et al.   Southern Forests

Does tree species composition affect soil CO2 emission and soil organic carbon storage in plantations?

(2016) Shaojun Wang et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Effect of plant species on P cycle-related microorganisms associated with litter decomposition and P soil availability: implications for agroforestry management

(2016) E Correa et al.   iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry

Root exudate cocktails: the link between plant diversity and soil microorganisms?

(2016) Katja Steinauer et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Convergence of soil microbial properties after plant colonization of an experimental plant diversity gradient

(2016) Katja Steinauer et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

A Review of Processes Behind Diversity—Productivity Relationships in Forests

(2016) David I. Forrester et al.   Current Forestry Reports

Plant diversity effects on soil microbial functions and enzymes are stronger than warming in a grassland experiment

(2015) Katja Steinauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Integrating plant litter quality, soil organic matter stabilization, and the carbon saturation concept

(2015) Michael J. Castellano et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

(2015) Tim Newbold et al.   NATURE

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

(2015) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   Nature Geoscience

Effect of irrigation on the soil respiration of constructed grasslands in Inner Mongolia, China

(2015) Ji–Rui Gong et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil and human security in the 21st century

(2015) R. Amundson et al.   SCIENCE

Plant species richness leaves a legacy of enhanced root litter-induced decomposition in soil

(2015) Wen-Feng Cong et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial respiration per unit biomass increases with carbon-to-nutrient ratios in forest soils

(2015) Marie Spohn et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Legume–barley intercropping stimulates soil N supply and crop yield in the succeeding durum wheat in a rotation under rainfed conditions

(2015) Antonella Scalise et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

(2015) Markus Lange et al.   Nature Communications

Tree Plantation Systems Influence Nitrogen Retention and the Abundance of Nitrogen Functional Genes in the Solomon Islands

(2015) Frédérique Reverchon et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen in pure and mixed stands of Pinus massoniana and Cinnamomum camphora differing in stand age

(2014) Li Wen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree communities rapidly alter soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought

(2014) David Rivest et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Intercropping enhances soil carbon and nitrogen

(2014) Wen-Feng Cong et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes

(2014) Wen-Feng Cong et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Does functional trait diversity predict above-ground biomass and productivity of tropical forests? Testing three alternative hypotheses

(2014) Bryan Finegan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Global covariation of carbon turnover times with climate in terrestrial ecosystems

(2014) Nuno Carvalhais et al.   NATURE

Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture

(2014) Cameron M. Pittelkow et al.   NATURE

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Does species richness affect fine root biomass and production in young forest plantations?

(2014) Timo Domisch et al.   OECOLOGIA

Long-term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time

(2014) Janneke M. Ravenek et al.   OIKOS

Soil CO2 Flux in Different Types of Forests Under a Subtropical Microclimatic Environment

(2014) Wen-De YAN et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Plant species diversity affects infiltration capacity in an experimental grassland through changes in soil properties

(2014) Christine Fischer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Tree diversity does not always improve resistance of forest ecosystems to drought

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

Chemical and biological properties of phosphorus-fertilized soil under legume and grass cover (Cerrado region, Brazil)

(2014) Marcelo Fernando Pereira Souza et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIA DO SOLO

Faster Decomposition Under Increased Atmospheric CO2 Limits Soil Carbon Storage

(2014) K. J. van Groenigen et al.   SCIENCE

Increase in microbial biomass and phosphorus availability in the rhizosphere of intercropped cereal and legumes under field conditions

(2014) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Baby Corn-Legumes Intercropping Systems: I. Yields, Resource Utilization Efficiency, and Soil Health

(2014) Ravi Chandra Sharma et al.   Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Does agricultural crop diversity enhance soil microbial biomass and organic matter dynamics? A meta-analysis

(2013) M. D. McDaniel et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Sub-tropic degraded red soil restoration: Is soil organic carbon build-up limited by nutrients supply

(2013) Xia Gong et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Accelerated nutrient cycling via leaf litter, and not root interaction, increases growth of Eucalyptus in mixed-species plantations with Leucaena

(2013) Guoyong Tang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Plant diversity does not buffer drought effects on early-stage litter mass loss rates and microbial properties

(2013) Anja Vogel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ecosystem carbon storage and soil organic carbon stability in pure and mixed stands of Cunninghamia lanceolata and Michelia macclurei

(2013) Qing-Kui Wang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant diversity effects on soil food webs are stronger than those of elevated CO2 and N deposition in a long-term grassland experiment

(2013) N. Eisenhauer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transgressive overyielding of soil microbial biomass in a grassland plant diversity gradient

(2013) Yasemin Guenay et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Mixed plantations can promote microbial integration and soil nitrate increases with changes in the N cycling genes

(2013) C.T.C.C. Rachid et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon

(2012) Uta Stockmann et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Soil macrofauna-mediated impacts of plant species composition on soil functioning in Amazonian pastures

(2012) Elena Velásquez et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium in monoculture and intercropped plantations: Evolution of soil and litter microbial and chemical attributes during early stages of plant development

(2012) Daniel Bini et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Impacts of changed litter inputs on soil CO2 efflux in three forest types in central south China

(2012) WenDe Yan et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Controls of Fine Root Life Span

(2012) Han Y. H. Chen et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   ECOLOGY

Abiotic drivers and plant traits explain landscape-scale patterns in soil microbial communities

(2012) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Soil Organic Carbon is Increased in Mixed-Species Plantations of Eucalyptus and Nitrogen-Fixing Acacia

(2012) D. I. Forrester et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Biodiversity, Nitrogen Deposition, and CO2 Affect Grassland Soil Carbon Cycling but not Storage

(2012) Joseph P. Reid et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Effects of tree species mixture on soil organic carbon stocks and greenhouse gas fluxes in subtropical plantations in China

(2012) Hui Wang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

(2012) Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Forest productivity increases with evenness, species richness and trait variation: a global meta-analysis

(2012) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions during the growing season from temperate maize-soybean intercrops

(2012) Lisa Dyer et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Soil chemical properties and nutritional status of trees in pure and mixed-species stands in south Ethiopia

(2012) Bekele Lemma   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Do physical plant litter traits explain non-additivity in litter mixtures? A test of the improved microenvironmental conditions theory

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   OIKOS

Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades

(2012) P. B. Reich et al.   SCIENCE

Predicting soil respiration using carbon stock in roots, litter and soil organic matter in forests of Loess Plateau in China

(2012) Zhiyong Zhou et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Does tree species composition control soil organic carbon pools in Mediterranean mountain forests?

(2011) Eugenio Díaz-Pinés et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Microbial biomass and N mineralization in mixed plantations of broadleaves and nitrogen-fixing species

(2011) E. L. Pereira et al.   Forest Systems

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Introducing Acacia mangium trees in Eucalyptus grandis plantations: consequences for soil organic matter stocks and nitrogen mineralization

(2011) Maureen Voigtlaender et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil carbon pools, plant biomarkers and mean carbon residence time after afforestation of grassland with three tree species

(2011) Zhiqun Huang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil carbon release enhanced by increased tropical forest litterfall

(2011) Emma J. Sayer et al.   Nature Climate Change

Effect of individual grass species and grass species mixtures on soil quality as related to root biomass and grass yield

(2010) Nick van Eekeren et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Effect of texture and tree species on microbial properties of mine soils

(2010) Marcin Chodak et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

The effect of different tree species on the chemical and microbial properties of reclaimed mine soils

(2010) Marcin Chodak et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

(2010) N. Eisenhauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Incubation time, functional litter diversity, and habitat characteristics predict litter-mixing effects on decomposition

(2010) Antoine Lecerf et al.   ECOLOGY

Evaluating soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in recently established maize-soyabean inter-cropping systems

(2010) M. Oelbermann et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

An ecosystem approach to biodiversity effects: Carbon pools in a tropical tree plantation

(2010) Catherine Potvin et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Impact of tropical land-use change on soil organic carbon stocks - a meta-analysis

(2010) AXEL DON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests

(2010) Alain Paquette et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Soil soluble organic carbon and nitrogen pools under mono- and mixed species forest ecosystems in subtropical China

(2010) Yumei M. Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

(2010) I. A. Janssens et al.   Nature Geoscience

Leaf dry matter content as a predictor of grassland litter decomposition: a test of the ‘mass ratio hypothesis’

(2010) Robin J. Pakeman et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Do climate warming and plant species richness affect potential nitrification, basal respiration and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in experimental grasslands?

(2010) S. Malchair et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A mixture of grass and clover combines the positive effects of both plant species on selected soil biota

(2009) Nick van Eekeren et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Changes in the soil microbial community structure with latitude in eastern China, based on phospholipid fatty acid analysis

(2009) Yuping Wu et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Ecological mechanisms associated with the positive diversity–productivity relationship in an N-limited grassland

(2009) D. A. Fornara et al.   ECOLOGY

Influence of intercropping and intercropping plus rhizobial inoculation on microbial activity and community composition in rhizosphere of alfalfa (Medicago sativaL.) and Siberian wild rye (Elymus sibiricusL.)

(2009) Yan Mei Sun et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Carbon dynamics in topsoil and in subsoil may be controlled by different regulatory mechanisms

(2009) CLÉMENCE SALOMÉ et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biodiversity at the plant–soil interface: microbial abundance and community structure respond to litter mixing

(2009) Samantha K. Chapman et al.   OECOLOGIA

Nutrient fluxes in pure and mixed stands of spruce (Picea abies) and beech (Fagus sylvatica)

(2009) Torsten W. Berger et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

(2009) David Moher et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

EARTHWORMS AND LEGUMES CONTROL LITTER DECOMPOSITION IN A PLANT DIVERSITY GRADIENT

(2008) Alexandru Milcu et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2008) D. A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil carbon and nitrogen in pasture soil reforested with eucalyptus and guachapele

(2008) Fabiano de Carvalho Balieiro et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIA DO SOLO

Soil microbial biomass response to woody plant invasion of grassland

(2008) J.D. Liao et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Temperature dependence of nitrogen mineralization and microbial status in OH horizon of a temperate forest ecosystem

(2008) Ali Bagherzadeh et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH

Soil health in agricultural systems

(2007) M.G Kibblewhite et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES