Abiotic and biotic drivers of tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration

Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context dependent across forest diversity experiments

(2022) Simone Cesarz et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Tree species mixing can amplify microclimate offsets in young forest plantations

(2022) Shengmin Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning

(2021) Stefan Trogisch et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Intra-specific leaf trait responses to species richness at two different local scales

(2021) Andréa Davrinche et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Tree mycorrhizal type and tree diversity shape the forest soil microbiota

(2021) Bala Singavarapu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Large‐scale drivers of relationships between soil microbial properties and organic carbon across Europe

(2021) Linnea C. Smith et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Tree species richness promotes an early increase of stand structural complexity in young subtropical plantations

(2021) Maria D. Perles‐Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Tree canopy cover constrains the fertility–diversity relationship in plant communities of the southeastern USA

(2020) Christopher R. Hakkenberg et al.   ECOLOGY

Decoupling the Complementarity Effect and the Selection Effect on the Overyielding of Fine Root Production Along a Tree Species Richness Gradient in Subtropical Forests

(2020) Cong Liu et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Root exudation as a major competitive fine‐root functional trait of 18 coexisting species in a subtropical forest

(2020) Lijuan Sun et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evidence for Elton's diversity–invasibility hypothesis from belowground

(2020) Zhijie Zhang et al.   ECOLOGY

Species richness promotes ecosystem carbon storage: evidence from biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments

(2020) Shan Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon

(2019) Simon L. Lewis et al.   NATURE

Tradeoffs among root morphology, exudation and mycorrhizal symbioses for phosphorus‐acquisition strategies of 16 crop species

(2019) Zhihui Wen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The global tree restoration potential

(2019) Jean-Francois Bastin et al.   SCIENCE

The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry

(2019) T. W. Crowther et al.   SCIENCE

Tree species identity determines wood decomposition via microclimatic effects

(2019) Felix Gottschall et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Mycorrhizal Fungi as Mediators of Soil Organic Matter Dynamics

(2019) Serita D. Frey   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Neighbour species richness and local structural variability modulate aboveground allocation patterns and crown morphology of individual trees

(2019) Matthias Kunz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant roots increase both decomposition and stable organic matter formation in boreal forest soil

(2019) Bartosz Adamczyk et al.   Nature Communications

Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: New insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile

(2018) Nadine Bernhard et al.   CATENA

Tree mycorrhizal type predicts within-site variability in the storage and distribution of soil organic matter

(2018) Matthew E. Craig et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Neighbourhood interactions drive overyielding in mixed-species tree communities

(2018) Andreas Fichtner et al.   Nature Communications

Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests

(2018) Xiaojuan Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment

(2018) Yuanyuan Huang et al.   SCIENCE

It is elemental: soil nutrient stoichiometry drives bacterial diversity

(2017) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Positive effects of tree species richness on fine-root production in a subtropical forest in SE-China

(2017) Zhenkai Sun et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Limited tree richness effects on herb layer composition, richness and productivity in experimental forest stands

(2017) Markus S. Germany et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Positive effects of tree species diversity on litterfall quantity and quality along a secondary successional chronosequence in a subtropical forest

(2017) Yuanyuan Huang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Interspecific and intraspecific variation in specific root length drives aboveground biodiversity effects in young experimental forest stands

(2017) Wensheng Bu et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems—a study from SE China

(2017) Thomas Scholten et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Positive effects of tree species richness on fine-root production in a subtropical forest in SE-China

(2017) Zhenkai Sun et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Limited tree richness effects on herb layer composition, richness and productivity in experimental forest stands

(2017) Markus S. Germany et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Positive effects of tree species diversity on litterfall quantity and quality along a secondary successional chronosequence in a subtropical forest

(2017) Yuanyuan Huang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Interspecific and intraspecific variation in specific root length drives aboveground biodiversity effects in young experimental forest stands

(2017) Wensheng Bu et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems—a study from SE China

(2017) Thomas Scholten et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems

(2017) Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures

(2017) Laura J. Williams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Root biomass and exudates link plant diversity with soil bacterial and fungal biomass

(2017) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   Scientific Reports

Carbon content and climate variability drive global soil bacterial diversity patterns

(2016) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Ectomycorrhizal fungi slow soil carbon cycling

(2016) Colin Averill et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Effective number of layers: A new measure for quantifying three-dimensional stand structure based on sampling with terrestrial LiDAR

(2016) Martin Ehbrecht et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Plant root-microbe communication in shaping root microbiomes

(2016) Andrew Lareen et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Soil and tree species traits both shape soil microbial communities during early growth of Chinese subtropical forests

(2016) Zhiqin Pei et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Light, earthworms, and soil resources as predictors of diversity of 10 soil invertebrate groups across monocultures of 14 tree species

(2016) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Resource Partitioning between Bacteria, Fungi, and Protists in the Detritusphere of an Agricultural Soil

(2016) Susanne Kramer et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Throughfall kinetic energy in young subtropical forests: Investigation on tree species richness effects and spatial variability

(2015) Philipp Goebes et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

The influence of leaf litter diversity and soil fauna on initial soil erosion in subtropical forests

(2015) Steffen Seitz et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

(2015) Markus Lange et al.   Nature Communications

lavaan: AnRPackage for Structural Equation Modeling

(2015) Yves Rosseel   Journal of Statistical Software

Recovery of Ecosystem Carbon Stocks in Young Boreal Forests: A Comparison of Harvesting and Wildfire Disturbance

(2014) Meelis Seedre et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Selection for niche differentiation in plant communities increases biodiversity effects

(2014) Debra Zuppinger-Dingley et al.   NATURE

Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage

(2014) Colin Averill et al.   NATURE

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Belowground plant development measured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): exploiting the potential for non-invasive trait quantification using sugar beet as a proxy

(2014) Ralf Metzner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Establishment success in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning experiment in subtropical China (BEF-China)

(2013) Xuefei Yang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Global drivers and patterns of microbial abundance in soil

(2013) Hector M. Serna-Chavez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Leaf Litter Mixtures Alter Microbial Community Development: Mechanisms for Non-Additive Effects in Litter Decomposition

(2013) Samantha K. Chapman et al.   PLoS One

Plant-Pollinator Interactions over 120 Years: Loss of Species, Co-Occurrence, and Function

(2013) L. A. Burkle et al.   SCIENCE

Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China

(2013) Helge Bruelheide et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A global analysis of soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems

(2012) Xiaofeng Xu et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source

(2011) Anja Miltner et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Lack of tree layer control on herb layer characteristics in a subtropical forest, China

(2011) Sabine Both et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

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

Tree diversity and environmental context predict herb species richness and cover in Germany's largest connected deciduous forest

(2011) Elke A. Vockenhuber et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Developing X-ray Computed Tomography to non-invasively image 3-D root systems architecture in soil

(2011) S. J. Mooney et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Three-Dimensional Root Phenotyping with a Novel Imaging and Software Platform

(2011) R. T. Clark et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Splash erosion potential under tree canopies in subtropical SE China

(2010) C. Geißler et al.   CATENA

Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

(2010) Helge Bruelheide et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

(2010) N. Eisenhauer et al.   ECOLOGY

A distance-based framework for measuring functional diversity from multiple traits

(2010) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

Microbial production of recalcitrant organic matter in global soils: implications for productivity and climate policy

(2010) Chao Liang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Direct and indirect effects of tree diversity drive soil microbial diversity in temperate deciduous forest

(2010) Carolin Thoms et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The fat that matters: Soil food web analysis using fatty acids and their carbon stable isotope signature

(2010) Liliane Ruess et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Positive relationship between herbaceous layer diversity and the performance of soil biota in a temperate forest

(2010) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Mechanisms underlying beneficial plant–fungus interactions in mycorrhizal symbiosis

(2010) Paola Bonfante et al.   Nature Communications

Radiocarbon and Soil Carbon Dynamics

(2009) Susan Trumbore   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Adaptation of soil microbial communities to temperature: comparison of fungi and bacteria in a laboratory experiment

(2009) GEMA BÁRCENAS-MORENO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Substrate inputs and pH as factors controlling microbial biomass, activity and community structure in an arable soil

(2009) J.C. Aciego Pietri et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of harvesting intensity on carbon stocks in eastern Canadian red spruce (Picea rubens) forests: An exploratory analysis using the CBM-CFS3 simulation model

(2008) Anthony R. Taylor et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Variations in the soil microbial community composition of a tropical montane forest ecosystem: Does tree species matter?

(2008) Masayuki Ushio et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY