Reintroduction of threatened digging mammals influences soil microbial communities differently along a rainfall gradient

UV index and climate seasonality explain fungal community turnover in global drylands

(2022) Eleonora Egidi et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Important ecophysiological roles of non-dominant Actinobacteria in plant residue decomposition, especially in less fertile soils

(2021) Yuanyuan Bao et al.   Microbiome

Temporal dynamics of total and active prokaryotic communities in two Mediterranean orchard soils treated with solid anaerobic digestate or managed under no-tillage

(2021) Shamina Imran Pathan et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Ecosystem roles and conservation status of bioturbator mammals

(2021) Gabrielle Beca et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Urban remnant size alters fungal functional groups dispersed by a digging mammal

(2021) Anna J. M. Hopkins et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Zokor disturbances indicated positive soil microbial responses with carbon cycle and mineral encrustation in alpine grassland

(2020) Junhu Su et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

(2020) Miguel Berdugo et al.   SCIENCE

Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes

(2020) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Restoration, Soil Organisms, and Soil Processes: Emerging Approaches

(2020) Hannah L. Farrell et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Experimental evidence for ecological cascades following threatened mammal reintroduction

(2020) Heloise Gibb et al.   ECOLOGY

Obscure soil microbes and where to find them

(2019) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo   ISME Journal

Restoration potential of threatened ecosystem engineers increases with aridity: broad scale effects on soil nutrients and function

(2019) Orsi Decker et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Invertebrate DNA metabarcoding reveals changes in communities across mine site restoration chronosequences

(2019) Kristen Fernandes et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Rainfall‐dependent impacts of threatened ecosystem engineers on organic matter cycling

(2019) Orsi Decker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fungal community demonstrates stronger dispersal limitation and less network connectivity than bacterial community in sediments along a large river

(2019) Juan Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Fungal-bacterial diversity and microbiome complexity predict ecosystem functioning

(2019) Cameron Wagg et al.   Nature Communications

Taxonomy, life cycle and endophytism of coprophilous fungi from an underground desert rodent

(2019) Victoria Miranda et al.   Fungal Ecology

Testing for consistency in the impacts of a burrowing ecosystem engineer on soil and vegetation characteristics across biomes

(2019) M. A. Louw et al.   Scientific Reports

The tripartite relationship between a bioturbator, mycorrhizal fungi, and a key Mediterranean forest tree

(2018) Natasha E. Tay et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Digging mammals contribute to rhizosphere fungal community composition and seedling growth

(2018) Shannon J. Dundas et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Too much of a good thing; successful reintroduction leads to overpopulation in a threatened mammal

(2018) K.E. Moseby et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Bioturbation by bandicoots facilitates seedling growth by altering soil properties

(2018) Leonie E. Valentine et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A global database and “state of the field” review of research into ecosystem engineering by land animals

(2018) Nicole V. Coggan et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Functional groups of soil fungi decline under grazing

(2018) David J. Eldridge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Bioturbation by mammals and fire interact to alter ecosystem-level nutrient dynamics in longleaf pine forests

(2018) Kenneth L. Clark et al.   PLoS One

The soil organic matter decomposition mechanisms in ectomycorrhizal fungi are tuned for liberating soil organic nitrogen

(2018) César Nicolás et al.   ISME Journal

Spatial controls of topsoil and subsoil organic carbon turnover under C 3 –C 4 vegetation change

(2017) H. Schiedung et al.   GEODERMA

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus responses to disturbance are context-dependent

(2017) Mieke van der Heyde et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Vegetation damage caused by high densities of burrowing bettongs (Bettongia lesueur) at Arid Recovery

(2017) Grant D. Linley et al.   AUSTRALIAN MAMMALOGY

Evolution and Ecology ofActinobacteriaand Their Bioenergy Applications

(2016) Gina R. Lewin et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Scratching beneath the surface: Bandicoot bioturbation contributes to ecosystem processes

(2016) Leonie E. Valentine et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Does litter decomposition vary between the foraging pits of two soil-disturbing mammal species?

(2016) Samantha K. Travers et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Responses of alpine vegetation and soils to the disturbance of plateau pika ( Ochotona curzoniae ) at burrow level on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau of China

(2016) Yong Zhang et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Carbon content and climate variability drive global soil bacterial diversity patterns

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

Mycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal guilds compete for the same organic substrates but affect decomposition differently

(2016) Inga T. M. Bödeker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Microbial control of soil organic matter mineralization responses to labile carbon in subarctic climate change treatments

(2016) Kathrin Rousk et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mammalian engineers drive soil microbial communities and ecosystem functions across a disturbance gradient

(2016) David J. Eldridge et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Termite activity and decomposition are influenced by digging mammal reintroductions along an aridity gradient

(2016) Nicole V. Coggan et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Soil-foraging animals alter the composition and co-occurrence of microbial communities in a desert shrubland

(2015) David J Eldridge et al.   ISME Journal

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Reintroduction of locally extinct vertebrates impacts arid soil fungal communities

(2015) Laurence J. Clarke et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ectomycorrhizal fungi decompose soil organic matter using oxidative mechanisms adapted from saprotrophic ancestors

(2015) Firoz Shah et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

(2015) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

(2015) John C. Z. Woinarski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The pika and the watershed: The impact of small mammal poisoning on the ecohydrology of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

(2014) Maxwell C. Wilson et al.   AMBIO

The Earth Microbiome project: successes and aspirations

(2014) Jack A Gilbert et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Extinctions and the loss of ecological function in island bird communities

(2014) Alison G. Boyer et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

(2014) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil Change Induced by Prairie Dogs across Three Ecological Sites

(2014) C. J. Barth et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Foraging activity by the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) as a mechanism for soil turnover

(2013) Leonie E. Valentine et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The Role of Giant Armadillos (Priodontes maximus) as Physical Ecosystem Engineers

(2013) Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez et al.   BIOTROPICA

Burrowing by badgers (Meles meles) and foxes (Vulpes vulpes) changes soil conditions and vegetation in a European temperate forest

(2013) Przemysław Kurek et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Carbon availability triggers the decomposition of plant litter and assimilation of nitrogen by an ectomycorrhizal fungus

(2013) F Rineau et al.   ISME Journal

Is the loss of Australian digging mammals contributing to a deterioration in ecosystem function?

(2013) Patricia A. Fleming et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

phyloseq: An R Package for Reproducible Interactive Analysis and Graphics of Microbiome Census Data

(2013) Paul J. McMurdie et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Diets of the re-introduced greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) and burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur) in the Arid Recovery Reserve, Northern South Australia.

(2013) J. Bice et al.   AUSTRALIAN MAMMALOGY

Ecological roles and conservation challenges of social, burrowing, herbivorous mammals in the world's grasslands

(2012) Ana D Davidson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Mole rats act as ecosystem engineers within a biodiversity hotspot, the Cape Fynbos

(2012) N. Hagenah et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Responses of soil microbial communities to water stress: results from a meta-analysis

(2011) Stefano Manzoni et al.   ECOLOGY

Active and total microbial communities in forest soil are largely different and highly stratified during decomposition

(2011) Petr Baldrian et al.   ISME Journal

Functional and phylogenetic diversity of root-associated bacteria of Ajuga bracteosa in Kangra valley

(2011) Gulshan Kumar et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

(2011) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   NATURE

The robustness of pollination networks to the loss of species and interactions: a quantitative approach incorporating pollinator behaviour

(2010) Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Soil Microbial Abundance and Diversity Along a Low Precipitation Gradient

(2010) Ami Bachar et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Foraging animals create fertile patches in an Australian desert shrubland

(2009) Alex I. James et al.   ECOGRAPHY

The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2008) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Do introduced North American beaversCastor canadensisengineer differently in southern South America? An overview with implications for restoration

(2008) CHRISTOPHER B. ANDERSON et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW