Contrasting effects of urban habitat complexity on metabolic functional diversity and composition of litter and soil bacterial communities

Habitat Complexity Enhances Comminution and Decomposition Processes in Urban Ecosystems

(2016) Alessandro Ossola et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Soil Carbon and Carbon/Nitrogen Ratio Change under Tree Canopy, Tall Grass, and Turf Grass Areas of Urban Green Space

(2016) S. J. Livesley et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Soil microbial functional diversity and biomass as affected by different thinning intensities in a Chinese fir plantation

(2015) Xin-Li Chen et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Microbial composition alters the response of litter decomposition to environmental change

(2015) Kristin L. Matulich et al.   ECOLOGY

Successional and seasonal variations in soil and litter microbial community structure and function during tropical postagricultural forest regeneration: a multiyear study

(2015) A. Peyton Smith et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Habitat complexity influences fine scale hydrological processes and the incidence of stormwater runoff in managed urban ecosystems

(2015) Alessandro Ossola et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Changes in canopy structure and ant assemblages affect soil ecosystem variables as a foundation species declines

(2015) Joseph A. Kendrick et al.   Ecosphere

Urban habitat complexity affects species richness but not environmental filtering of morphologically-diverse ants

(2015) Alessandro Ossola et al.   PeerJ

The effect of sudden aspen decline on understory microclimate and vegetation in southwestern Colorado

(2014) J.E. Korb et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Why are some microbes more ubiquitous than others? Predicting the habitat breadth of soil bacteria

(2014) Albert Barberán et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Effects of a simulated hurricane disturbance on forest floor microbial communities

(2014) Sharon A. Cantrell et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A canopy trimming experiment in Puerto Rico: The response of litter decomposition and nutrient release to canopy opening and debris deposition in a subtropical wet forest

(2014) Grizelle González et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Distinct Bacterial Communities Dominate Tropical and Temperate Zone Leaf Litter

(2014) Mincheol Kim et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

(2014) M. F. J. Aronson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on soil microbial communities in oak forests persist for more than 100 years

(2014) A. Fichtner et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Interactions between leaf litter quality, particle size, and microbial community during the earliest stage of decay

(2013) Zachary L. Rinkes et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Tree species influence on microbial communities in litter and soil: Current knowledge and research needs

(2013) Cindy E. Prescott et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Strong legacy of agricultural land use on soils and understory plant communities in longleaf pine woodlands

(2013) Lars A. Brudvig et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Biodiversity and multifunctionality in a microbial community: a novel theoretical approach to quantify functional redundancy

(2013) T. Miki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Soil microbial community under a nurse-plant species changes in composition, biomass and activity as the nurse grows

(2013) S. Hortal et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Changes in microbial dynamics during long-term decomposition in tropical forests

(2013) Kristen M. DeAngelis et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The influence of different types of urban land use on soil microbial biomass and functional diversity in Beijing, China

(2013) D. Zhao et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Microbial abundance and composition influence litter decomposition response to environmental change

(2012) Steven D. Allison et al.   ECOLOGY

Fungal community on decomposing leaf litter undergoes rapid successional changes

(2012) Jana Voříšková et al.   ISME Journal

Lawn soil carbon storage in abandoned residential properties: An examination of ecosystem structure and function following partial human-natural decoupling

(2012) Christopher M. Gough et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Temporal dynamics of microbial communities on decomposing leaf litter of 10 plant species in relation to decomposition rate

(2012) Sarah R. Bray et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Functional diversity of terrestrial microbial decomposers and their substrates

(2011) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Effects of understory removal and tree girdling on soil microbial community composition and litter decomposition in two Eucalyptus plantations in South China

(2011) Jianping Wu et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Naturalization as a strategy for improving soil physical characteristics in a forested urban park

(2011) Andrew A. Millward et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Transformation of Quercus petraea litter: successive changes in litter chemistry are reflected in differential enzyme activity and changes in the microbial community composition

(2010) Jaroslav Šnajdr et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

The microbial community composition changes rapidly in the early stages of decomposition of wheat residue

(2010) Petra Marschner et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Afforestation Alters the Composition of Functional Genes in Soil and Biogeochemical Processes in South American Grasslands

(2009) S. T. Berthrong et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Changes in eucalypt litter quality during the first three months of field decomposition in a Congolese plantation

(2009) Jérôme Ngao et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition

(2009) Michael S. Strickland et al.   ECOLOGY

Microbial communities and their relevance for ecosystem models: Decomposition as a case study

(2009) Krista L. McGuire et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Ecosystem Properties of Urban Land Covers at the Aboveground–Belowground Interface

(2008) Loren B. Byrne et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Nutrient effects on the genetic and functional diversity of aquatic bacterial communities

(2008) Joséphine Leflaive et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY