Soil handling methods should be selected based on research questions and goals

Mixing soil samples across experimental units ignores uncertainty and generates incorrect estimates of soil biota effects on plants

(2017) Matthew J. Rinella et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The changing nature of plant–microbe interactions during a biological invasion

(2016) Jennifer A. Lau et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

No silver bullet: different soil handling techniques are useful for different research questions, exhibit differential type I and II error rates, and are sensitive to sampling intensity

(2016) James F. Cahill et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A common soil handling technique can generate incorrect estimates of soil biota effects on plants

(2016) Kurt O. Reinhart et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Competition overwhelms the positive plant–soil feedback generated by an invasive plant

(2016) Kerri M. Crawford et al.   OECOLOGIA

No consistent legacy effects of invasion by giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)viasoil biota on native plant growth

(2015) Jenifer König et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Plant-soil feedbacks and competitive interactions between invasive Bromus diandrus and native forb species

(2015) Bridget E. Hilbig et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Competition and soil resource environment alter plant–soil feedbacks for native and exotic grasses

(2015) Loralee Larios et al.   AoB Plants

No consistent legacy effects of invasion by giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)viasoil biota on native plant growth

(2015) Jenifer König et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

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

Plant growth response to direct and indirect temperature effects varies by vegetation type and elevation in a subarctic tundra

(2014) Jonathan R. De Long et al.   OIKOS

Habitat-specific positive and negative effects of soil biota on seedling growth in a fragmented tropical montane landscape

(2014) Camila Pizano et al.   OIKOS

Local plant adaptation across a subarctic elevational gradient

(2014) P. Kardol et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Can model species be used to advance the field of invasion ecology?

(2013) Michael J. Gundale et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Native congeners provide biotic resistance to invasivePotentillathrough soil biota

(2013) Ragan M. Callaway et al.   ECOLOGY

A role for below-ground biota in plant-plant facilitation

(2013) Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant-soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges

(2013) Wim H. van der Putten et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Belowground biotic complexity drives aboveground dynamics: a test of the soil community feedback model

(2013) Thomas H. Pendergast et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant–soil biota interactions of an invasive species in its native and introduced ranges: Implications for invasion success

(2013) Qiang Yang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil-mediated indirect impacts of an invasive predator on plant growth

(2012) D. A. Wardle et al.   Biology Letters

Soil biota drive expression of genetic variation and development of population-specific feedbacks in an invasive plant

(2011) Emmi Felker-Quinn et al.   ECOLOGY

Canopy gaps decrease microbial densities and disease risk for a shade-intolerant tree species

(2010) Kurt O. Reinhart et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Above- and belowground interactions drive habitat segregation between two cryptic species of tropical trees

(2010) Camila Pizano et al.   ECOLOGY

Soils as agents of selection: feedbacks between plants and soils alter seedling survival and performance

(2010) Clara C. Pregitzer et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Reciprocal interactions between plants and soil in an upland grassland

(2008) John H. Markham et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

JANZEN-CONNELL EFFECTS ARE WIDESPREAD AND STRONG ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN DIVERSITY IN GRASSLANDS

(2008) Jana S. Petermann et al.   ECOLOGY