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

Leaf bacterial diversity mediates plant diversity and ecosystem function relationships

(2017) Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe et al.   NATURE

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

(2017) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   Scientific Reports

Soil microbial diversity and activity linked to crop yield and quality in a dryland organic wheat production system

(2016) Nicole E. Tautges et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

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

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

Lack of functional redundancy in the relationship between microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning

(2016) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A general biodiversity-function relationship is mediated by trophic level

(2016) Mary I. O'Connor et al.   OIKOS

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

(2016) J. Liang et al.   SCIENCE

Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations

(2015) Kris Verheyen et al.   AMBIO

Understory vegetation leads to changes in soil acidity and in microbial communities 27years after reforestation

(2015) Xiaoli Fu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of tree identity dominate over tree diversity on the soil microbial community structure

(2015) Andrea Scheibe et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

(2015) Markus Lange et al.   Nature Communications

Explaining forest productivity using tree functional traits and phylogenetic information: two sides of the same coin over evolutionary scale?

(2015) Alain Paquette et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Use of the MicroResp™ method to assess Pollution-Induced Community Tolerance in the context of metal soil contamination

(2014) Annette Bérard et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Tree communities rapidly alter soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought

(2014) David Rivest et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Advancing biodiversity–ecosystem functioning science using high-density tree-based experiments over functional diversity gradients

(2013) Cornelia M. Tobner et al.   OECOLOGIA

Seasonal differences in tree species' influence on soil microbial communities

(2013) Carolin Thoms et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Functional trade-offs increase species diversity in experimental plant communities

(2012) Eyal Ben-Hur et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Relationships Between Soil Microorganisms, Plant Communities, and Soil Characteristics in Chinese Subtropical Forests

(2012) Yu Ting Wu et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Altitude-related factors but notPinuscommunity exert a dominant role over chemical and microbiological properties of a Mediterranean humid soil

(2012) M. E. Lucas-Borja et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Interactions between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a soil microbial community mediating litter decomposition

(2012) Donald J. Herman et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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

(2012) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades

(2012) P. B. Reich et al.   SCIENCE

The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

(2011) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Resilience of soil microbial communities impacted by severe drought and high temperature in the context of Mediterranean heat waves

(2011) A. Bérard et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Soil respiration and rates of soil carbon turnover differ among six common European tree species

(2011) Lars Vesterdal et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

CWM and Rao’s quadratic diversity: a unified framework for functional ecology

(2011) Carlo Ricotta et al.   OECOLOGIA

Overstory and understory vegetation interact to alter soil community composition and activity

(2011) Ruth Joy Mitchell et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil moisture is the major factor influencing microbial community structure and enzyme activities across seven biogeoclimatic zones in western Canada

(2011) Beth F.T. Brockett et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil organic matter quality as a link between microbial community structure and vegetation composition along a successional gradient in a boreal forest

(2010) Päivi Merilä et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

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

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

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

Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

(2010) Christoph Scherber et al.   NATURE

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

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

Using Phylogenetic, Functional and Trait Diversity to Understand Patterns of Plant Community Productivity

(2009) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   PLoS One

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL

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

Seasonal changes in the soil microbial community in a grassland plant diversity gradient four years after establishment

(2008) Maike Habekost et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY