Contribution of above- and below-ground plant traits to the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Relative contributions of plant traits and soil microbial properties to mountain grassland ecosystem services

(2013) Karl Grigulis 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

Responses of belowground carbon allocation dynamics to extended shading in mountain grassland

(2013) Michael Bahn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Grassland species show similar strategies for sulphur and nitrogen acquisition

(2013) Nicolas Legay et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil Environmental Conditions and Microbial Build-Up Mediate the Effect of Plant Diversity on Soil Nitrifying and Denitrifying Enzyme Activities in Temperate Grasslands

(2013) Xavier Le Roux et al.   PLoS One

Abiotic drivers and plant traits explain landscape-scale patterns in soil microbial communities

(2012) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional traits and root morphology of alpine plants

(2011) Mandy Pohl et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Plant traits and decomposition: are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves?

(2011) Marine Birouste et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Changes in Diversity and Functional Gene Abundances of Microbial Communities Involved in Nitrogen Fixation, Nitrification, and Denitrification in a Tidal Wetland versus Paddy Soils Cultivated for Different Time Periods

(2011) Andrea Bannert et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The effects of snow-N deposition and snowmelt dynamics on soil-N cycling in marginal terraced grasslands in the French Alps

(2011) J. C. Clement et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Niche construction by the invasive Asian knotweeds (species complex Fallopia): impact on activity, abundance and community structure of denitrifiers and nitrifiers

(2011) Nicolas Dassonville et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Ammonia concentration determines differential growth of ammonia-oxidising archaea and bacteria in soil microcosms

(2011) Daniel T Verhamme et al.   ISME Journal

Plant species identity and arbuscular mycorrhizal status modulate potential nitrification rates in nitrogen-limited grassland soils

(2011) Stavros D. Veresoglou et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nitrification is linked to dominant leaf traits rather than functional diversity

(2011) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services

(2011) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant effects on soil N mineralization are mediated by the composition of multiple soil organic fractions

(2010) Dario A. Fornara et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Nitrification exhibits Haldane kinetics in an agricultural soil treated with ammonium sulfate or dairy-waste compost

(2010) Teresa E. Koper et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Soil environmental conditions rather than denitrifier abundance and diversity drive potential denitrification after changes in land uses

(2010) E. ATTARD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland

(2010) Kate H. Orwin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Negligible contribution from roots to soil-borne phospholipid fatty acid fungal biomarkers 18:2ω6,9 and 18:1ω9

(2010) Christina Kaiser et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Priming effects: Interactions between living and dead organic matter

(2010) Yakov Kuzyakov   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

FDiversity: a software package for the integrated analysis of functional diversity

(2010) Fernando Casanoves et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Shifts betweenNitrospira- andNitrobacter-like nitrite oxidizers underlie the response of soil potential nitrite oxidation to changes in tillage practices

(2009) E. Attard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

(2009) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Influence of plant species and soil conditions on plant-soil feedback in mixed grassland communities

(2009) Kathryn A. Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Links between plant community composition, soil organic matter quality and microbial communities in contrasting tundra habitats

(2009) Anu Eskelinen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Disentangling the rhizosphere effect on nitrate reducers and denitrifiers: insight into the role of root exudates

(2008) S. Henry et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility

(2008) Jenny C. Ordoñez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY