Soil microbial diversity and agro-ecosystem functioning

Tillage-induced changes in the functional diversity of soil biota – A review with a focus on German data

(2012) Christine van Capelle et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Growth response of crops to soil microbial communities from conventional monocropping and tree-based intercropping systems

(2012) L. D. Bainard et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The rhizosphere microbiome and plant health

(2012) Roeland L. Berendsen et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought

(2012) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   Nature Climate Change

Belowground biodiversity effects of plant symbionts support aboveground productivity

(2011) Cameron Wagg et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The curse of the black box

(2011) Roeland Cortois et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Provision of contrasting ecosystem services by soil communities from different agricultural fields

(2011) Erik Verbruggen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

(2011) E. T. Kiers et al.   SCIENCE

Temporal and compositional differences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in conventional monocropping and tree-based intercropping systems

(2011) Luke D. Bainard et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil biota community structure and abundance under agricultural intensification and extensification

(2010) Maria B. Postma-Blaauw et al.   ECOLOGY

Positive effects of organic farming on below-ground mutualists: large-scale comparison of mycorrhizal fungal communities in agricultural soils

(2010) Erik Verbruggen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arbuscular mycorrhizas in southeastern Australian processing tomato farm soils

(2010) Timothy Richard Cavagnaro et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Do tree-based intercropping systems increase the diversity and stability of soil microbial communities?

(2008) Simon Lacombe et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

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

Arbuscular mycorrhizal inhibition of growth in barley cannot be attributed to extent of colonization, fungal phosphorus uptake or effects on expression of plant phosphate transporter genes

(2008) E. J. Grace et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

(2008) Klaus Birkhofer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY