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

Biodiversity-ecosystem function experiments reveal the mechanisms underlying the consequences of biodiversity change in real world ecosystems

(2016) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness

(2016) James B. Grace et al.   NATURE

Root–Root Interactions: Towards A Rhizosphere Framework

(2016) Liesje Mommer et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Metabolomics in the Rhizosphere: Tapping into Belowground Chemical Communication

(2016) Nicole M. van Dam et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Plant diversity effects on soil microbial functions and enzymes are stronger than warming in a grassland experiment

(2015) Katja Steinauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Diversity effects on root length production and loss in an experimental grassland community

(2015) Liesje Mommer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant diversity drives soil microbial biomass carbon in grasslands irrespective of global environmental change factors

(2015) Madhav Prakash Thakur et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

From patterns to causal understanding: Structural equation modeling (SEM) in soil ecology

(2015) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Microbial hotspots and hot moments in soil: Concept & review

(2015) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

(2015) Markus Lange et al.   Nature Communications

piecewiseSEM: Piecewise structural equation modelling inr for ecology, evolution, and systematics

(2015) Jonathan S. Lefcheck   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Mineral protection of soil carbon counteracted by root exudates

(2015) Marco Keiluweit et al.   Nature Climate Change

A trait-based experimental approach to understand the mechanisms underlying biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships

(2014) Anne Ebeling et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide

(2014) Suzanne M. Prober et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes

(2014) Wen-Feng Cong et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Long-term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time

(2014) Janneke M. Ravenek et al.   OIKOS

Recent trends and future strategies in soil ecological research—Integrative approaches at Pedobiologia

(2014) Jeff R. Powell et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Biotic and Abiotic Properties Mediating Plant Diversity Effects on Soil Microbial Communities in an Experimental Grassland

(2014) Markus Lange et al.   PLoS One

Root exudates mediated interactions belowground

(2014) Feth el Zahar Haichar et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Application of Natural Blends of Phytochemicals Derived from the Root Exudates ofArabidopsisto the Soil Reveal That Phenolic-related Compounds Predominantly Modulate the Soil Microbiome

(2013) Dayakar V. Badri et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere

(2013) Laurent Philippot et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across European land use systems

(2013) F. T. de Vries et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant diversity effects on soil food webs are stronger than those of elevated CO2 and N deposition in a long-term grassland experiment

(2013) N. Eisenhauer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Root exudates: the hidden part of plant defense

(2013) Ulrike Baetz et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   ECOLOGY

Fungal communities influence root exudation rates in pine seedlings

(2012) Ina C. Meier et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Increased Plant Carbon Translocation Linked to Overyielding in Grassland Species Mixtures

(2012) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   PLoS One

Plant-soil feedbacks provide an additional explanation for diversity-productivity relationships

(2012) A. Kulmatiski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades

(2012) P. B. Reich et al.   SCIENCE

Association between border cell responses and localized root infection by pathogenic Aphanomyces euteiches

(2011) Marc Antoine Cannesan et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Changes in Plant Species Richness Induce Functional Shifts in Soil Nematode Communities in Experimental Grassland

(2011) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   PLoS One

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

(2010) N. Eisenhauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern

(2010) Stefan A. Schnitzer et al.   ECOLOGY

Unveiling below-ground species abundance in a biodiversity experiment: a test of vertical niche differentiation among grassland species

(2010) Liesje Mommer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Amino acid fingerprint of a grassland soil reflects changes in plant species richness

(2010) Leopold Sauheitl et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Positive relationship between herbaceous layer diversity and the performance of soil biota in a temperate forest

(2010) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

De novo biosynthesis of defense root exudates in response to Fusarium attack in barley

(2009) Arnaud Lanoue et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Microorganisms and nematodes increase levels of secondary metabolites in roots and root exudates of Plantago lanceolata

(2009) Susanne Wurst et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Carbon flow in the rhizosphere: carbon trading at the soil–root interface

(2009) D. L. Jones et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

EARTHWORMS AND LEGUMES CONTROL LITTER DECOMPOSITION IN A PLANT DIVERSITY GRADIENT

(2008) Alexandru Milcu et al.   ECOLOGY

Linkages between plant functional composition, fine root processes and potential soil N mineralization rates

(2008) Dario A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Unravelling below-ground plant distributions: a real-time polymerase chain reaction method for quantifying species proportions in mixed root samples

(2008) L. MOMMER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources