Plant roots stimulate the decomposition of complex, but not simple, soil carbon

Diverse mycorrhizal associations enhance terrestrial C storage in a global model

(2019) Benjamin N. Sulman et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Investigating drivers of microbial activity and respiration in a forested bog

(2019) Kenna E. REWCASTLE et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Root litter decomposition slows with soil depth

(2018) Caitlin E. Hicks Pries et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Root exudates increase N availability by stimulating microbial turnover of fast-cycling N pools

(2017) Ina C. Meier et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Dual, differential isotope labeling shows the preferential movement of labile plant constituents into mineral-bonded soil organic matter

(2016) Michelle L. Haddix et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

(2016) T. W. Crowther et al.   NATURE

Gross Nitrogen Dynamics in the Mycorrhizosphere of an Organic Forest Soil

(2015) M. Holz et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Global estimates of boreal forest carbon stocks and flux

(2015) Corey J.A. Bradshaw et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

Rhizosphere processes are quantitatively important components of terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycles

(2015) Adrien C. Finzi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Interactions among roots, mycorrhizas and free-living microbial communities differentially impact soil carbon processes

(2015) Jessica A. M. Moore et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fungal Traits That Drive Ecosystem Dynamics on Land

(2015) Kathleen K. Treseder et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Mycorrhizal type determines the magnitude and direction of root-induced changes in decomposition in a temperate forest

(2015) Edward R. Brzostek et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

(2015) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mineral protection of soil carbon counteracted by root exudates

(2015) Marco Keiluweit et al.   Nature Climate Change

Microbial dormancy improves development and experimental validation of ecosystem model

(2014) Gangsheng Wang et al.   ISME Journal

An Affinity–Effect Relationship for Microbial Communities in Plant–Soil Feedback Loops

(2014) Yi Lou et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Weaker soil carbon–climate feedbacks resulting from microbial and abiotic interactions

(2014) Jinyun Tang et al.   Nature Climate Change

Microbe-driven turnover offsets mineral-mediated storage of soil carbon under elevated CO2

(2014) Benjamin N. Sulman et al.   Nature Climate Change

Enhanced root exudation stimulates soil nitrogen transformations in a subalpine coniferous forest under experimental warming

(2013) Huajun Yin et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Stored carbon partly fuels fine-root respiration but is not used for production of new fine roots

(2013) Douglas J. Lynch et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Novel scanning procedure enabling the vectorization of entire rhizotron-grown root systems

(2013) Guillaume Lobet et al.   Plant Methods

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2

(2012) Richard P. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A potential loss of carbon associated with greater plant growth in the European Arctic

(2012) Iain P. Hartley et al.   Nature Climate Change

Effects of selected root exudate components on soil bacterial communities

(2011) Shengjing Shi et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Enhanced root exudation induces microbial feedbacks to N cycling in a pine forest under long-term CO2 fumigation

(2010) Richard P. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Disruption of root carbon transport into forest humus stimulates fungal opportunists at the expense of mycorrhizal fungi

(2010) Björn D Lindahl et al.   ISME Journal

Priming effects: Interactions between living and dead organic matter

(2010) Yakov Kuzyakov   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Increased coniferous needle inputs accelerate decomposition of soil carbon in an old-growth forest

(2009) Susan E. Crow et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Mechanisms of real and apparent priming effects and their dependence on soil microbial biomass and community structure: critical review

(2008) Е. Blagodatskaya et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Selective progressive response of soil microbial community to wild oat roots

(2008) Kristen M DeAngelis et al.   ISME Journal