Response of soil microbial communities to mixed beech-conifer forests varies with site conditions

Do plant–microbe interactions support the Stress Gradient Hypothesis?

(2020) Aaron S. David et al.   ECOLOGY

Spruce beetle outbreak was not driven by drought stress: Evidence from a tree‐ring iso‐demographic approach indicates temperatures were more important

(2020) Jessika M. Pettit et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Stress gradients and biodiversity: monoculture vulnerability drives stronger biodiversity effects during drought years

(2020) A.J. Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

Surplus Carbon Drives Allocation and Plant–Soil Interactions

(2020) Cindy E. Prescott et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Deprivation of root-derived resources affects microbial biomass but not community structure in litter and soil

(2019) Sarah L. Bluhm et al.   PLoS One

Global effects of non‐native tree species on multiple ecosystem services

(2019) Pilar Castro‐Díez et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Changes in root‐exudate‐induced respiration reveal a novel mechanism through which drought affects ecosystem carbon cycling

(2019) Franciska T. Vries et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Pulsed seaweed subsidies drive sequential shifts in the effects of lizard predators on island food webs

(2019) Jonah Piovia‐Scott et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Resistance of soil biota and plant growth to disturbance increases with plant diversity

(2019) Jonathan A. Bennett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Root exudation of mature beech forests across a nutrient availability gradient: the role of root morphology and fungal activity

(2019) Ina C. Meier et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Regional environmental conditions shape microbial community structure stronger than local forest management intensity

(2018) Andreas Richter et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Diversity and forest productivity in a changing climate

(2018) Christian Ammer   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The ratio of Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial PLFA markers as an indicator of carbon availability in organic soils

(2018) Nicolas Fanin et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biodiversity effects in the wild are common and as strong as key drivers of productivity

(2017) J. Emmett Duffy et al.   NATURE

Soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks under pure and mixed stands of European beech, Douglas fir and Norway spruce

(2016) Maike Cremer et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Plants adapted to nutrient limitation allocate less biomass into stems in an arid-hot grassland

(2016) Bangguo Yan et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Seasonality and partitioning of root allocation to rhizosphere soils in a midlatitude forest

(2016) Rose Z. Abramoff et al.   Ecosphere

Fine Spatial Scale Variation of Soil Microbial Communities under European Beech and Norway Spruce

(2016) Heiko Nacke et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Overyielding in mixed forests decreases with site productivity

(2015) Maude Toïgo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Temporal dynamics and variation with forest type of phospholipid fatty acids in litter and soil of temperate forests across regions

(2015) Melanie M. Pollierer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Influences of evergreen gymnosperm and deciduous angiosperm tree species on the functioning of temperate and boreal forests

(2014) Laurent Augusto et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage

(2014) Colin Averill et al.   NATURE

Ecological consequences of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cultivation in Europe

(2013) Max Schmid et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

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

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

Seasonal variation in functional properties of microbial communities in beech forest soil

(2013) Marianne Koranda et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Changes in soil organic C and N stocks after forest transformation from Norway spruce and Scots pine into Douglas fir, Douglas fir/spruce, or European beech stands at different sites in Southern Germany

(2012) Jörg Prietzel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Greater accumulation of litter in spruce (Picea abies) compared to beech (Fagus sylvatica) stands is not a consequence of the inherent recalcitrance of needles

(2012) Torsten W. Berger et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Do interactions between plant and soil biota change with elevation? A study on Fagus sylvatica

(2011) E. Defossez et al.   Biology Letters

Biomass allocation to roots and shoots is more sensitive to shade and drought in European beech than in Norway spruce seedlings

(2011) Peter Schall et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Genotypic variation and phenotypic plasticity in the drought response of fine roots of European beech

(2011) I. C. Meier et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Belowground carbon allocation by trees drives seasonal patterns of extracellular enzyme activities by altering microbial community composition in a beech forest soil

(2010) Christina Kaiser et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil microbial biomass: The eco-physiological approach

(2010) Traute-Heidi Anderson et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial processes and community composition in the rhizosphere of European beech – The influence of plant C exudates

(2010) Marianne Koranda et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Beech carbon productivity as driver of ectomycorrhizal abundance and diversity

(2009) CHRISTINE DRUEBERT et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Microbial biomass and C and N transformations in forest floors under European beech, sessile oak, Norway spruce and Douglas-fir at four temperate forest sites

(2009) S. Malchair et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Impact of litter quality on mineralization processes in managed and abandoned pasture soils in Southern Ecuador

(2009) Karin Potthast et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil organic matter in soil depth profiles: Distinct carbon preferences of microbial groups during carbon transformation

(2007) Christiane Kramer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY