Positive effects of plant diversity on soil microbial biomass and activity are associated with more root biomass production

Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems

(2016) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   Nature Communications

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

(2015) Markus Lange et al.   Nature Communications

Higher plant diversity promotes higher diversity of fungal pathogens, while it decreases pathogen infection per plant

(2014) Tanja Rottstock et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2014) Markus Lange et al.   PLoS One

Soil enzymology: classical and molecular approaches

(2012) P. Nannipieri et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients

(2012) Bastian Steudel et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

From selection to complementarity: the shift along the abiotic stress gradient in a controlled biodiversity experiment

(2012) Jiang Wang et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant Diversity Surpasses Plant Functional Groups and Plant Productivity as Driver of Soil Biota in the Long Term

(2011) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   PLoS One

Does variability in litter quality determine soil microbial respiration in an Amazonian rainforest?

(2011) Nicolas Fanin et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

(2010) N. Eisenhauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Different spontaneous plant communities in Sanmen Pb/Zn mine tailing and their effects on mine tailing physico-chemical properties

(2010) Jiang Wang et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Effects of plant species richness and evenness on soil microbial community diversity and function

(2010) Eric G. Lamb et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of plant diversity on nutrient retention and enzyme activities in a full-scale constructed wetland

(2009) Chong-Bang Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs

(2009) Holger Bessler et al.   ECOLOGY

Global patterns in belowground communities

(2009) Noah Fierer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Contrasting effects of glucose, living roots and maize straw on microbial growth kinetics and substrate availability in soil

(2009) E. V. Blagodatskaya et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Biodiversity at the plant–soil interface: microbial abundance and community structure respond to litter mixing

(2009) Samantha K. Chapman et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant community composition, not diversity, regulates soil respiration in grasslands

(2008) D. Johnson et al.   Biology Letters

Plant host habitat and root exudates shape soil bacterial community structure

(2008) Feth el Zahar Haichar et al.   ISME Journal

Relationship between vegetation diversity and soil functional diversity in native mixed-oak forests

(2007) Gloria Rodríguez-Loinaz et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY