The international 4 per 1000 initiative aims at supporting states and non-governmental
stakeholders in their efforts towards a better management of soil carbon (C) stocks. These …

This review focuses on some important and challenging aspects of soil extracellular enzyme
research. We report on recent discoveries, identify key research needs and highlight the …

In a review published over two decades ago I asserted that, along soil fertility gradients,
plant traits change in ways that reinforce patterns of soil fertility and net primary productivity …

Climate change can have a plethora of effects on organisms above and below the ground in
terrestrial ecosystems. Given the tremendous biodiversity in the soil and the many …

Despite the importance of litter decomposition for ecosystem fertility and carbon balance,
key uncertainties remain about how this fundamental process is affected by nitrogen (N) …

Litter decomposition is a keystone ecosystem process impacting nutrient cycling and
productivity, soil properties, and the terrestrial carbon (C) balance, but the factors regulating …

The present review was undertaken to add more information on the place taken by humus
forms in plant–soil interactions. Three questions were asked:(i) are humus forms under the …

The dazzling variation in plant chemistry is a primary mediator of trophic interactions,
including herbivory, predation, parasitism, and disease. At the same time, such interactions …

Forest litter plays an important role in determining nutrient cycling, balance and maintaining
ecosystem function of forest ecosystems. Studies have shown that litter substrate quality is …

Tree species can affect the decomposition process through the quality of their leaf fall and
through the species-specific conditions that they generate in their environment. We …