Priority effects play a key role in structuring natural communities, but considerable confusion
remains about how they affect different ecological systems. Synthesizing previous studies …

Dead wood is a habitat for numerous fungal species, many of which are important agents of
decomposition. Previous studies suggested that wood‐inhabiting fungal communities are …

Priority effects, where arrival order and initial relative abundance modulate local species
interactions, can exert taxonomic, functional, and evolutionary influences on ecological …

Fungi are hyperdiverse organisms and assemble in complex communities, characterized by
high levels of species richness, turnover, and endemism. However, the origins and …

The composition of host-associated microbiomes can have important consequences for host
health and fitness [1–3]. Yet we still lack understanding of many fundamental processes that …

Deadwood is an important structural component in forest ecosystems and plays a significant
role in global carbon and nutrient cycling. Relatively little is known about the formation and …

Soil micro-food webs play an important role in ecosystem functions through energy flow;
they are strongly influenced by land use types. Previous studies have typically utilized the …

Enrichment of forest soils with inorganic nitrogen (N) tends to inhibit oxidative enzyme
expression by microbes and reduces plant litter and soil organic matter decomposition rates …

Dead wood quantity and quality is important for forest biodiversity, by determining wood‐
inhabiting fungal assemblages. We therefore evaluated how fungal communities were …

Environmental conditions exert strong controls on the activity of saprotrophic microbes, yet
abiotic factors often fail to adequately predict wood decomposition rates across broad spatial …