Soil microbiomes and climate change

JK Jansson, KS Hofmockel - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
The soil microbiome governs biogeochemical cycling of macronutrients, micronutrients and
other elements vital for the growth of plants and animal life. Understanding and predicting …

Woody plant encroachment of grasslands: a comparison of terrestrial and wetland settings

N Saintilan, K Rogers - New Phytologist, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A global trend of woody plant encroachment of terrestrial grasslands is co‐incident with
woody plant encroachment of wetland in freshwater and saline intertidal settings. There are …

Plant growth enhancement by elevated CO2 eliminated by joint water and nitrogen limitation

PB Reich, SE Hobbie, TD Lee - Nature Geoscience, 2014 - nature.com
Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations can fertilize plant growth. The resulting increased
plant uptake of CO2 could, in turn, slow increases in atmospheric CO2 levels and associated …

Vegetation greening intensified soil drying in some semi-arid and arid areas of the world

Y Deng, S Wang, X Bai, G Luo, L Wu, F Chen… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vegetation greening and soil drying, which are simultaneously observed, have brought
controversy about whether vegetation greening leads to soil drying or wetting. Relevant …

Soil enzymes as indicators of soil function: A step toward greater realism in microbial ecological modeling

G Wang, Q Gao, Y Yang, SE Hobbie… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles and their complex responses to environmental
changes have received increasing attention. However, large uncertainties in model …

Interactive effects of global change factors on soil respiration and its components: a meta‐analysis

L Zhou, X Zhou, J Shao, Y Nie, Y He… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
As the second largest carbon (C) flux between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems,
soil respiration (Rs) plays vital roles in regulating atmospheric CO 2 concentration ([CO2]) …

Global change belowground: impacts of elevated CO2, nitrogen, and summer drought on soil food webs and biodiversity

N Eisenhauer, S Cesarz, R Koller, K Worm… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The world's ecosystems are subjected to various anthropogenic global change agents, such
as enrichment of atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, nitrogen (N) deposition, and changes in …

Plant diversity effects on soil food webs are stronger than those of elevated CO2 and N deposition in a long-term grassland experiment

N Eisenhauer, T Dobies, S Cesarz… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Recent metaanalyses suggest biodiversity loss affects the functioning of ecosystems to a
similar extent as other global environmental change agents. However, the abundance and …

Fungal communities in soils under global change

P Baldrian, L Bell-Dereske, C Lepinay… - Studies in …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Soil fungi play indispensable roles in all ecosystems including the recycling of organic
matter and interactions with plants, both as symbionts and pathogens. Past observations …

Living close to your neighbors: the importance of both competition and facilitation in plant communities

A Wright, SA Schnitzer, PB Reich - Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recent work has demonstrated that competition and facilitation likely operate jointly in plant
communities, but teasing out the relative role of each has proven difficult. Here we address …