Advancing the mechanistic understanding of the priming effect on soil organic matter mineralisation

L Bernard, I Basile‐Doelsch, D Derrien… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The priming effect (PE) is a key mechanism contributing to the carbon balance of the soil
ecosystem. Almost 100 years of research since its discovery in 1926 have led to a rich body …

[HTML][HTML] Reviews and syntheses: The mechanisms underlying carbon storage in soil

I Basile-Doelsch, J Balesdent, S Pellerin - Biogeosciences, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Soil organic matter (OM) represents a key C pool for climate regulation but also an essential
component for soil functions and services. Scientific research in the 21st century has …

Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

GT Freschet, C Roumet, LH Comas… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of plants on the biosphere, atmosphere and geosphere are key determinants of
terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, despite substantial progress made regarding …

Meta-analysis of the impacts of global change factors on soil microbial diversity and functionality

Z Zhou, C Wang, Y Luo - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Biodiversity on the Earth is changing at an unprecedented rate due to a variety of global
change factors (GCFs). However, the effects of GCFs on microbial diversity is unclear …

Biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and ecosystem function

JR Powell, MC Rillig - New phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 1059 I. Introduction: pathways of influence and pervasiveness of effects
1060 II. AM fungal richness effects on ecosystem functions 1062 III. Other dimensions of …

Direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil microbial and soil microbial‐plant interactions: What lies ahead?

AT Classen, MK Sundqvist, JA Henning… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Global change is altering species distributions and thus interactions among organisms.
Organisms live in concert with thousands of other species, some beneficial, some …

Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide

SM Prober, JW Leff, ST Bates, ET Borer, J Firn… - Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aboveground–belowground interactions exert critical controls on the composition and
function of terrestrial ecosystems, yet the fundamental relationships between plant diversity …

Rhizosphere control of soil nitrogen cycling: a key component of plant economic strategies

L Henneron, P Kardol, DA Wardle, C Cros… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how plant species influence soil nutrient cycling is a major theme in
terrestrial ecosystem ecology. However, the prevailing paradigm has mostly focused on litter …

Stoichiometric imbalances between terrestrial decomposer communities and their resources: mechanisms and implications of microbial adaptations to their resources

M Mooshammer, W Wanek… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Terrestrial microbial decomposer communities thrive on a wide range of organic matter
types that rarely ever meet their elemental demands. In this review we synthesize the current …

Stochasticity, succession, and environmental perturbations in a fluidic ecosystem

J Zhou, YE Deng, P Zhang, K Xue… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Unraveling the drivers of community structure and succession in response to environmental
change is a central goal in ecology. Although the mechanisms shaping community structure …