They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

Microbial communities influence and are influenced by environmental conditions that,
together with the extracellular enzymes produced by soil microorganisms, control the rate of …

Fires affect hundreds of millions of hectares annually. Above-ground community composition
and diversity after fire have been studied extensively, but effects of fire on soil bacterial …

Identifying tipping points in the relationship between aridity and gross nitrogen (N) cycling
rates could show critical vulnerabilities of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change. Yet, the …

The frequency and intensity of wildfires are expected to increase in the coming years due to
the changing climate, particularly in areas of high net primary production. Wildfires represent …

Soil microbial responses to fire are likely to change over the course of forest recovery.
Investigations on long-term changes in bacterial dynamics following fire are rare. We …

Under natural conditions, the defense responses of plants exposed to combined abiotic and
biotic stress factors, which can randomly interact with each other, are in many aspects …

The intensive wildfires recurring in the Mediterranean area modify soil physico-chemical
properties, in turn inducing changes in soil microbial abundance and activity. Soils were …

Early stages of post-fire regeneration are sensitive to various factors, and can provide critical
information for understanding forest responses to fire disturbance and projecting …

It is known that plant invasions are of major concern as they result in loss of biodiversity and
alterations in ecosystem processes and functions. Although numerous mechanisms have …