Soil formation is the result of a complex network of biological as well as chemical and
physical processes. The role of soil microbes is of high interest, since they are responsible …

Rock weathering is a key process in global elemental cycling. Life participates in this
process with tangible consequences observed from the mineral interface to the planetary …

Glaciers cover about 10% of the Earth's land area but they are retreating rapidly and many
will disappear within decades. Glacier retreat is a worldwide phenomenon increasing the …

Ecological succession and the balance between stochastic and deterministic processes are
two major themes within microbial ecology, but these conceptual domains have mostly …

For the analysis of microbial community structure based on 16S rDNA sequence diversity,
sensitive and robust PCR amplification of 16S rDNA is a critical step. To obtain accurate …

Permafrost represents a largely understudied genetic resource. Thawing of permafrost with
global warming will not only promote microbial carbon turnover with direct feedback on …

Bacteria and fungi are important mediators of biogeochemical processes and play essential
roles in the establishment of plant communities, which makes knowledge about their …

Although we understand the ecological processes eliciting changes in plant community
composition during secondary succession, we do not understand whether co‐occurring …

Climate change has a disproportionally large impact on alpine soil ecosystems, leading to
pronounced changes in soil microbial diversity and function associated with effects on …

Early community assembly of soil microbial communities is essential for pedogenesis and
development of organic legacies. We examined fungal and bacterial successions along a …