Soil microbial communities are so vastly diverse that complex interactions, which alter
ecosystem functions, may occur among microbial species and functional groups. In this …

A critical assumption underlying terrestrial ecosystem models is that soil microbial
communities, when placed in a common environment, will function in an identical manner …

Historical resource conditions appear to influence microbial community function. With time,
historical influences might diminish as populations respond to the contemporary …

Soil microbial communities control critical ecosystem processes such as decomposition,
nutrient cycling, and soil organic matter formation. Continental scale patterns in the …

An expectation in soil ecology is that a microbial communities' fungal: bacterial dominance
indicates both its response to environmental change and its impact on ecosystem function …

Approaches to quantifying and predicting soil biogeochemical cycles mostly consider
microbial biomass and community composition as products of the abiotic environment …

The consequences of microbial functional diversity loss on key ecosystem processes remain
debatable due to lack of firm evidence from observational or manipulative experiments for a …

In soil, the link between microbial diversity and carbon transformations is challenged by the
concept of functional redundancy. Here, we hypothesized that functional redundancy may …

Microbial communities can potentially mediate feedbacks between global change and
ecosystem function, owing to their sensitivity to environmental change and their control over …

Microorganisms decompose organic matter and transform mineral nutrients in aquatic and
terrestrial ecosystems. Despite the centrality of microbes, scientists often study ecosystem …