Aims The extent to which the spatial and temporal patterns of soil microbial and available
nutrient pools hold across different Mediterranean forest types is unclear impeding the …

In forests, intraspecific genetic variation in trees can affect the entire ecosystem, which in
turn depends on the different processes occurring through space and time in soil. We …

Mediterranean forests own distinct characteristics resulting from climate, soil, and vegetation
that affect soil microbial communities' assembly and their associated functions. We initiated …

Soil biota influences nutrient cycling and climate regulation and represents an important
fraction of global biodiversity, yet we know very little about how this soil biota responds to …

In Mediterranean ecosystems the effect of aboveground and belowground environmental
factors on soil microbial biomass and nutrient immobilization-release cycles may be …

The link among the age of aboveground tree species, litter, soil quality and status in
Mediterranean forests is not entirely comprehended (especially in Mediterranean forest …

The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of seasonality and of different plant species
on soil microbial biomass and activity as well as on the availability of C, N, and P in a …

This study aimed at quantifying the consequences of reduced precipitation and plant
diversity on soil microbial community functioning in a Mediterranean shrubland of southern …

Plant community composition influences soil microbial communities through plant trait
variations that lead to changes in nutrient and organic carbon inputs into the soil by root …

This study aimed to investigate the effects that stand age and forest structure have on
microbiological soil properties, enzymatic activities and nutrient content. Thirty forest …