Soil fungi are fundamental to plant productivity, yet their influence on the temporal stability of
global terrestrial ecosystems, and their capacity to buffer plant productivity against extreme …

Soil microorganisms are major regulators of ecosystem functioning and are under threat
from human-induced disturbances. Among these threats is grassland degradation, which is …

Soil communities are intricately linked to ecosystem functioning, and a predictive
understanding of how communities assemble in response to environmental change is of …

Although fungal communities are known to vary along latitudinal gradients, mechanisms
underlying this pattern are not well‐understood. We used high‐throughput sequencing to …

Fungi are prominent components of most terrestrial ecosystems, both in terms of biomass
and ecosystem functioning, but the hyper-diverse nature of most communities has obscured …

Despite decades of research, the ecological determinants of microbial diversity remain
poorly understood. Here, we test two alternative hypotheses concerning the factors …

The diversity patterns of plants at large scale are broadly documented, but that of soil fungi
remains elusive. Limited reports on soil fungal biogeography mainly are based on species …

The role of soil biodiversity in regulating multiple ecosystem functions is poorly understood,
limiting our ability to predict how soil biodiversity loss might affect human wellbeing and …

Soil fungi have important functions in agricultural ecosystems. They promote crop growth by
driving soil nutrient cycling and by forming mycorrhizal symbioses with crop species. Most …

Despite having key functions in terrestrial ecosystems, information on the dominant soil fungi
and their ecological preferences at the global scale is lacking. To fill this knowledge gap, we …