Plant and animal diversity generally increases with increasing environmental heterogeneity.
Here, we test whether this relationship also holds for bacterial communities in soil …

Aboveground–belowground interactions exert critical controls on the composition and
function of terrestrial ecosystems, yet the fundamental relationships between plant diversity …

Soil microbial communities are essential for ecosystem function, but linking community
composition to biogeochemical processes is challenging because of high microbial diversity …

Soils harbor large, diverse microbial communities critical for local and global ecosystem
functioning that are controlled by multiple and poorly understood processes. In particular …

Plant species, plant community diversity and microbial interactions can significantly impact
soil microbial communities, yet there are few data on the interactive effects of plant species …

Soil microbes assemble in highly complex and diverse microbial communities, and microbial
diversity patterns and their drivers have been studied extensively. However, diversity …

Although numerous studies have investigated changes in soil microbial communities across
space, questions about the temporal variability in these communities and how this variability …

The spatial heterogeneity of soil's microhabitats warrants the study of ecological patterns
and community assembly processes in the context of physical disturbance that disrupts the …

Which processes drive the productivity benefits of biodiversity remain a critical, but
unanswered question in ecology. We tested whether the soil microbiome mediates the …

Elevational gradients represent model systems for understanding the relationships between
soil microbial communities and environmental factors, but the multiple influences of plant …