… Light availability emerged as a critical driver for both soil microbes and understorey plants
in our experiment. Denser canopies in forests do not merely reduce light availability in the …

… Soil microbes are major drivers of soil carbon cycling, yet we lack an understanding of
how climate warming will affect microbial communities. Three ongoing field studies at the …

… microbial communities can enhance our understanding of the plant-microbe interactions …
In a temperate forest, we found that the effects of root traits on soil microbial communities can be …

… Conceptual diagram showing mutualistic relationship between plants and microbial
communities in our forest site, in which microbes receive C and N nutrients from the litter in autumn …

… microbial community may “reset” during seasonal transitions from winter to spring because
soil microbes likely adapt to annual fluctuations in snowpack depth, the present study …

… factor for microbial activities in temperate forest soils. Fresh leaf litter is rich in high-quality
carbon sources for microbes compared with woody litter or soil organic matter. Further, it was …

… pH, leading to leaching of magnesium and calcium and mobilization of aluminum with
toxic effects on soil microbes; and (iii) input of excess N can inhibit ligninase production and …

… -term warming induced effects of soil microbes on Rs. A field soil warming experiment using
a … In this study, we chose a warm-temperate oak forest located in a transitional climatic zone (…

… microbes, and the relationships between soil microbes … this temperate urban forest. These
findings shed new light on the biodiversity conservation of microbes in temperate urban forests …

… , microbial processes in forest soils are dynamic at a wide … by soil microbes takes minutes
to hours, whereas forest soil … in the soils of temperate and boreal forests. Temperature and …