Forest soils store vast amounts of terrestrial carbon, but we are still limited in mechanistic
understanding on how soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization or turnover is controlled by …

It has been recognized that the formation and subsequent sequestration of soil organic
carbon (SOC) during forest succession are primarily driven by soil microorganisms …

We synthesise a series of independent but integrated studies on the functioning of a mixed
Mediterranean oak forest to demonstrate the tree–soil interactions underpinning a positive …

Forests are ecosystems critical to understanding the global carbon budget, due to their
carbon sequestration potential in both aboveground and belowground compartments …

Current carbon cycle-climate models predict that future soil carbon storage will be
determined by the balance between CO 2 fertilization and warming. However, it is uncertain …

Ecological understandings of soil bacterial community succession and assembly
mechanism along elevational gradients in mountains remain not well understood. Here, by …

Plant litter represents an important source of nutrients and energy for soil microorganisms,
but will also selectively affect which organism group, fungi or bacteria, that will be favoured …

This study investigated the possible effects of tree species diversity and identity on the soil
microbial community in a species-rich temperate broad-leaved forest. For the first time, we …

Forests are recognised as spatially heterogeneous ecosystems. However, knowledge of the
small-scale spatial variation in microbial abundance, community composition and activity is …

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