Forests influence climate and mitigate global change through the storage of carbon in soils.
In turn, these complex ecosystems face important challenges, including increases in carbon …

The ecology of forest soils is an important field of research due to the role of forests as
carbon sinks. Consequently, a significant amount of information has been accumulated …

Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil
organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from …

In forest ecosystems, trees represent the major primary producers and affect the chemical
composition and microbial processes in the ecosystem via specific litter chemistry and …

Microbial communities in litter and soil are the functional link through which the tree species
occupying a site may alter rates of soil processes fundamental to nutrient cycling and carbon …

Forests are essential biomes for global biogeochemical cycles, and belowground
microorganisms have a key role in providing relevant ecosystem services. To predict the …

The turnover of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal biomass represents a significant input into
forest carbon (C) and nutrient cycles. Given the size of these fluxes, understanding the …

Soils of northern temperate and boreal forests represent a large terrestrial carbon (C) sink.
The fate of this C under elevated atmospheric CO2 and climate change is still uncertain. A …

Coniferous forests cover extensive areas of the boreal and temperate zones. Owing to their
primary production and C storage, they have an important role in the global carbon balance …

Soil microbial communities control critical ecosystem processes such as decomposition,
nutrient cycling, and soil organic matter formation. Continental scale patterns in the …