Soil microbes play a key role in shaping terrestrial ecosystems. It is therefore essential to
understand what drives their distribution. While multivariate analyses have been used to …

We conducted a comprehensive assessment of soil quality in South Tyrol, Italy by combining
spatial land use and land cover data with field surveys studying soil microarthropods. The …

Oomycetes are a ubiquitous protistan lineage including devastating crop parasites. Although
their ecology in agrosystems has been widely studied, little is known of their distribution in …

Community cohesion is a recent concept in ecology referring to the varying levels of
connectivity and integration between populations of different taxonomic or functional groups …

In heterogeneous environments such as soil it is imperative to understand the spatial
relationships between microbial communities, microbial functioning and microbial habitats in …

Soil yeasts represent a poorly known fraction of the soil microbiome due to limited ecological
surveys. Here, we provide the first comprehensive inventory of cultivable soil yeasts in a …

We studied the influence of plant functional groups on soil microbial community composition
and nutrient cycling in a tropical Eucalyptus forest ecosystem with different plantation age …

Soil penetration resistance increases as a result of park reconstruction.• Soil compaction
explains one-third of the variability in soil macrofauna.• The abundance of the earthworm …

Candida albicans is the most common human fungal pathogen. This yeast is described as a
commensal of human and animal mucosa, and very few studies have focused on its …

Fine roots are the most dynamic portion of a plant's root system and a major source of soil
organic matter. By altering plant species diversity and composition, soil conditions and …