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, ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi play a central role in the
breakdown of soil organic matter (SOM). Competition between these two fungal guilds has …

Soil communities are intricately linked to ecosystem functioning, and a predictive
understanding of how communities assemble in response to environmental change is of …

Soil depth represents a strong physiochemical gradient that greatly affects soil-dwelling
microorganisms. Fungal communities are typically structured by soil depth, but how other …

Approaches for the cultivation-independent analysis of microbial communities are
summarized as meta'omics, which predominantly includes metagenomic,-transcriptomic …

The niche is generally viewed in terms of species' intrinsic physiological potential and
limitations due to competition. Although DNA sequencing has revealed the ubiquity of …

Disturbances have altered community dynamics in boreal forests with unknown
consequences for belowground ecological processes. Soil fungi are particularly sensitive to …

Interactions between symbiotic ectomycorrhizal (EM) and free‐living saprotrophs can result
in significant deceleration of leaf litter decomposition. While this phenomenon is widely …

The vast majority of terrestrial plants form some type of mycorrhizal association. In this
chapter, attention is focused on the most common and widespread types: arbuscular …

Rhizosphere microorganisms are critical for crop nutrient cycling and soil ecological
functions in agroecosystem soils; however, there is limited information regarding the role of …