Enhancing tree performance through species mixing: Review of a quarter-century of TreeDivNet experiments reveals research gaps and practical insights

L Depauw, E De Lombaerde, E Dhiedt… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review International ambitions for massive afforestation and restoration
are high. To make these investments sustainable and resilient under future climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Tree species traits and mycorrhizal association shape soil microbial communities via litter quality and species mediated soil properties

P Heděnec, H Zheng, DP Siqueira, Q Lin… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soils harbor a vast diversity of soil microbiota, which play a crucial role in key ecosystem
processes such as litter transformation and mineralization, but how complex plant-soil …

Mycorrhizal type and tree diversity affect foliar elemental pools and stoichiometry

E Bönisch, E Blagodatskaya, R Dirzo, O Ferlian… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Species‐specific differences in nutrient acquisition strategies allow for complementary use
of resources among plants in mixtures, which may be further shaped by mycorrhizal …

Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context dependent across forest diversity experiments

S Cesarz, D Craven, H Auge… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Soil microorganisms are essential for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Although
soil microbial communities and functions are linked to tree species composition and …

Influence of tree mycorrhizal type, tree species identity, and diversity on forest root‐associated mycobiomes

B Singavarapu, H ul Haq, F Darnstaedt… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the complex interactions between trees and fungi is crucial for forest
ecosystem management, yet the influence of tree mycorrhizal types, species identity, and …

Rapid differentiation of soil and root microbiomes in response to plant composition and biodiversity in the field

HM Burrill, G Wang, JD Bever - ISME communications, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Research suggests that microbiomes play a major role in structuring plant communities and
influencing ecosystem processes, however, the relative roles and strength of change of …

Tree diversity effects on productivity depend on mycorrhizae and life strategies in a temperate forest experiment

P Dietrich, O Ferlian, Y Huang, S Luo, J Quosh… - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tree species are known to predominantly interact either with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) or
ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi. However, there is a knowledge gap regarding whether these …

Forest structural diversity is linked to soil microbial diversity

AK Lang, EA LaRue, SN Kivlin, JD Edwards… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Efforts to catalog global biodiversity have often focused on aboveground taxonomic
diversity, with limited consideration of belowground communities. However, diversity …

[HTML][HTML] Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community in soils under desertification and restoration in the Brazilian semiarid

DF da Silva, JV Moreira, LIS de Sousa… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil desertification has a significant social, economic, and environmental impact worldwide.
Mycorrhizal diversity remains poorly understood in semiarid regions impacted by …

Root‐associated fungal communities are influenced more by soils than by plant‐host root traits in a Chinese tropical forest

JA Hogan, MA Jusino, ME Smith, A Corrales… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Forest fungal communities are shaped by the interactions between host tree root systems
and the associated soil conditions. We investigated how the soil environment, root …