Land degradation reduces soil functioning and, consequently, the services that soil
provides. Soil hydrological functions are critical to combat soil degradation and promote soil …

Aims In the face of problems caused by 'intensive agriculture'dominated by large areas of
monocultures, mixed intercropping mimicking natural ecosystems has been reported to …

Forest soils are a pressing subject of worldwide research owing to the several roles of
forests such as carbon sinks. Currently, the living soil ecosystem has become dreadful as a …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcMF) are involved in soil nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems.
These fungi can promote the uptake of nutrients (eg, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)) and …

Soil water retention capacity, hydraulic conductivity, and permeability are primarily
determined by texture (sand, silt, clay contents), structure (bulk density and porosity), and …

Plant diversity has often been linked to increased productivity; however, this apparent
diversity–productivity relationship may rely on intertrophic interactions such as those …

Hydraulic redistribution (HR) can buffer drought events of tree individuals, however, its
relevance for neighbouring trees remains unclear. Here, we quantified HR to neighbouring …

Drought in the forest is not only a prolonged state of water shortage, but also an occasion
where interactions between plants and fungi are affected. Water efficiency accelerates a …

In order to achieve a desirable ecological and sustainable agriculture a thorough
understanding of the plant-soil mycobiome is imperative. Commercial industrial agriculture …

Background and aim Hydraulically lifted water can be redistributed to a neighbouring plant,
a process referred to as “bioirrigation”. Facilitation of bioirrigation by beneficial microbes …