Drought legacies and ecosystem responses to subsequent drought

LM Müller, M Bahn - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of droughts. These
events, which can cause significant perturbations of terrestrial ecosystems and potentially …

Biogeography of global drylands

FT Maestre, BM Benito, M Berdugo… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite their extent and socio‐ecological importance, a comprehensive biogeographical
synthesis of drylands is lacking. Here we synthesize the biogeography of key organisms …

Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization consistently favor pathogenic over mutualistic fungi in grassland soils

Y Lekberg, CA Arnillas, ET Borer, LS Bullington… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ecosystems across the globe receive elevated inputs of nutrients, but the consequences of
this for soil fungal guilds that mediate key ecosystem functions remain unclear. We find that …

New opportunities in plant microbiome engineering for increasing agricultural sustainability under stressful conditions

MS Afridi, MA Javed, S Ali, FHV De Medeiros… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant microbiome (or phytomicrobiome) engineering (PME) is an anticipated untapped
alternative strategy that could be exploited for plant growth, health and productivity under …

Plant-soil feedbacks and mycorrhizal type influence temperate forest population dynamics

JA Bennett, H Maherali, KO Reinhart, Y Lekberg… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Feedback with soil biota is an important determinant of terrestrial plant diversity. However,
the factors regulating plant-soil feedback, which varies from positive to negative among plant …

Differential soil fungus accumulation and density dependence of trees in a subtropical forest

L Chen, NG Swenson, N Ji, X Mi, H Ren, L Guo, K Ma - Science, 2019 - science.org
The mechanisms underlying interspecific variation in conspecific negative density
dependence (CNDD) are poorly understood. Using a multilevel modeling approach, we …

When and where plant‐soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: a meta‐analysis

KM Crawford, JT Bauer, LS Comita, MB Eppinga… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐soil feedback (PSF) theory provides a powerful framework for understanding plant
dynamics by integrating growth assays into predictions of whether soil communities stabilise …

Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems

FI Pugnaire, JA Morillo, J Peñuelas, PB Reich… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) are interactions among plants, soil organisms, and abiotic soil
conditions that influence plant performance, plant species diversity, and community …

Invasion science: a horizon scan of emerging challenges and opportunities

A Ricciardi, TM Blackburn, JT Carlton, JTA Dick… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
We identified emerging scientific, technological, and sociopolitical issues likely to affect how
biological invasions are studied and managed over the next two decades. Issues were …

Plant-soil feedback and the maintenance of diversity in Mediterranean-climate shrublands

FP Teste, P Kardol, BL Turner, DA Wardle, G Zemunik… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Soil biota influence plant performance through plant-soil feedback, but it is unclear whether
the strength of such feedback depends on plant traits and whether plant-soil feedback drives …