Different symbiotic mycorrhizal associations between plants and fungi occur, almost
ubiquitously, in a wide range of terrestrial ecosystems. Historically, these have mainly been …

Processes of soil organic matter (SOM) stabilization and the reverse, destabilization of SOM
resulting in subsequent release and mobilization of nutrients from SOM, remain largely …

Soil contains more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined. Understanding
the mechanisms controlling the accumulation and stability of soil carbon is critical to …

The loss of organic and inorganic carbon from roots into soil underpins nearly all the major
changes that occur in the rhizosphere. In this review we explore the mechanistic basis of …

In northern forests, belowground sequestration of nitrogen (N) in complex organic pools
restricts nutrient availability to plants. Oxidative extracellular enzymes produced by …

Our understanding of how saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi interact to re‐circulate carbon
and nutrients from plant litter and soil organic matter is limited by poor understanding of their …

How, where, and why carbon (C) moves into and out of an ecosystem through time are long‐
standing questions in biogeochemistry. Here, we bring together hundreds of thousands of C …

In the ten years since the publication of Modern Soil Microbiology, the study of soil
microbiology has significantly changed, both in the understanding of the diversity and …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi dominate the humus layers of boreal forests. They depend on
carbohydrates that are translocated through roots, via fungal mycelium to microsites in the …

The hyphae of ectomycorrhizal and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi proliferate in nitrogen (N)-
limited forests and tundra where the availability of inorganic N is low; under these conditions …