In the context of sustainable forest management and climate change, increasing tree
richness has been proposed as a possible strategy to reach both ecological and productivity …

Soil fauna communities are major drivers of many forest ecosystem processes. Tree species
diversity and composition shape soil fauna communities, but their relationships are poorly …

Forest management, including selection of appropriate tree species to mitigate climate
change and sustain biodiversity, requires a better understanding of factors that affect the …

Plant species richness and the presence of certain influential species (sampling effect) drive
the stability and functionality of ecosystems as well as primary production and biomass of …

Soil macrofauna contribute to key soil functions underpinning soil-mediated ecosystem
services. There is limited understanding about the role of trees as 'resource islands' for soil …

Soil fauna communities are an important component of soil biodiversity, which is key to
myriad terrestrial ecosystem processes. However, despite the current alarming loss of plant …

Plant community composition influences soil microbial communities through plant trait
variations that lead to changes in nutrient and organic carbon inputs into the soil by root …

Microbial communities in litter and soil are the functional link through which the tree species
occupying a site may alter rates of soil processes fundamental to nutrient cycling and carbon …

Soil harbors a huge variety of organisms, many of them still unknown. A major constraint of
studying soil organisms, in addition to limited taxonomic knowledge, is their physical …

In forest ecosystems, trees represent the major primary producers and affect the chemical
composition and microbial processes in the ecosystem via specific litter chemistry and …