Microorganisms are physiologically diverse, possessing disparate genomic features and
mechanisms for adaptation (functional traits), which reflect on their associated life strategies …

The tremendous potential of the plant microbiome to improve plant growth and production
means that microbes are in the process of becoming an everyday tool in agronomic …

Soil microbial communities are the key drivers of many terrestrial biogeochemical
processes. However, we currently lack a generalizable understanding of how these soil …

Microbial ecology provides insights into the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of
microbial communities underpinning every ecosystem on Earth. Microbial communities can …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Priority effects among wood decomposers have been demonstrated by manipulating fungal
assembly history via inoculations in dead wood and then tracking community development …

Competition can profoundly affect biodiversity patterns by determining whether similar
species are likely to coexist. When species compete directly for space, competitive ability …

The identification of traits that influence the responses of the species to environmental
variation provides a mechanistic perspective on the assembly processes of ecological …

Tropical forest conversion to agriculture is a major global change process. Understanding of
the ecological consequences of this conversion are limited by poor knowledge of how soil …

Summary Western North American landscapes are rapidly being transformed by forest die‐
off caused by mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae), with implications for plant …