The ecology of forest soils is an important field of research due to the role of forests as
carbon sinks. Consequently, a significant amount of information has been accumulated …

Extreme droughts have serious impacts on the pools, fluxes and processes of terrestrial
carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. A deep understanding is necessary to explore the …

While soil erosion drives land degradation, the impact of erosion on soil microbial
communities and multiple soil functions remains unclear. This hinders our ability to assess …

Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Even in homogeneous conditions, plants facing a soilborne pathogen tend to show a binary
outcome with individuals either remaining fully healthy or developing severe to lethal …

Soil microbes comprise a large portion of the genetic diversity on Earth and influence a large
number of important ecosystem processes. Increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition …

Global warming may alter microbially mediated ecosystem functions through reshaping of
microbial diversity and modified microbial interactions. Here, we examined the effects of 5 …

Nitrogen (N) fertilization affects the rate of soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition by
regulating extracellular enzyme activities (EEA). Extracellular enzymes have not been …

Although numerous studies suggest that organic amendments are better at maintaining soil
fertility and crop production than mineral-only fertilization, it is unclear if this occurs in …

To understand the intricacies of microorganisms at the molecular level requires making
sense of copious volumes of data such that it may now be humanly impossible to detect …