I asked whether Grime's triangle of competitive, stress tolerance and ruderal ecological
strategies—which was originally developed for plants—applies to microbes. I conducted a …

Trait-based frameworks are promising tools to understand the functional consequences of
community shifts in response to environmental change. The applicability of these tools to soil …

The microbial process of denitrification is the primary source of the greenhouse gas nitrous
oxide (N2O) from terrestrial ecosystems. Fungal denitrifiers, unlike many bacteria, lack the …

Understanding how genetic differences among soil microorganisms regulate spatial patterns
in litter decay remains a persistent challenge in ecology. Despite fine root litter accounting …

Litter decomposition is a key ecosystem process, relevant for the release and storage of
nutrients and carbon in soil. Soil fungi are one of the dominant drivers of organic matter …

The impacts of global climate change on dryland fungi have been understudied even though
fungi are extremely sensitive to changes in the environment. Considering that many fungi …

Nitrogen (N) deposition has a major impact on litter and soil carbon (C) dynamics in forests.
Averaged across ecosystems, N deposition has negative impacts on the abundance and …