Invasive plant species can hinder the establishment and growth of native plants and impact
several ecosystem properties, such as soil cover, nutrient cycling, fire regimes and …

Abstract The 2019 United Nations Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem
services estimated that approximately 1 million species are at risk of extinction. This …

Ecological restoration efforts can increase the diversity and function of degraded areas.
However, current restoration practices cannot typically reestablish the full diversity and …

Abiotic stress is a widespread threat to both plant and soil communities. Arbuscular
mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can alleviate effects of abiotic stress by improving host plant stress …

Background One of the ecological impacts of exotic plant invasions may be alteration of the
soil microbial community, which may cause changes to the diversity, richness and function of …

We studied the effects of invasions by three plant species: Reynoutria japonica, Rudbeckia
laciniata, and Solidago gigantea, on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) communities in …

One of the greatest challenges in soil ecology is to understand the mechanisms underlying
the composition of complex soil communities. The members of these communities are not …

Losses of grasslands have been largely attributed to widespread land‐use changes, such
as conversion to row‐crop agriculture. The remaining tallgrass prairie faces further losses …

Background Invasive plant species pose a global threat because they alter ecosystem
functioning and biodiversity. The majority of plants form mutualistic mycorrhizal associations …

The impacts of invasive species on biodiversity may be mitigated or exacerbated by abiotic
environmental changes. Invasive plants can restructure soil fungal communities with …