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 …

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 bacteria provide a large range of ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling. Despite
their important role in soil systems, compositional and functional responses of bacterial …

Grassland degradation is a retrogressive succession of grassland vegetation, which leads to
the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem functions. Soil microbiomes play …

Although soil microorganisms play a central role in the soil processes that determine nutrient
availability and productivity of forest ecosystems, we are only beginning to understand how …

Forests are essential biomes for global biogeochemical cycles, and belowground
microorganisms have a key role in providing relevant ecosystem services. To predict the …

The influence of forest management on fungal diversity and community composition has
been the subject of a wide number of studies over the last two decades. However, the …

It has been recognized for a long time that the overstorey composition of a forest partly
determines its biological and physical–chemical functioning. Here, we review evidence of …

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 …

Plant diversity drives changes in the soil microbial community which may result in alterations
in ecosystem functions. However, the governing factors between the composition of soil …