The tension between a growing global demand for food, rising environmental impacts of
agricultural intensification, and the uncertainty of future changes in our global climate …

BACKGROUND Microbial communities—microbiomes—are intricately linked to human
health and critical ecosystem services. New technologies allow the rapid characterization of …

Soil communities are intricately linked to ecosystem functioning, and a predictive
understanding of how communities assemble in response to environmental change is of …

The host‐associated core microbiome was originally coined to refer to common groups of
microbes or genes that were likely to be particularly important for host biological function …

Agricultural ecosystems are facing increasing environmental changes. Revealing ecological
stability of belowground organisms is key to developing management strategies that …

Plant roots support complex microbial communities that can influence plant growth, nutrition,
and health. While extensive characterizations of the composition and spatial …

Microbial community responses to environmental change are largely associated with
ecological processes; however, the potential for microbes to rapidly evolve and adapt …

Viruses shape microbial communities, food web dynamics, and carbon and nutrient cycling
in diverse ecosystems. However, little is known about the patterns and drivers of viral …

Rewetting dry soils is associated with a burst of microbial activity and mineralization, which
manifests itself as a pulse in soil CO 2 emissions, long-known as the Birch effect. In arid and …

Both nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) may limit plant production in steppes and affect plant
community structure. However, few studies have explored in detail the differences and …