Globally, soil organic matter (SOM) contains more than three times as much carbon as either
the atmosphere or terrestrial vegetation. Yet it remains largely unknown why some SOM …

Microbial communities are at the very basis of life on earth, catalyzing biogeochemical
reactions driving global nutrient cycles. However, unlike for plants and animals, microbial …

Aim The spatial organization of soil microbial communities on large scales and the
identification of environmental factors structuring their distribution have been little …

Solar energy is increasingly used to produce electricity in Europe, but the environmental
impact of constructing and running solar parks (SP) is not yet well studied. Solar park …

A gradient of agricultural intensification (from permanent meadows to permanent crops, with
rotation crops and meadows as intermediary steps) was studied in the course of the RMQS …

Spatial scaling and determinism of the wide-scale distribution of macroorganism diversity
has been largely demonstrated over a century. For microorganisms, and especially for soil …

Although numerous studies have demonstrated the key role of bacterial diversity in soil
functions and ecosystem services, little is known about the variations and determinants of …

Microorganisms play fundamental roles in the diversity and functional stability of
environments, including nutrient and energy cycling. However, microbial biodiversity loss …

The factors driving the abundance and community composition of soil microbial communities
provide fundamental knowledge on the maintenance of biodiversity and the ecosystem …

Soils are living environments in which particularly abundant and diverse microbiome and
fauna are evolving. The resulting biological functioning has a direct impact not only on soil …