In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

One paradigm in biogeochemistry is that frequent disturbance tends to deplete carbon (C) in
soil organic matter (SOM) by reducing biomass inputs and promoting losses. However …

Abstract Microplastics (plastics< 5 mm, including nanoplastics which are< 0.1 μm) originate
from the fragmentation of large plastic litter or from direct environmental emission. Their …

Soil aggregates are the key functional units of soil ecosystems which are essential to
biogeochemical cycling and plant growth. However, it remains unclear how fertilization …

Microplastics (MPs) with an average size of less than 5 mm, along with nanoplastics (NPs) of
an average size of fewer than 0.1 μm are the result of huge plastic waste fragmentation or …

Ecologists are increasingly adopting trait-based approaches to understand how community
change influences ecosystem processes. However, most of this research has focussed on …

The term “Glomalin” was originally used to describe a hypothetical gene product of
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) that was assumed to be a nearly ubiquitous …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form a symbiotic relationship with plants; a symbiotic
relationship is one in which both partners benefit from each other. Fungi benefit plants by …

Plant diversity loss impairs ecosystem functioning, including important effects on soil. Most
studies that have explored plant diversity effects belowground, however, have largely …

Reclaimed tidal land soil (RTLS) often contains high levels of soluble salts and
exchangeable Na that can adversely affect plant growth. The current study examined the …