Environmental perturbations such as agricultural intensification may alter soil biodiversity in
a manner that affects ecosystem functioning, but links are not well quantified. With this …

Microorganisms have long been isolated from soils to develop microbial inoculants, with the
goal of spiking them into new soils to augment target functions. However, establishment can …

Soil aggregates are critical to soil functionality, but there remain many uncertainties with
respect to the role of biotic factors in forming aggregates. Understanding the interacting …

Soil microbial communities may be able to rapidly respond to changing environments in
ways that change community structure and functioning, which could affect climate–carbon …

Plants alter chemical and physical properties of soil, and thereby influence rhizosphere
microbial community structure. The structure of microbial communities may in turn affect …

The main aim is to describe plant production systems and introduce bokashi technology for
the advanced utilisation of food waste in Europe. The secondary objective is to demonstrate …

Biocrusts are phototroph‐driven communities inhabiting arid soil surfaces. Like plants, most
photoautotrophs (largely cyanobacteria) in biocrusts are thought to exchange fixed carbon …

Loss of biodiversity is considered to be detrimental to ecosystem function but a mechanistic
understanding, and theoretical support, of this process in soil is lacking. Our previous …

Germination onset is the first stage in the phenological plant cycle, influenced by abiotic and
biotic factors. Both soil and seed microbiota are key drivers of germination, influencing seed …

We examined how the removal of soil biota affects plant–soil feedback (PSF) and defense
chemistry of Jacobaea vulgaris, an outbreak plant species in Europe containing the defense …