A major challenge for advancing our understanding of the functional role of soil microbial
communities is to link changes in their structure and function under climate change. To …

Plants are sessile organisms whose survival depends on their strategy to cope with
dynamic, stressful conditions. It is urgent to improve the ability of crops to adapt to recurrent …

There is an emerging consensus that microbial necromass carbon is the primary constituent
of stable soil carbon, yet the controls on the stabilization process are unknown. Prior to …

Bacteria and fungi drive decomposition, a fundamental process in the carbon cycle, yet the
importance of microbial community composition for decomposition remains elusive. Here …

Our basic understanding of plant litter decomposition informs the assumptions underlying
widely applied soil biogeochemical models, including those embedded in Earth system …

Decomposition contributes to global ecosystem function by contributing to nutrient recycling,
energy flow, and limiting biomass accumulation. The decomposer organisms influencing this …

Aim Growing attention has been focused on the changes in the structure and diversity of
microbial communities under altered precipitation pattern, but little is known about how this …

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 …

Background Rhizodeposition is the release of organic compounds from plant roots into soil.
Positive relationships between rhizodeposition and soil microbial biomass are commonly …

Microbial communities play a major role in disease, biogeochemical cycling, agriculture, and
bioremediation. However, identifying the ecological processes that govern microbial …