Climate change will affect semiarid ecosystems through severe droughts that increase the
competition for resources in plant and microbial communities. In these habitats, adaptations …

It is crucial to promote soil carbon sequestration while reducing CO 2 emissions to mitigate
climate change. However, the extent of increasing actual soil carbon storage depends on …

A stable below‐canopy microclimate of forests is essential for their biodiversity and
ecosystem functionality. Forest management necessarily modifies the buffering capacity of …

Objectives Afforestation changes soil chemical properties over several decades. In contrast,
microbial community structure can be shifted within the first decade and so, the direct effects …

Forest management integrating nature conservation aspects into timber production focuses
increasingly on small-scale interventions. However, the ecological consequences of gap …

Iron-reducing bacteria (IRB) are crucial for electron transfer in anaerobic soil microsites. The
utilization of the energy gathered by this mechanism by decomposers of organic matter is a …

Forest thinning greatly affects the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool by changing the soil
microenvironment, organic matter input, and microbial metabolism. However, the …

Forest canopy gaps can influence understorey microclimate and ecosystem functions such
as decomposition. Gaps can arise from silviculture or tree mortality, increasingly influenced …

Canopy gaps are a prevalent disturbance form in forest ecosystems that promote forest
regeneration and succession by modifying the heterogeneity of the microenvironment …

The gap formation due to forest thinning regulates the understorey microclimate, ground
vegetation, and soil biodiversity. However, little is known about abundant and rare taxa's …