Recent studies have revealed many potential benefits of increasing plant diversity in natural
ecosystems, as well as in agroecosystems and production forests. Plant diversity potentially …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a valuable resource for mediating global climate change and
securing food production. Despite an alarming rate of global plant diversity loss …

In the past two decades, a large number of studies have investigated the relationship
between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, most of which focussed on a limited set of …

The current review investigates the hypothesis that dormant soil microorganisms are
relevant for microbial processes and community changes. Dormant soil microorganisms are …

Concern about the functional consequences of unprecedented loss in biodiversity has
prompted biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) research to become one of the most …

Causal inferences from experimental data are often justified based on treatment
randomization. However, inferring causality from data also requires complementary causal …

Plant diversity has a strong impact on a plethora of ecosystem functions and services,
especially ecosystem carbon (C) storage. However, the potential context-dependency of …

Interactions and feedbacks between aboveground and belowground biomes are
fundamental in controlling ecosystem functions and stability. However, the relationship …

Bacillus spp. MBI 600 is a gram-positive bacterium and is characterized as a PGPR strain
involved in plant growth promotion and control of various plant pathogens which has …

Trace element (TE) contaminated land represents an important risk to the environment and
to human health worldwide. These soils usually contain a variety of TEs which can be a …