It is increasingly acknowledged that plant–soil feedbacks may play an important role in
driving the composition of plant communities and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems …

Soil organisms have an important role in aboveground community dynamics and ecosystem
functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. However, most studies have considered soil biota as a …

Ecologists have studied plant succession for over a hundred years, yet our understanding of
the nature of this process is incomplete, particularly in relation to its response to new human …

Plant‐soil feedbacks can contribute to the coexistence of plant species and may predict the
abundance of plant species within communities. Here, we test if plant‐soil feedbacks act as …

Soil amendment with biochar is currently proposed as a management strategy to improve
soil quality and enhance plant productivity. Relatively little is known about how biochar …

The abundance of species is assumed to depend on their life history traits, such as growth
rate and resource specialization. However, this assumption has not been tested for bacteria …

Plant–soil feedback (PSF) effects on plant performance strongly depend on the plant
species that conditioned the soil. Recent studies have shown that PSF can change above …

Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not
fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant …

Plants influence associated soil biotic communities that in turn can alter the performance of
the subsequently growing plants. Although such “plant–soil feedbacks”(PSF s) are …

Most studies on plant‐soil feedback (PSF) and plant competition measure the feedback
response at one moment only. However, PSF s and competition may both change over time …