Feedback between plants and soil microbial communities can be a powerful driver of
vegetation dynamics. Plants elicit changes in the soil microbiome that either promote or …

The soil microbiome regulates vital ecosystem functions ranging from primary production to
soil carbon sequestration. Yet, we have only begun to understand the factors regulating the …

Root-associated microbes play a key role in plant performance and productivity, making
them important players in agroecosystems. So far, very few studies have assessed the …

Soil microorganisms are key to biological diversity and many ecosystem processes in
terrestrial ecosystems. Despite the current alarming loss of plant diversity, it is unclear how …

Trophic interactions play a vital role in soil functioning and are increasingly considered as
important drivers of the soil microbiome and biogeochemical cycles. In the last decade …

The rhizosphere microbiome is a central determinant of plant performance. Microbiome
assembly has traditionally been investigated from a bottom-up perspective, assessing how …

While it is known that interactions between plants and soil fungi drive many essential
ecosystem functions, considerable uncertainty exists over the drivers of fungal community …

The active bacterial rhizobiomes and root exudate profiles of phytometers of six plant
species growing in central European temperate grassland communities were investigated in …

Feedbacks between plants and soil microbial communities play an important role in
vegetation dynamics, but the underlying mechanisms remain unresolved. Here, we show …

More than 200 years ago, Alexander von Humboldt reported that tropical plant species
richness decreased with increasing elevation and decreasing temperature. Surprisingly …