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Subordinate plants sustain the complexity and stability of soil micro-food webs in natural bamboo forest ecosystems.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Shao YuanHu & Wang XiaoLi & Zhao Jie & Wu JianPing & Zhang WeiXin & Neher, D. A. & Li YanXia & Lou YiPing & Fu ShengLei

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Subordinate plants have a significant impact on soil organisms in primary successional floodplains and grassland ecosystems, but their role in subtrop...

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Effects of grazing on soil nitrogen spatial heterogeneity depend on herbivore assemblage and pre-grazing plant diversity.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Liu Chen & Song XuXin & Wang Ling & Wang DeLi & Zhou XiaoMei & Liu Jun & Zhao Xuan & Li Jing & Lin HaiJiao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial heterogeneity of limiting soil resources is an essential factor determining ecosystem processes and function. It has been reported that la...

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Soil microbial legacy drives crop diversity advantage: linking ecological plant-soil feedback with agricultural intercropping.

Published online: 24 Mar 2021

Authors: Wang GuangZhou & Bei ShuiKuan & Li JianPeng & Bao XingGuo & Zhang JiuDong & Schultz, P. A. & Li HaiGang & Li Long & Zhang FuSuo & Bever, J. D. & Zhang JunLing

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although the importance of the soil microbiome in mediating plant community structures and functions has been increasingly emphasized in ecological st...

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Plant-soil feedback drives the 'nursing effect' on Sitka spruce.

Published online: 14 May 2025

Authors: Zhou YiChen & Tao TingTing & Cox, F. & Johnson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The productivity of economically valuable focal trees in mixtures is often improved by inclusion of lower-value nursing species, but the mechanisms un...

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Changes in soil microbial communities due to biological invasions can reduce allelopathic effects.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Li YangPing & Feng YuLong & Kang ZongLi & Zheng YuLong & Zhang JiaoLin & Chen YaJun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil microbes are important in mediating allelopathic interactions between invasive and native plants in the field. However, it was not known how thes...

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Soil biota modulate the effects of microplastics on biomass and diversity of plant communities.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: Fu YanMei & Oduor, A. M. O. & Jiang Ming & Liu YanJie

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of biodegradable plastics has been proposed as an alternative to mitigate the pollution problem caused by traditional non-biodegradable plasti...

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Resistance-recovery trade-off of soil microbial communities under altered rain regimes: an experimental test across European agroecosystems.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Piton, G. & Foulquier, A. & Martinez-García, L. B. & Legay, N. & Arnoldi, C. & Brussaard, L. & Hedlund, K. & Silva, P. M. da & Nascimento, E. & Reis, F. & Sousa, J. P. & Clément, J. C. & Deyn, G. B. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the increased occurrence of climate extremes, there is an urgent need to better understand how management strategies affect the capacity of the s...

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Forest management adaptation to climate change: a Cornelian dilemma between drought resistance and soil macro-detritivore functional diversity.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Henneron, L. & Aubert, M. & Bureau, F. & Dumas, Y. & Ningre, F. & Perret, S. & Richter, C. & Balandier, P. & Chauvat, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global warming induces new constraints on forest ecosystems and requires forest management adaptation. The reduction in stand density is currently deb...

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Soil transfers from intact to disturbed boreal forests neither alter ectomycorrhizal fungal communities nor improve pine seedling performance.

Published online: 21 Oct 2022

Authors: Rodriguez-Ramos, J. C. & Cale, J. A. & Cahill, J. F., Jr. & Erbilgin, N. & Karst, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest disturbances can alter mycorrhizal fungal communities with consequences for subsequent plant establishment and growth. One possible mitigation ...

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Soil microbial community coalescence and fertilization interact to drive the functioning of the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Ramoneda, J. & Roux, J. le & Stadelmann, S. & Frossard, E. & Frey, B. & Gamper, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil microbial community coalescence, where entire microbial communities mix and interact under new conditions, is a widespread phenomenon whose appli...

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