Soil Biology & Biochemistry

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Revisiting process-based simulations of soil nitrite dynamics: Tighter cycling between nitrite and nitrate than considered previously	493
The soil microbial community and plant biomass differentially contribute to the retention and recycling of urinary-N in grasslands	234
Protists modulate fungal community assembly in paddy soils across climatic zones at the continental scale	187
Limited effects of century-old biochar on taxonomic and functional diversities of collembolan communities across land-uses	184
A microbial-explicit model with comprehensive nitrogen processes to quantify gaseous nitrogen production from agricultural soils	178
Wildland fire ash enhances short-term CO2 flux from soil in a Southern African savannah	168
Microbial “hotspots” of organic matter decomposition in temperate peatlands are driven by local spatial heterogeneity in abiotic conditions and not by vegetation structure	154
Impact of common sample pre-treatments on key soil microbial properties	144
Nitrate-induced hydroxyl radical releases deep soil organic carbon by opening the ‘enzyme latch’ under micro-aerobic conditions	141
Strong rhizosphere priming effects on N dynamics in soils with higher soil N supply capacity: The ‘Matthew effect’ in plant-soil systems	141
Altered rainfall greatly affects enzyme activity but has limited effect on microbial biomass in Australian dryland soils	140
Scaling up taxon-specific microbial traits to predict community-level microbial activity in agricultural systems	134
The influence of soil development on the depth distribution and structure of soil microbial communities	133
Drying-rewetting of permanent pasture and agricultural soils induces a shift towards microbial use of more C-rich organic matter	132
Microbial transformation mechanisms of particulate organic carbon to mineral-associated organic carbon at the chemical molecular level: Highlighting the effects of ambient temperature and soil moistur	124
Responses of root architecture and the rhizosphere microbiome assembly of maize (Zea mays L.) to a soil texture gradient	123
Legacy effects of rhizodeposits on soil microbiomes: A perspective	123
Trophic interrelationships drive the biogeography of protistan community in agricultural ecosystems	121
Biogeography of soil protistan consumer and parasite is contrasting and linked to microbial nutrient mineralization in forest soils at a wide-scale	118
Carbon acquisition ecological strategies to connect soil microbial biodiversity and carbon cycling	115
Abundant and rare fungal taxa exhibit different patterns of phylogenetic niche conservatism and community assembly across a geographical and environmental gradient	115
Stability of iron-carbon complexes determines carbon sequestration efficiency in iron-rich soils	114
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Distinct mechanisms drive plant-nitrifier interactions in topsoil and subsoil	111
Tackling global biogeography and drivers of soil microbial dehalogenation traits and taxa: Insights from metagenomic profiling based on a curated dehalogenase database	111

Nitrogen induced soil carbon gains are resistant to loss after the cessation of excess nitrogen inputs	104
Multi-amplicon nitrogen cycling gene standard: An innovative approach for quantifying N-transforming soil microbes in terrestrial ecosystems	101
Response of soil microbial diversity and functionality to snow removal in a cool-temperate forest	97
VNIR and MIR spectroscopy of PLFA-derived soil microbial properties and associated soil physicochemical characteristics in an experimental plant diversity gradient	96
Soil oxidoreductase zymography: Visualizing spatial distributions of peroxidase and phenol oxidase activities at the root-soil interface	96
Expedited loss of soil biodiversity in blue carbon ecosystems caused by rising sea levels	93
Shrub effects on the decomposition microenvironment and changes in litter quality have opposing effects on litter decomposition	92
Conversion of SIC to SOC enhances soil carbon sequestration and soil structural stability in alpine ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	91
Arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation and plant response strongly shape bacterial and eukaryotic soil community trajectories	90
Biochar addition regulates soil and earthworm gut microbiome and multifunctionality	87
Crop productivity, resource allocation and nitrogen concentration as affected by soil decomposers, mixed cropping and crop genotype	86
Fungal decomposition and transformation of molecular and colloidal fractions of dissolved organic matter extracted from boreal forest soil	85
Long-term warming-induced trophic downgrading in the soil microbial food web	85
Earthworm ecotype diversity mitigates resource limitations of microbial community in arable soils	85
Time-dependent regulation of soil aggregates on fertilizer N retention and the influence of straw mulching	83
Earthworms in an enhanced weathering mesocosm experiment: Effects on soil carbon sequestration, base cation exchange and soil CO2 efflux	83
Phosphorus addition ameliorates soil micro-food web simplification due to nitrogen enrichment but does not restore nematode community composition	82
Root exudation processes induce the utilization of microbial-derived components by rhizoplane microbiota under conservation agriculture	81
Soil macrofauna: Study problems and perspectives	79
Aggregate fractions shaped molecular composition change of soil organic matter in a rice paddy under elevated CO2 and air warming	79
Straw return and low N addition modify the partitioning of dissimilatory nitrate reduction by increasing conversion to ammonium in paddy fields	79
Nitrogen addition altered the plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi network through reducing redundant interactions in an alpine meadow	79
Soil metabolomics - current challenges and future perspectives	78
Different responses of nitrous oxide emissions to liming and manure amendment of an acidic ultisol are controlled by autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification	78
Tree decline and mortality following pathogen invasion alters the diversity, composition and network structure of the soil microbiome	78
Drought-induced changes in rare microbial community promoted contribution of microbial necromass C to SOC in a subtropical forest	77
Comparative analysis of diversity and environmental niches of soil bacterial, archaeal, fungal and protist communities reveal niche divergences along environmental gradients in the Alps	77
Dual role of silt and clay in the formation and accrual of stabilized soil organic carbon	76
Contrasting effects of biological soil crusts on soil respiration in a typical steppe	76
Metabolic pathways of CO2 fixing microorganisms determined C-fixation rates in grassland soils along the precipitation gradient	75
From rhizosphere to detritusphere – Soil structure formation driven by plant roots and the interactions with soil biota	74
Corrigendum to “Spatial and temporal detection of root exudates with a paper-based microfluidic device” [Soil Biol. Biochem. 195 (2024), 109456]	74
Rapid transfer of C and N excreted by decomposer soil animals to plants and above-ground herbivores	73
Hydrophilic and hydrophobic fractions of extracellular fungal phosphatases interact differently with clay mineral surfaces	72
Sporadic P limitation constrains microbial growth and facilitates SOM accumulation in the stoichiometrically coupled, acclimating microbe–plant–soil model	72
Enhanced mite grazing leads to pattern shifts in soil N2O emissions after organic fertilizer application	71
Root-o-Mat: A novel tool for 2D image processing of root-soil interactions and its application in soil zymography	71
Thermodynamic control on the decomposition of organic matter across different electron acceptors	71
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Historical forest disturbance reduces soil microbial efficiency across multiple carbon sources	69
No thermal adaptation in soil extracellular enzymes across a temperate grassland region	69
Contrasting responses of microbial diversity and community structure in decaying root bark and xylem to N addition in an alpine shrubland	68
The effects of climate warming and exogenous nitrogen input on soil N2O emissions from mangroves	68
Spatial and temporal detection of root exudates with a paper-based microfluidic device	67
Testing the environmental controls of microbial nitrogen-mining induced by semi-continuous labile carbon additions in the subarctic	67
Nitrogen availability and mineral particles contributed fungal necromass to the newly formed stable carbon pool in the alpine areas of Southwest China	67
Addition of base cations increases microbial carbon use efficiency and biomass in acidic soils	67
Rice root Fe plaque increases paddy soil CH4 emissions via the promotion of electron transfer for syntrophic methanogenesis	66
The interplay between Azospirillum brasilense and the native bacterial communities in the soil and rhizosphere of maize (Zea mays L.)	65
Continuous application of conservation tillage affects in situ N2O emissions and nitrogen cycling gene abundances following nitrogen fertilization	65

Manure application effects on subsoils: Abundant taxa initiate the diversity reduction of rare bacteria and community functional alterations	65
Long-term N-addition alters the community structure of functionally important N-cycling soil microorganisms across global grasslands	65
Impact of graphite nano amendments on soil enzyme activities, functional genes and microbiome composition in a soil-plant system	65
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have a greater role than root hairs of maize for priming the rhizosphere microbial community and enhancing rhizosphere organic P mineralization	64
Mineral type and land-use intensity control composition and functions of microorganisms colonizing pristine minerals in grassland soils	64
Microbial resistance in rhizosphere hotspots under biodegradable and conventional microplastic amendment: Community and functional sensitivity	63
Selective utilization of organic carbon molecules promotes arsenic methylation by increasing methyltransferase activity in arsM-harboring microbes of paddy soils	63
Soil textural control on moisture distribution at the microscale and its effect on added particulate organic matter mineralization	63
Climate change drivers alter root controls over litter decomposition in a semi-arid grassland	63
Depth effects on bacterial community assembly processes in paddy soils	62
Shedding light on the functional role of the Ignavibacteria in Italian rice field soil: A meta-genomic/transcriptomic analysis	62
Microbial necromass as the source of soil organic carbon in global ecosystems	62
Use and abuse of potential rates in soil microbiology	61
Resolving dynamic mineral-organic interactions in the rhizosphere by combining in-situ microsensors with plant-soil reactive transport modeling	61
Organic cropping systems alter metabolic potential and carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling capacity of soil microbial communities	60
Root-induced fungal growth triggers macroaggregation in forest subsoils	60
Energy and matter dynamics in an estuarine soil are more sensitive to warming than salinization	60
Pathways of biogenically excreted organic matter into soil aggregates	60
Soil carbon mineralization and microbial community dynamics in response to pyrogenic organic matter addition	59
Soil clay minerals: An overlooked mediator of gross N transformations in Regosolic soils of subtropical montane landscapes	59
Coupling energy balance and carbon flux during cellulose degradation in arable soils	58
Carbon flow from roots to rhizobacterial networks: Grafting effects	58
Effects of warming on bacterial growth rates in a peat soil under ambient and elevated CO2	57
A global meta-analysis on freeze-thaw effects on soil carbon and phosphorus cycling	57
Disentangling carbon stabilization in a Calcisol subsoil amended with iron oxyhydroxides: A dual-13C isotope approach	56
A global meta-analysis reveals the positive effect of invasive alien plants on soil heterotrophic respiration	56
Mixing with coniferous tree species alleviates rhizosphere soil phosphorus limitation of broad-leaved trees in subtropical plantations	55
Identification of the rhizosphere microbes that actively consume plant-derived carbon	55
Spatial access and resource limitations control carbon mineralization in soils	54
Role of different size classes of organisms in cropped soils: What do litterbag experiments tell us? A meta-analysis	54
Altered microbial CAZyme families indicated dead biomass decomposition following afforestation	53
Eukaryotes in soil aggregates across conservation managements: Major roles of protists, fungi and taxa linkages in soil structuring and C stock	53
Drought shifts soil nematodes to smaller size across biological scales	53
Root exudation and rhizosphere microbial assembly are influenced by novel plant trait diversity in carrot genotypes	53
Kinetics of arsenic and antimony reduction and oxidation in peatlands treating mining-affected waters: Effects of microbes, temperature, and carbon substrate	53
Plant root exudates and rhizosphere bacterial communities shift with neighbor context	52
Reductive dissolution of iron phosphate modifies rice root morphology in phosphorus-deficient paddy soils	52
Tillage and pesticide seed treatments have distinct effects on soil microbial diversity and function	52
Field application of pure polyethylene microplastic has no significant short-term effect on soil biological quality and function	52
Alternate wetting-drying had no preferences for rice P uptake but increased microbial P allocation to phospholipids: Evidence from dual 32P and 33P labeling	52
Abundant and rare bacteria possess different diversity and function in crop monoculture and rotation systems across regional farmland	52
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Primary carbon sources and self-induced metabolic landscapes shape community structure in soil bacterial hotspots	50
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Soil nematode community profiling using reference-free mito-metagenomics	50
Corrigendum to “Plant phenology modulates and undersown cover crops mitigate N2O emissions” [Soil Biol. Biochem. 198 (2024) 109548]	49
Do chromogenic assays of soil enzyme activities need buffers? More disadvantages than advantages of modified universal buffer in the para-nitrophenyl-based assay of phosphomonoesterase and β-glucosida	49
Forest restoration increases energy flow through the fungal channel and decreases energy flow through the herbivorous channel in soil micro-food webs	49
Molecular weight of dissolved organic matter determines its interactions with microbes and its assembly processes in soils	48
Soil P availability and mycorrhizal type determine root exudation in sub-tropical forests	48
Transferring concepts from plant to microbial ecology: A framework proposal to identify relevant bacterial functional traits	48
Priming effect varies with root order: A case of Cunninghamia lanceolata	48
Regulation of soil nitrogen cycling by shrubs in grasslands	48
Simplified estimates of soil nematode body mass using maximum diameter: Insights from large-scale grasslands across China	48
How does organic amendment affect soil microbial nitrate immobilization rate?	47
Root exudate stoichiometry is a key driver of soil N cycling: implications for forest responses to global change	47
Nitrifier controls on soil NO and N2O emissions in three chaparral ecosystems under contrasting atmospheric N inputs	46
Modeling ecosystem-scale carbon dynamics in soil: The microbial dimension	46
Litter diversity accelerates labile carbon but slows recalcitrant carbon decomposition	46
Dominant plants affect litter decomposition mainly through modifications of the soil microbial community	46
Alterations in substrate stoichiometry control the responses of soil diazotrophs to nutrient enrichment	45
Priming effect on soil carbon decomposition by root exudate surrogates: A meta-analysis	45
Phosphorus limitation regulates the responses of microbial carbon metabolism to long-term combined additions of nitrogen and phosphorus in a cropland	45
Microbial community assembly and its influencing factors of secondary forests in Qinling Mountains	45
Factors predictive of the biogeographic distribution of comammox Nitrospira in terrestrial ecosystems	45
Disproportional oxidation rates of ammonia and nitrite deciphers the heterogeneity of fertilizer-induced N2O emissions in agricultural soils	44
Fiddler crab bioturbation stimulates methane emissions in mangroves: Insights into microbial mechanisms	44
Tillage homogenizes soil bacterial communities in microaggregate fractions by facilitating dispersal	44
Evaluation of the relation between soil biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and glomalin-related soil protein in conservation agriculture	44
Dynamic changes in bacterial community structure are associated with distinct priming effect patterns	44
Priming mechanisms providing plants and microbes access to mineral-associated organic matter	43
Rice rhizodeposition promotes the build-up of organic carbon in soil via fungal necromass	43
Soil microbial response to silicate fertilization reduces bioavailable arsenic in contaminated paddies	43
Divergent responses of soil glomalin and microbial necromass to precipitation reduction: New perspectives from soil aggregates and multi-trophic networks	42
Spatiotemporal variation in soil methane uptake in a cool-temperate immature deciduous forest	42
Dynamic stability of mineral-associated organic matter: enhanced stability and turnover through organic fertilization in a temperate agricultural topsoil	42
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The soil microbial methylome: A tool to explore the role of epigenetic memory in driving soil abiotic legacy effects	41
Corrigendum to “A meta-analysis of global cropland soil carbon change from cover cropping” [Soil Biol. Biochem. 143 (2020) 107735]	41
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Corrigendum to “Biological nitrogen fixation in peatlands: Comparison between acetylene reduction assay and 15N2 assimilation methods” [Soil Biology and Biochemistry 131 (2019) 157–165]	41
Earthworm influence on soil aggregate distribution and protected carbon at managed forest sites in Vermont, USA	41
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Structure and function of bacterial metaproteomes across biomes	40
Time-lapse approach to correct deficiencies of 2D soil zymography	40
Linking Rock-Eval parameters to soil heterotrophic respiration and microbial residues in a black soil	40
Plant organ rather than cover crop species determines residue incorporation into SOC pools	40
Topographic differences in nitrogen cycling mediate nitrogen retention in a subtropical, N-saturated forest catchment	39
The only constant is change: Endogenous circadian rhythms of soil microbial activities	39
Interplanting leguminous shrubs boosts the trophic interactions of soil micro-food web in a karst grassland	39
Restructuring of soil food webs reduces carbon storage potential in boreal peatlands	38
Distinct seasonal and annual variability of prokaryotes, fungi and protists in cropland soil under different tillage systems and soil texture	38
Elevated CO2 and nitrogen interactively affect the rhizosphere priming effect of Cunninghamia lanceolata	38
Degradation dynamics and microbial processes in yak dung on the Tibetan Plateau	37
N-induced soil acidification triggers metal stimulation of soil methane oxidation in a temperate steppe ecosystem	37
Aeolian dust deposition as a driver of cyanobacterial community structure in biological soil crusts	37
Microplastics exert minor influence on bacterial community succession during the aging of earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) casts	37
Nematode community diversity and function across an alpine landscape undergoing plant colonization of previously unvegetated soils	37
Differential accumulation patterns of microbial necromass induced by maize root vs. shoot residue addition in agricultural Alfisols	37
Deciphering factors controlling decay and nitrogen accumulation in coarse wood debris of five tree species using 15N labeled wood disks	37
Nitrogen addition increases the glucose-induced priming effect of the particulate but not the mineral-associated organic carbon fraction	36
Carbon cycle in the microbial ecosystems of biological soil crusts	36
Co-localised phosphorus mobilization processes in the rhizosphere of field-grown maize jointly contribute to plant nutrition	36
Plant mixture effects on carbon-degrading enzymes promote soil organic carbon accumulation	36
When microclimates meet soil microbes: Temperature controls soil microbial diversity along an elevational gradient in subtropical forests	36
Acidic amelioration of soil amendments improves soil health by impacting rhizosphere microbial assemblies	36
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High stochasticity in rare bacterial community assembly in rice-wheat rotation soils at a regional scale	36
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Precipitation balances deterministic and stochastic processes of bacterial community assembly in grassland soils	36
Preceding crop legacy modulates the early growth of winter wheat by influencing root growth dynamics, rhizosphere processes, and microbial interactions	36
Visualizing the transfer of organic matter from decaying plant residues to soil mineral surfaces controlled by microorganisms	36
Obituary : Clive Arthur Tudor Edwards - 16 June 1925–20 July 2021	35
Contributions of microbial necromass and plant lignin to soil organic carbon stock in a paddy field under simulated conditions of long-term elevated CO2 and warming	35
Nitrogen-15 natural abundance is robust to quantify nitrogen transfer from clover to grass in temporary grassland	35
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D genome acquisition and breeding have had a significant impact on interaction of wheat with ACC deaminase producers in soil or ACC deaminase potential activity in the rhizosphere	35
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Wood decomposition in poorly-drained forested wetland soils: How important are termites?	35
Seed treatment with plant-defense elicitors decreases the abundance of ammonia oxidizers associated with winter wheat roots	35
No effect of long-term soil warming on diffusive soil inorganic and organic nitrogen fluxes in a temperate forest soil	35
Aridity thresholds of microbiome-soil function relationship along a climatic aridity gradient in alpine ecosystem	34
Long-term N inputs shape microbial communities more strongly than current-year inputs in soils under 10-year continuous corn cropping	34
The effects of tree-mycorrhizal type on soil organic matter properties from neighborhood to watershed scales	34
Decoupled responses of leaf and root decomposition to nutrient deposition in a subtropical plantation	34
Specific utilization of biopolymers of plant and fungal origin reveals the existence of substrate-specific guilds for bacteria in temperate forest soils	34
Seasonal changes in soil biofilm microbial communities	34
Deepened snow in combination with summer warming increases growing season nitrous oxide emissions in dry tundra, but not in wet tundra	34
Adult body mass influences multi-element stoichiometry in ground beetles	34
The role of the soil microbiome in the colonisation of glacier forefields by Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) under current and future climate change scenarios	34
Biocrusts drive soil respiration across seasons and depths in a cold-winter desert	33
Linkages between the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration and microbial life strategy are dependent on sampling season	33
Iron oxidation coupled with nitrate reduction affects the acetate-assimilating microbial community structure elucidated by stable isotope probing in flooded paddy soil	33
Shifts in C-degradation genes and microbial metabolic activity with vegetation types affected the surface soil organic carbon pool	33
Distinct N-cycling microbial communities contribute to microtopographic variation in soil N2O emissions from denitrification	33
Land use intensification homogenizes soil protist communities and alters their diversity across Europe	33
Aligning theoretical and empirical representations of soil carbon-to-nitrogen stoichiometry with process-based terrestrial biogeochemistry models	33
Disentangling the abiotic and biotic components of AMF suppressive soils	33
Nitrogen deposition stimulates decomposition via changes in the structure and function of litter food webs	33
Tracing sources and turnover of soil organic matter in a long-term irrigated dry forest using a novel hydrogen isotope approach	32
The influence of forest-to-cropland conversion on temperature sensitivity of soil microbial respiration across tropical to temperate zones	32
Time-varying associations between absorptive fine roots and leaf litter decomposition across 23 plant species	32
Interactive dynamics between rhizosphere bacterial and viral communities facilitate soybean fitness to cadmium stress revealed by time-series metagenomics	32
Polar soils exhibit distinct patterns in microbial diversity and dominant phylotypes	32
Phosphorus fertiliser source determines the allocation of root-derived organic carbon to soil organic matter fractions	32
Plants with nitrate preference can regulate nitrification to meet their nitrate demand	32
Biocrusts regulate the effect of rainfall pulses on soil respiration at different temporal scales on the Loess Plateau	32
Lithologic control of microbial-derived carbon in forest soils	32
Bacterial community response to environmental change varies with depth in the surface soil	32
Obituary: Philip Charles Brookes: 26th March 1951–28th September 2023	32
Root exudates from drought-affected plants increase soil respiration across a range of grassland species	32
Soil aggregate isolation method affects interpretation of protistan community	31
Recording earthworm diversity on the tropical island of Martinique using DNA barcoding unveiled endemic species in bromeliad plants	31
Soil microbial communities are driven by the declining availability of cations and phosphorus during ecosystem retrogression	31
Strong conditionality in plant-fungal community assembly after soil inoculation in post-agricultural grasslands	31
Opposite priming responses to labile carbon versus oxygen pulses in anoxic peat	31
Physical characterisation of chia mucilage polymeric gel and its implications on rhizosphere science - Integrating imaging, MRI, and modelling to gain insights into plant and microbial amended soils	31
Revising the dynamic energy budget theory with a new reserve mobilization rule and three example applications to bacterial growth	31
Year-round activity of microbial communities in cold-climate peatlands treating mining-affected waters	31
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities of pristine rainforests and adjacent sugarcane fields recruit from different species pools	31
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Increase in iron-bound organic carbon content under simulated sea-level rise: A “marsh organ” field experiment	30
Use of metabolomics to quantify changes in soil microbial function in response to fertiliser nitrogen supply and extreme drought	30
Responses of soil rare and abundant microorganisms to recurring biotic disturbances	30
Respiration and carbon use efficiency characteristics of soluble protein-derived carbon by soil microorganisms: A case study at afforested sites	30
Plant community composition and traits modulate the impacts of drought intensity on soil microbial community composition and function	30
Sorption strength determines alanine mineralization in volcanic soils	30
Different stochastic processes regulate bacterial and fungal community assembly in estuarine wetland soils	30
Mapping of suitable habitats for earthworms in China	30
Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees cause a higher carbon to nitrogen ratio of soil organic matter decomposition via rhizosphere priming than ectomycorrhizal trees	30
A rapid and sensitive assay to quantify amino sugars, neutral sugars and uronic acid necromass biomarkers using pre-column derivatization, ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography and high-resolut	30
Phosphorus addition decreases soil fungal richness and alters fungal guilds in two tropical forests	30
UV-B stress reshapes root-associated microbial communities and networks, driven by host plant resistance	29
Life at the extreme: Plant-driven hotspots of soil nutrient cycling in the hyper-arid core of the Atacama Desert	29