G. Gleixner

Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for its ecosystem carbon use efficiency

The paper investigates how land use intensity affects soil microbiome traits and carbon use efficiency (CUE) through metaproteomics and decomposition experiments, showing opposing effects in low and high pH soils.

Uptake of plant-derived carbon and proximity to the root determine differences in temporal and spatial stability among microbial groups

The paper examines how microbial groups differ in temporal and spatial stability of biomass and carbon uptake, finding bacterial stability is higher than fungal, and proximity to roots and symbiotic status influence carbon uptake patterns.

Plant diversity stabilizes soil temperature

This study shows plant diversity stabilizes soil temperature by increasing organic carbon and leaf area index, with effects strengthening over time and under extreme conditions.

Nutrient Source and Mycorrhizal Association jointly alters Soil Microbial Communities that shape Plant-Rhizosphere-Soil Carbon-Nutrient Flows

This study traces carbon and nitrogen flows in soil microbial communities influenced by plant-AMF associations and substrate types, revealing how these interactions affect decomposition and nutrient cycling.

Plant traits are poor predictors of long-term ecosystem functioning

This study shows that plant traits poorly predict long-term ecosystem functioning, with only moderate explanatory power across years.

The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic

This paper compares biodiversity experiments to real-world plant communities and finds that experimental results are robust to the inclusion of unrealistic communities.

Functional composition rather than species richness drive carbon gain and allocation in experimental grasslands

The paper investigates how functional composition, not species richness, influences carbon gain and allocation in grasslands using 13CO2 labeling.

Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study

This study tests whether introducing genotypic variability improves reproducibility in ecological experiments across multiple labs, finding it increases consistency in controlled environments but not in variable ones.