Soil microbial community under a nurse-plant species changes in composition, biomass and activity as the nurse grows

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Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology. (2015, background): “Similarly, and although demonstrated in some semiarid natural ecosystems (Hortal et al., 2013), the impact of hydraulic lift on nutrient mobilization and nutrient cycling – particularly mediated by increased activity of soil microbial communities near the soil surface – is still underappreciated.”
A role for below‐ground biota in plant–plant facilitation (2013, methodology): “The large modification induced by benefactor plants on soil properties and microclimate has a positive effect on the understorey plant communities, but these changes also alter the composition and structure of soil communities beneath the canopy (Hortal et al. 2013).”
Facilitation in communities: underlying mechanisms, community and ecosystem implications (2016, background): “…facilitated species (e.g. Sch€ob et al. 2014a,b,c), the functional consequences of facilitation (e.g. Sch€ob, Butterfield & Pugnaire 2012; Butterfield & Callaway 2013; Sch€ob et al. 2013) or the interactions with below-ground organisms (e.g. Hortal et al. 2013; Rodr ıguez-Echeverr ıa et al. 2013).”