Composition of fungal and bacterial communities in forest litter and soil is largely determined by dominant trees

By M. Urbanová, J. Šnajdr, Petr Baldrian. 2015

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Soil microbial community structure and diversity are largely influenced by soil pH and nutrient quality in 78-year-old tree plantations (2017, methodology): “Filamentous fungi are stronger decomposers of litter production with lower nutrient quality and can better cope with environmental stresses such as low pH and a dry environment with limited connectivity (de Boer et al., 2005; Urbanová et al., 2015).”
Forest Soil Bacteria: Diversity, Involvement in Ecosystem Processes, and Response to Global Change (2017, background): “Indeed, significant differences in the chemical structure of litter and root exudates among tree species influence soil bacterial communities through changes in substrate chemistry (45, 58, 59).”
Linking bacterial and eukaryotic microbiota to litter chemistry: Combining next generation sequencing with 13C CPMAS NMR spectroscopy (2019, background): “Many studies consistently reported a decrease in copiotrophic species during the early stage of litter decomposition, a pattern associated with the depletion of labile organic fractions (Aneja et al., 2006; Keiblinger et al., 2012; Urbanová et al., 2015).”