The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems.

By Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, R. Bardgett, N. V. van Straalen. Ecology Letters, 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Soil Science

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Bacteria and fungi can contribute to nutrients bioavailability and aggregate formation in degraded soils. (2016, neutral): “According to van der Heijden et al. (2008), arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and biological N fixing bacteria annually contribute 5–20% to the total N demand of grassland and savannah.”
Effects of plant species richness and evenness on soil microbial community diversity and function (2010, background): “…through which the soil microbial community can influence plant community structure (e.g. Bardgett 2005; Bever 2003; Bezemer et al. 2006; van der Heijden et al. 1998, 2008), and associations between plant and microbial community structures can arise through the shared influence of external…”
Consistent responses of soil microbial communities to elevated nutrient inputs in grasslands across the globe (2015, background): “Ecology 91(12):3463–3470, discussion 3503–3514.”
Microbial diversity and ecological networks as indicators of environmental quality (2017, background): “These micro-organisms, due to their role in biogeochemical cycles, are, respectively, responsible for up to 80% of the nitrogen acquired by plants each year and more than 75% of the phosphorus, which can lead to an increase in plant productivity as high as 50% (van der Heijden et al. 2008).”
Enhancing ecosystem services in sustainable agriculture: Biofertilization and biofortification of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2014, background): “Moreover, foreign AM fungal inocula may have negative ecological 467 consequences interfering with the local microbial communities and thus altering agro-468 ecosystem functions (Schwartz et al., 2006; van der Heijden et al., 2008).”
Changing soil characteristics alter the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) in Ethiopia across a management intensity gradient (2015, background): “Soil microbial communities are known to be crucial factors for maintaining key processes that regulate the soil ecosystem (van der Heijden et al., 2008).”
Soil microbial diversity during 30 years of grassland restoration on the Loess Plateau, China: Tight linkages with plant diversity (2019, background): “Given the prevalence of functional interactions between plant and soil microbes (van der Heijden et al., 2008), higher plant diversity is presumed to harbor a greater diversity of soil microbes.”