Plant Communities, Soil Microorganisms, and Soil Carbon Cycling: Does Altering the World Belowground Matter to Ecosystem Functioning?

By K. Carney, P. Matson. Ecosystems, 2005

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Microbes as Engines of Ecosystem Function: When Does Community Structure Enhance Predictions of Ecosystem Processes? (2016, background): “The links between complex environmental microbial communities and ecosystem processes remain unclear (Carney and Matson, 2005; Prosser et al., 2007; van der Heijden et al., 2008; Petersen et al., 2012; Wallenstein and Hall, 2012; Graham et al., 2014; Martiny et al., 2015), and an emerging ﬁeld of…”
The Role of Microbial Communities in the Formation and Decomposition of Soil Organic Matter (2010, background): “…of above-ground (i.e., plant) diversity with primary productivity and their impact on below-ground communities have been studied extensively and are firmly established (Schulze and Mooney 1993; Loreau et al. 2001; Carney and Matson 2005; Catovsky et al. 2002; McGrady-Steed et al. 1997).”
Biochar effects on soil biota – A review (2011, background): “A greater microbial abundance may potentially lead to greater mineralization or oxidation of biochar itself as shown for mineralization of non-pyrolyzed organic C which is typically stimulated by a greatermicrobial biomass (Carney and Matson, 2005).”
Dual benefit from a belowground symbiosis: nitrogen fixing rhizobia promote growth and defense against a specialist herbivore in a cyanogenic plant (2011, background): “Mutualistic interactions between plants and soil microbiota are ubiquitous in terrestrial ecosystems and crucially determine plant diversity and ecosystem productivity (Carney and Matson 2005; van der Heijden et al. 2008).”
Tree species identity alters forest litter decomposition through long‐term plant and soil interactions in Patagonia, Argentina (2008, background): “2001; Carney & Matson 2005).”
Relationship between plant species diversity and soil microbial functional diversity along a longitudinal gradient in temperate grasslands of Hulunbeir, Inner Mongolia, China (2008, background): “Despite continued focus on the interaction between plant diversity and ecosystem processes, relatively little is known about the relationship between plant diversity and soil microbial diversity or whether plant-mediated changes in soil microorganisms influence ecosystem functioning ( Carney and Mat”