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Conservative roots confer a larger microbial carbon pump efficacy than acquisitive roots by regulating microbial life‐history strategy

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 2617-2627, August 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Root activity creates unique microbial hotspots in the rhizosphere by influencing the metabolic activities of surrounding soil microorganisms, profoundly regulating the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, how root economic strategies affect the formation and
Qiyu Tan, Peipei Zhang, Na Li, Guangru Wang, Wenbo Pang, Huangxin Zhang, Mingzhou Zhang, Qitong Wang, Huajun Yin   +8 more
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Savanna soil carbon accrual occurs through particulate organic matter from grass rather than tree biomass, regardless of atmospheric CO2 levels

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 2532-2547, August 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Afforestation schemes in savannas are increasingly promoted as a carbon storage strategy despite threats to biodiversity. We also lack a clear understanding of how trees and grasses differentially contribute to the major carbon store in savannas, that is, soil organic ...
Heidi‐Jayne Hawkins, Michael D. Cramer, Kim J. Simpson, Sarah L. Raubenheimer, Elizabeth M. Telford, Edith J. Singini, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, Colin P. Osborne, Brad S. Ripley   +8 more
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Impact of phosphorus supply and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on rhizosphere fungal communities and growth of <i>Macadamia integrifolia</i> seedlings. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Ning Y, Wu Z, Chen Y, Yang T, He X, Feng L, Zhao H, Yue H.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The negative effects of an allelopathic invader on native plant photosynthesis are amplified after tree canopy closure

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 2685-2700, August 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Many invasive plants produce antimicrobial allelopathic compounds that disrupt plant–fungal symbioses of native species in the communities they invade, influencing nutrient and water provisioning that support photosynthesis.
Evan A. Perkowski, Kieran Carroll, Jessie Mutz, Snehanjana Chatterjee, Xianyu Yang, Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy, Stephanie N. Kivlin, Susan Kalisz, Nicholas G. Smith   +8 more
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Impacts of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Pseudomonas putida Interactions on the protein content, antioxidant activities, and cell wall remodeling of strawberry. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Fallah SF, Afshar-Mohammadian M.
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The significance of tree retention on fungal communities and below‐ground stocks 12 years after harvest of boreal forest

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, August 2026.
Our results indicate that a decade after tree harvesting, ectomycorrhizal fungal community assembly shifted from stochastic to deterministic environmental filtering, with higher harvest intensity driving greater community differences. Certain Cortinarius species were harvest‐sensitive, while Piloderma cinicola increased at lower retention levels ...
Tamlyn K. Gangiah, Karina E. Clemmensen, Anders Dahlberg, Björn D. Lindahl   +3 more
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Maximum entropy networks show that plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associations are anti-nested and modular. [PDF]

New Phytol
Ajaz S, Amin N, López-García Á, Birt H, Pajares-Murgó M, Lanfranco L, Garrido JL, Alcántara JM, Rillig MC, Johnson D, Caruso T.   +10 more
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Evaluating potential restoration strategies for vascular epiphytes with niche‐based community mechanistic models

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, August 2026.
Generally, delayed restoration of adult‐only epiphyte populations into older restored forests improves conservation outcomes. However, restoration can be optimised, initially introducing large populations of fast‐growing, light‐when‐mature species in younger forests followed by the later introduction of slow‐growing, heavy‐when‐mature species in ...
Zachary Chu, Thomas Kappas, Mohammad Afraz Ahmed, Laura J. Graham, Alexandre Antonelli, Juliano Sarmento Cabral   +5 more
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The synergistic effect of salt-tolerant Stutzerimonas stutzeri and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviates salinity stress in soybean (Glycine max, L.). [PDF]

World J Microbiol Biotechnol
El-Sawah AM, Zaki RM, Ashour EH, Afify AH.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Induced resistance of plants reduces their negative soil‐legacy effects on natives but not on naturalized aliens

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 8, August 2026.
Plant resistance induced during soil conditioning altered subsequent soil‐legacy effects on plant growth. While conditioned soils reduced the performance of both native and naturalized alien plants, resistance induction largely eliminated the growth disadvantage of native species.
Duo Chen, Mallory Decker, Ekaterina Mamonova, Marc Stift, Mark van Kleunen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source