Juan Piñeiro

Congrats! I jumped to comment on your great Plant&Soil paper to mention that it is key to evaluate myco colonization in collaboration gradient, which you agreed. Yet, this one does not use myco colonization but infers the collaboration gradient. There is variation in diameter regardless of myco too

What if the chaotic-looking patterns in dryland vegetation were actually hiding a deep order? Check our new @pnas.org paper on "disordered hyperuniformity": a hidden structure with big implications for sustainability in Earth’s most fragile ecosystems.https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2504496122

Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions Humans are driving biodiversity change, which also alters community functional traits. However, how changes in the functional traits of the community alter ecosystem functions—especially belowground...

Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions

What if publication bias is the rule and net carbon loss from priming the exception? Abstract. Priming effects in soil science describe the influence of fresh carbon (C) inputs on rates of microbial mineralisation of native soil organic matter, which can either increase (positive prim...

🆕 New publication in SOIL journal!
📖 What if publication bias is the rule and net carbon loss from priming the exception?

👥 Michel et al.

🔗 soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/...

#SoilScience #SoilJournal #Research #OpenAccess #EGU_SSS

📣Now finally with peer-review stamp of approval.
Thanks @ashish-malik.bsky.social for being the editor for this paper.
soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/...

A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities - Scientific Data Scientific Data - A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities

If you are in need of soil microbial data relating to PLFAs or enzyme activities, check out our latest paper that provides an open-access global database of data form around the world. Thanks very much to the long list of collaborators who made this happen! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How can we build a general theory of mutualistic communities? After five years, we finally completed a new Neutral Theory of Cooperation that is fully solved analytically and displays remarkable properties @jordipinero.bsky.social @artemyte.bsky.social @manlius.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2506.09737

Soil Carbon Availability Drives Depth‐Dependent Responses of Microbial Nitrogen Use Efficiency to Warming

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Long‐Term Drought Persistently Shifts Plant and Soil Microbial Communities but Has Limited Impact on CO2 Fluxes Under Subsequent Drought

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@marigliesch.bsky.social @frantecol.bsky.social

Proud to share our paper: Drought intensity shapes soil legacy effects on grassland plant and soil microbial communities and their responses to future drought, out now in @globalchangebio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... (1/n)

NEW PAPER 🚨 Curious how plant root exudation and soil texture might interact to form dynamic anoxic microsites in the #rhizosphere, and what they might mean for the fate of soil #carbon, nutrient or contaminent in #soils? Check out @soiltycoon.bsky.social's new paper in SBB: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning The relationship between tree carbon (C) assimilation and growth is central to understanding tree functioning and forecasting forest C sequestration, yet remains unresolved. The long-standing debate ...

🌳 New Tansley Insight!
What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔
I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516

Intensified Aridity Hinders Soil Microbes From Improving Their Nitrogen Use Efficiency

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Roots: metabolic architects of beneficial microbiome assembly Abstract. The increasing demand for sustainable agricultural practices has driven a renewed interest in plant–microbiome interactions as a basis for the ne

🔬🌱Our review “Roots: metabolic architects of beneficial microbiome assembly” led by PhD candidate Melissa Uribe Acosta @plantphys.bsky.social discusses plant mechanisms of root microbiome selection. Co-authors: @cornepieterse.bsky.social Jiayu Zhou Alberto Pascale.
academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

Schematic illustration of the different magnitudes and mechanisms of soil organic carbon (SOC) increase resulting from 180-year nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization

⚒️ Article: Nitrogen and Phosphorus fertilization is an effective pathway to increase soil carbon sequestration

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🪱 Publication Announcement! 🌱🍄‍🟫

Book chapter “Soil biology, health and ecosystem services: an overview”. We detail the process of selecting indicators to assess soil health in agricultural systems, applied to four key soil functions.

📂 Open access link:
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Have a nice read!

Fast Decomposition of Nitrogen‐Rich Mineral‐Associated Organic Matter in Soils

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Refining Amino Sugar‐Based Conversion Factors for Quantification of Microbial Necromass Carbon in Soils

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Revisiting the cry-for-help hypothesis in plant–microbe interactions The ‘cry-for-help hypothesis’ (CHH) is broadly used to study how root exudate modulation under stress influences recruitment of beneficial microbes in the rhizosphere. Here, we explored common misconc...

Revisiting the cry-for-help hypothesis in plant–microbe interactions

@cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social Forum from @fdiniandreote.bsky.social

www.cell.com/trends/plant...

🍄💧Ectomycorrhizal fungi and root water uptake respond independently to water availability

📷 © 1-2 David Moreno-Mateos
3 Javier Porras-Gómez

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#CommunityComposition #Drought #FagusSylvatica #Root #WaterIsotopes

Effective, efficient, and fair peer reviewing 2023 Effective, efficient, and fair peer reviewing Ben Bond-Lamberty Based on a presentation at the AGU Early Career Scientist Workshop, 2019 1

Scientists are expected to do peer reviewing but no one tells you HOW. After talking with several folks about this today at #AGU24 , it seems a good time to link to this presentation I made several years ago -- feel free to use/share! docs.google.com/presentation...

Impact of a 2°C Warmer Climate on the Fine Root System of European Beech, Sessile Oak, Scots Pine, and Douglas Fir in Central European Lowland Forests - Ecosystems Climate change increasingly exposes Central European forests to drought and heat stress, causing vitality decline and increased mortality of key tree species. How warming alters the size and dynamics of tree root systems is not well known. In a root coring and ingrowth core study in 24 stands, we compared fine root biomass (FRB), necromass, productivity, longevity and morphology in mature stands of European beech, sessile oak, Scots pine, and Douglas fir in two German lowland regions differing by 2 °C in mean annual temperature, which may evidence long-term thermal acclimation. FRB was significantly smaller in the warmer region in beech and Douglas fir, while cumulated fine root surface area was reduced in pine, Douglas fir, and beech, but not in oak. Both root productivity and longevity were reduced in the warmer region in Douglas fir and pine, indicating vulnerability to warming. Beech showed a non-significant productivity reduction, while longevity slightly increased. Oak tended to increase productivity and longevity, indicating highest resilience to warming. Fine root system size was more plastic than root morphology, which differed only slightly between the regions. Using reductions in root longevity and in fine root productivity in the warmer region as criteria, species are ranked for their belowground vulnerability to warming as: Scots pine > Douglas fir > European beech > sessile oak. We conclude that Central Europe’s major timber species differ largely in their belowground vulnerability to warming, with conifers being more sensitive than broad-leaved species.

Impact of a 2°C Warmer Climate on the Fine Root System of European Beech, Sessile Oak, Scots Pine, and Douglas Fir in Central European Lowland Forests - Ecosystems

Plant nutrient acquisition under elevated CO2 and implications for the land carbon sink - Nature Climate Change Elevated atmospheric CO2 has stimulated plant growth, yet the future land carbon sink may be constrained in part by nutrient availability. Here the authors review plant nutrient acquisition strategies...

Does anyone have access?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Was so rewarding getting to work with a team of brilliant ecologists (@dudney-joan.bsky.social @lauradee.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @katherinesiegel.bsky.social )
to think through how to use causal inference to attribute ecological changes to climate change. Hope this framework helps!

Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.

I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Fungal-mediated soil aggregation as a mechanism for carbon stabilization Abstract. Soils can potentially be turned into net carbon sinks for atmospheric carbon to offset anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Occlusion of soil

Fungal-mediated soil aggregation as a mechanism for carbon stabilization
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Beautiful review by @stevendegoede.bsky.social

Rethinking microbial carbon use efficiency in soil models.

Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mechanisms that potentially contribute to the maintenance of interactions between bacteria, ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcMF), and land trees across varied developmental periods.

“…when organisms interact can largely determine how they interact.”

#Viewpoint: Is it all about timing? Identifying the symbiosis critical points that govern interactions among #bacteria, ectomycorrhizal #fungi, and land #trees

By Louis Berrios 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I don’t know who needs this right now, but I really enjoy browsing “Paper Skygest”, a feed of posts on academic papers *from people you follow*. I think it’s what a lot of us are actually here for

Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - Nature Geoscience The maximum carbon sequestration potential from global terrestrial ecosystem restoration efforts until 2100 is 96.9 Gt, which is equivalent to 3.7–12.0% of anthropogenic emissions until then, accordin...

This paper is getting attention for suggesting ecosystem restoration won't help with mitigation, but restoration is still *critical* for adaptation.

Restoring coastal wetlands helps reduce risks from sea level rise and hurricanes, restoring urban forests helps reduce risks from extreme heat, etc...