Richard D. Bardgett

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that N enrichment modifies plant–soil feedback relationships and that these modifications may affect plant community composition.

TL;DR: This study of temperate upland grasslands used glycine-2-(13)C-(15)N and ((15)NH4)(2)SO(4) labelling techniques to test the hypothesis that plant species which dominate 'unimproved' semi-natural grasslands (Festuca-Agrostis-Galium) are able to utilise amino acid N for growth, whereas those plants which dominate '.

TL;DR: The use of nitrogen in fertilizer has doubled the amount of reactive N in the biosphere, leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient enrichment in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems as mentioned in this paper, despite the global impact of N, many uncertainties exist about the factors that determine the loss and retention of fertilizer-associated N in terrestrial ecosystems.

TL;DR: It is shown that carbon in grassland soils is vulnerable to management and that these management effects can be detected to considerable depth down the soil profile, albeit at decreasing significance with depth.

TL;DR: It is reported that aboveground plant community attributes, such as diversity and cover, and functional traits can predict a unique portion of the variation in the diversity and community composition of soil bacteria and fungi that cannot be explained by soil abiotic properties and climate.