Richard D. Bardgett

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured vegetation responses to fertilizers and lime applied over 12 years to species-rich upland and lowland mesotrophic hay meadows in the UK.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the importance of N in forest ecosystem C-sequestration and identify the mechanisms involved, and propose that a better mechanistic understanding on interactions between plant and microbial communities should be explicitly considered for the development of effective policy strategies for forest ecosystem carbon sequestration.

TL;DR: A more complete understanding of ecosystem-level consequences of invertebrate herbivory can only be gained through the application of approaches that explicitly consider both subsystems, as well as the feedbacks between them.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the possibilities to improve utilization of above-belowground interactions in agro-ecosystems by considering spatio-temporal scales at which aboveground and belowground organisms operate.

TL;DR: It is found that individual grassland ecosystem functions had contrasting responses across the manipulations and is cautioned against using a single multifunctionality index that aggregates individual functions to characterize overall ecosystem functioning.