Richard D. Bardgett

TL;DR: In this paper, a mixed methods mapping approach was developed to explore the potential for increasing soil carbon stocks on upland farms in the UK by considering ecological and social complexity through application of soil science, ecology, participant observation, interviews and a focus group.

TL;DR: In this article, a mesocosm study comprising shallow and deep soils, and variable and uniform soil depths, and two levels of plant community composition, and exposed them to a simulated drought to test for interactive effects of these treatments on the resilience of carbon dioxide fluxes, plant functional traits, and soil chemical properties.

TL;DR: The results of a competition experiment testing the hypothesis that soil microbial communities differing in metabolic activity as a result of long-term differences to grazing exposure could modify N uptake of Eriophorum vaginatum L. and Nardus stricta suggest coexistence of these species in mountain grasslands is likely based on non-equilibrium mechanisms such as disturbance and/or soil heterogeneity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used complementary field experiments to show that reduced snow cover and earlier snowmelt have effects on soil microbial communities and functioning that persist into summer, and that ericaceous shrub expansion modulates a number of these impacts and has stronger belowground effects than changing snow conditions.