Zhiqin Pei

TL;DR: Even at early stages of tree growth, soil microbial community abundance and structure can be significantly influenced by plant traits, in combination with local soil characteristics.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that currently available methods provide a sophisticated toolbox to improve a synergistic understanding of forest multifunctionality, however, these methods require further adjustment to the specific requirements of structurally complex and long‐lived forest ecosystems.

TL;DR: Litter species richness will likely only reduce microbial functions at key intervals of diversity loss while microbial growth is more sensitive to incremental diversity loss, with no clear relationships between them or to ecosystem functions.