Multiple targeted grassland restoration interventions enhance ecosystem service multifunctionality

Liu, S., Ward, S. E., Wilby, A., Manning, P., Gong, M., Davies, J., Killick, R., Quinton, J. N. & Bardgett, R. D., 28/04/2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 3971.

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Higher Plant Diversity Does Not Moderate the Influence of Changing Rainfall Regimes on Plant–Soil Feedback of a Semi‐Arid Grassland

Li, X., Png, G. K., Zhang, Z., Guo, F., Li, Y., Li, F., Luo, S., Ostle, N. J., Quinton, J. N., Schaffner, U. A., Hou, X., Wardle, D. A. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/03/2025, In: Global Change Biology. 31, 3, e70084.

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Plant phylogeny, traits and fungal community composition as drivers of plant–soil feedbacks

Sweeney, C. J., Semchenko, M., de Vries, F. T., van Dongen, B. E. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/03/2025, In: Journal of Ecology. 113, 3, p. 608-620 13 p.

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Defoliation modifies the impact of drought on the transfer of recent plant-assimilated carbon to soil and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Xu, T., Johnson, D. & Bardgett, R. D., 28/02/2025, In: Plant and Soil. 507, 1-2, p. 693–711 19 p.

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Using dynamic documents to mend cracks in the reproducible research pipeline

Buckley, Y. M., Bardgett, R., Gordon, R., Iler, A., Mariotte, P., Ponton, S. & Hector, A., 28/02/2025, In: Journal of Ecology. 113, 2, p. 270-274 5 p.

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Plant community composition and traits modulate the impacts of drought intensity on soil microbial community composition and function

Oram, N. J., Brennan, F., Praeg, N., Bardgett, R. D., Illmer, P., Ingrisch, J. & Bahn, M., 31/01/2025, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 200, 109644.

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Contrasting responses of plant, soil fungal and above-ground arthropod communities to plant invasion across latitudes

Gao, L., Fan, F., He, Y., Wei, C., Xu, H., Liu, X., Lu, X. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/10/2024, In: Journal of Ecology. 112, 10, p. 2333-2343 11 p.

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Defoliation modifies the response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to drought in temperate grassland

Xu, T., Johnson, D. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/05/2024, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 192, 109386.

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Diana Wall obituary: ecologist who foresaw the importance of soil biodiversity

Bardgett, R. D., 23/05/2024, In: Nature. 629, 754.

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Deforestation impacts soil biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide

Qu, X., Li, X., Bardgett, R. D., Kuzyakov, Y., Revillini, D., Sonne, C., Xia, C., Ruan, H., Liu, Y., Cao, F., Reich, P. B. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M., 26/03/2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 13, e2318475121.

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Land management shapes drought responses of dominant soil microbial taxa across grasslands

Lavallee, J. M., Chomel, M., Alvarez Segura, N., de Castro, F., Goodall, T., Magilton, M., Rhymes, J. M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Griffiths, R. I., Baggs, E. M., Caruso, T., de Vries, F. T., Emmerson, M., Johnson, D. & Bardgett, R. D., 2/01/2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 29.

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High intensity perturbations induce an abrupt shift in soil microbial state

Cordero, I., Leizeaga, A., Hicks, L. C., Rousk, J. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/12/2023, In: ISME Journal. 17, 12, p. 2190-2199 10 p.

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Cessation of grazing causes biodiversity loss and homogenization of soil food webs

Schrama, M., Quist, C. W., de Groot, G. A., Cieraad, E., Ashworth, D., Laros, I., Hansen, L. H., Leff, J., Fierer, N. & Bardgett, R. D., 29/11/2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 2011, 20231345.

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Leaf metabolic traits reveal hidden dimensions of plant form and function

Walker, T. W. N., Schrodt, F., Allard, P.-M., Defossez, E., Jassey, V. E. J., Schuman, M. C., Alexander, J. M., Baines, O., Baldy, V., Bardgett, R. D., Capdevila, P., Coley, P. D., van Dam, N. M., David, B., Descombes, P., Endara, M.-J., Fernandez, C., Forrister, D., Gargallo-Garriga, A. & Glauser, G. & 11 others, Marr, S., Neumann, S., Pellissier, L., Peters, K., Rasmann, S., Roessner, U., Salguero-Gómez, R., Sardans, J., Weckwerth, W., Wolfender, J.-L. & Peñuelas, J., 30/09/2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 35, eadi4029.

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Drought intensity alters productivity, carbon allocation and plant nitrogen uptake in fast versus slow grassland communities

Oram, N. J., Ingrisch, J., Bardgett, R. D., Brennan, F., Dittmann, G., Gleixner, G., Illmer, P., Praeg, N. & Bahn, M., 31/08/2023, In: Journal of Ecology. 111, 8, p. 1681-1699 19 p.

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Soil Abiotic Properties Shape Plant Functional Diversity Across Temperate Grassland Plant Communities

Rodríguez, A., de Vries, F. T., Manning, P., Sebastià, M. T. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/08/2023, In: Ecosystems. 26, 5, p. 1000-1017 18 p.

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A Transient Printed Soil Decomposition Sensor Based on a Biopolymer Composite Conductor

Atreya, M., Desousa, S., Kauzya, J., Williams, E., Hayes, A., Dikshit, K., Nielson, J., Palmgren, A., Khorchidian, S., Liu, S., Gopalakrishnan, A., Bihar, E., Bruns, C. J., Bardgett, R., Quinton, J. N., Davies, J., Neff, J. C. & Whiting, G. L., 14/02/2023, In: Advanced Science. 10, 5, 10 p., 2205785.

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Grassland degradation-induced declines in soil fungal complexity reduce fungal community stability and ecosystem multifunctionality

Luo, S., Png, G. K., Ostle, N. J., Zhou, H., Hou, X., Luo, C., Quinton, J. N., Schaffner, U., Sweeney, C., Wang, D., Wu, J., Wu, Y. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/01/2023, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 176, 12 p., 108865.

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Ecosystem productivity has a stronger influence than soil age on surface soil carbon storage across global biomes

Plaza, C., García-Palacios, P., Berhe, A. A., Barquero, J., Bastida, F., Png, G. K., Rey, A., Bardgett, R. D. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M., 31/12/2022, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 3, 1, 233.

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Intensive grassland management disrupts below-ground multi-trophic resource transfer in response to drought

Chomel, M., Lavallee, J. M., Alvarez-Segura, N., Baggs, E. M., Caruso, T., de Castro, F., Emmerson, M. C., Magilton, M., Rhymes, J. M., de Vries, F. T., Johnson, D. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/12/2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 6991.

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Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology

Walker, T. W. N., Alexander, J. M., Allard, P., Baines, O., Baldy, V., Bardgett, R. D., Capdevila, P., Coley, P. D., David, B., Defossez, E., Endara, M., Ernst, M., Fernandez, C., Forrister, D., Gargallo‐Garriga, A., Jassey, V. E. J., Marr, S., Neumann, S., Pellissier, L. & Peñuelas, J. & 12 others, Peters, K., Rasmann, S., Roessner, U., Sardans, J., Schrodt, F., Schuman, M. C., Soule, A., Uthe, H., Weckwerth, W., Wolfender, J., van Dam, N. M. & Salguero‐Gómez, R., 31/01/2022, In: Journal of Ecology. 110, 1, p. 4-20 17 p.

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Shrub expansion modulates belowground impacts of changing snow conditions in alpine grasslands

Broadbent, A. A. D., Bahn, M., Pritchard, W. J., Newbold, L. K., Goodall, T., Guinta, A., Snell, H. S. K., Cordero, I., Michas, A., Grant, H. K., Soto, D. X., Kaufmann, R., Schloter, M., Griffiths, R. I. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/01/2022, In: Ecology Letters. 25, 1, p. 52-64 13 p.

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Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships

Hu, W., Ran, J., Dong, L., Du, Q., Ji, M., Yao, S., Sun, Y., Gong, C., Hou, Q., Gong, H., Chen, R., Lu, J., Xie, S., Wang, Z., Huang, H., Li, X., Xiong, J., Xia, R., Wei, M. & Zhao, D. & 23 others, Zhang, Y., Li, J., Yang, H., Wang, X., Deng, Y., Sun, Y., Li, H., Zhang, L., Chu, Q., Li, X., Aqeel, M., Manan, A., Akram, M. A., Liu, X., Li, R., Li, F., Hou, C., 刘建全, He, J.-S., An, L., Bardgett, R., Schmid, B. & 邓建明, 31/12/2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 5350.

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Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

Freschet, G. T., Roumet, C., Comas, L. H., Weemstra, M., Bengough, A. G., Rewald, B., Bardgett, R. D., De Deyn, G. B., Johnson, D., Klimešová, J., Lukac, M., McCormack, M. L., Meier, I. C., Pagès, L., Poorter, H., Prieto, I., Wurzburger, N., Zadworny, M., Bagniewska-Zadworna, A. & Blancaflor, E. B. & 16 others, Brunner, I., Gessler, A., Hobbie, S. E., Iversen, C. M., Mommer, L., Picon-Cochard, C., Postma, J. A., Rose, L., Ryser, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Sun, T., Valverde-Barrantes, O. J., Weigelt, A., York, L. M. & Stokes, A., 7/11/2021, In: New Phytologist. 232, 3, p. 1123-1158 36 p.

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