We know little to what extent peer feedback strategies can be applied on a large scale in
higher education for complex tasks. This study aimed to design, implement, and evaluate an …

While soil biota play an essential role in ecosystem services, the plant-pathogenic fraction
may have a large, negative economic impact on food and feed production. For decades, the …

Soils are among the most complex, diverse and competitive habitats on Earth and soil biota
are responsible for ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration and …

Plant parasitism has arisen time and again in multiple phyla, including bacteria, fungi, insects
and nematodes. In most of these organismal groups, the overwhelming diversity hampers …

Apart from relatively well‐studied aboveground effects, invasive plant species will also impact
the soil food web. So far, most research has been focusing on primary decomposers, while …

Whereas the impact of exotic plant species on above‐ground biota is relatively well‐documented,
far less is known about the effects of non‐indigenous plants on the first and second …

Outside its native range, the invasive plant species giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) has
been shown to increase belowground fungal biomass. This non-obvious effect is poorly …

Nematodes are presumably the most numerous Metazoans in terrestrial habitats. They are
represented at all trophic levels and are known to respond to nutrient limitation, prey …

Soil perfarms numerous functions, which allow us to produce food and feed and provide us
with clean freshwater. These fundions rely on the high diversity of organisms residing in soils…

Giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea), an invasive perennial herb, has previously been
shown to locally induce an increase in fungal biomass. We investigated whether this …