Forest soils microbial composition driven by herbaceous plants
Understanding of factors that shape diversity patterns in forest ecosystems is a main challenge in forest ecology and management practices. Therefore, we conducted a comparative study of soil fungal and bacterial diversity in two Central European deciduous forests, focusing on plots with dominant herbaceous species of contrasting morphology, phenology, reproduction, and ecology, including Allium ursinum and Dentaria enneaphyllos in a beech forest, as well as Aegopodium podagraria and Ficaria verna in a riparian forest.