Publications

Gomes SIF, Gundersen P, Bezemer TM, Barsotti D, D'Imperio L, Georgopoulos K, Justesen MJ, Rheault K, Rosas YM, Schmidt IK, Tedersoo L, Vesterdal L, Yu M, Anslan S, Aslani F, Byriel DB, Christiansen J, Hansen SH, Kasal N, Kosawang C, Larsen H, Larsen KS, Lees J, van Dijke ACP, Kepfer-Rojas, S. 2025. Soil Microbiome Inoculation for Resilient and Multifunctional New Forests in Post-Agricultural Landscapes. Glob Change Biol, 31: e70031. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70031

Verbeek TC, Gomes SIF, Merckx VSFT. 2025. Arbuscular mycorrhiza in the urban jungle: Glomeromycotina communities of the dominant city tree across Amsterdam. Plants, people, planet, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10634

Georgopoulos K, Bezemer TM, Christiansen JR, Larsen KS, Moerman G, Vermeulen R, Anslan S, Tedersoo L, Gomes, SIF. 2025. Reduction of forest soil biota impacts tree performance but not greenhouse gas fluxes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 200: 109643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109643

Dabu X, Ji H, Yang L, Bezemer TM, Jing J. 2024. Root traits and soil legacies drive species competition outcomes. Functional Ecology, 38: 2139-2155. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14631

Gao C, Hannula SE, Van Bodegom PM, Bezemer TM, De Vries FT, Hassink J, In ’t Zand MH, Moinet GYK. 2024. Land use intensity differently affects soil microbial functional communities in arable fields. Applied Soil Ecology, 204: article 105723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105723

Gao C, Bezemer TM, de Vries FT, van Bodegom P. Trade-offs in soil microbial functions and soil health in agroecosystems. 2024. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39: 895-903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.013

Liu X, Paulino Fernandes H, Ossowicki A, Vrieling K, Lommen STE, Bezemer TM. 2024. Dissecting negative effects of two root-associated bacteria on the growth of an invasive weed. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 100: no 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae116

Liu X, Steinauer K, Van der Veen-van Wijk K, Bezemer TM. 2024. Zooming in on the temporal dimensions of plant-soil feedback: plant sensitivity and microbial dynamics. Journal of Ecology (in press). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14435

Luo Y, Gonzalez Lopez JB, Lopez JBG, van Veelen HPJ, Kok D-JD, Postma R, Thijssen D, Sechi V, Ter Heijne A, Bezemer TM, Buisman CJN. 2024. Effects of different soil organic amendments on extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). European Journal of Soil Biology, 121: 103624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103624

Xuan P, Ma H, Deng X, Li Y, Tian J, Li J, Ma E, Xu Z, Xiao D, Bezemer TM, Wang M, Liu X, Xiang M. 2024. Microbiome-mediated alleviation of the tobacco replant problem via autotoxin degradation after long-term continuous cropping. iMeta, 3 e189. https://doi.org/10.1002/imt2.189

Yang C, Zhu F, Bezemer TM. 2024. Spatial patterning and species coexistence: a case study using concentric circular vegetation patches in saline land. Science of the Total Environment, 951: 175483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175483

Georgopoulos K, Bezemer TM, Neeft L, Camargo AM, Anslan S, Tedersoo L, Gomes SIF. 2024. Effects of soil biotic and abiotic characteristics on tree growth and aboveground herbivory during early afforestation. Applied Soil Ecology, 202: 105579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105579

Li C, Lambers H, Jing J, Zhang C, Bezemer TM, Klironomos J, Cong W-F, Zhang F. 2024. Belowground cascading biotic interactions trigger crop diversity benefits. Trends in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.04.010

Merckx VSFT, Gomes SIF, Wang D, Verbeek C, Jacquemyn H, Zahn FE, Gebauer G, Bidartondo MI. 2024. Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web. Nature Plants 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01677-0

van Zwieten R, Bierman TV, Klinkhamer PGL, Bezemer TM, Vrieling K, Kodger TE. 2024. Mimicking natural deterrent strategies in plants using adhesive spheres. PNAS, 121: e2321565121. https://doi-org/10.1073/pnas.2321565121

Gao C, Bezemer TM, van Bodegom PM, Baldrian P, Kohout P, Mancinelli R, van der Hagen H, Soudzilovskaia NA. 2024. Fungal communities are passengers in community development of dune ecosystems, while bacteria are not. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4312

Liu X, Vrieling K, Gomes SIF, Ossowicki A, Lommen STE, van der Drift MCH, Zwart FA, Ekas LS, de Sousa TXM, Erol Ö, Bezemer TM. 2024. Exploring the potential of root-associated bacteria to control an outbreak weed. Plant and Soil.
https://doi/10.1007/s11104-024-06726-3

Bierman TV, Vrieling K, van Zwieten R, Kodger TE, Macel M, TM Bezemer. 2024. Adhesive droplets made from plant-derived oils for control of western flower thrips. J Pest Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-024-01755-4

Liu X, He D, Vrieling K, Lommen STE, Gao C, Bezemer TM. 2024. Distance- and density-dependent recruitment of common ragwort is not driven by plant-soil feedbacks. Basic and Applied Ecology, 76: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.02.003

Fernandes HP, Choi YH, Vrieling K, de Bresser M, Sewalt B, Tonolo F. 2023. Cultivar-dependent phenotypic and chemotypic responses of drug-type Cannabis sativa L. to polyploidization. Frontiers in Plant Science 14, 1233191. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1233191

Liu X, Bezemer TM. 2023. Current and legacy effects of neighborhood communities on plant growth and aboveground herbivory. Basic and Applied Ecology, 66: 63-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.12.007

Gomes SIF, Giesemann P, Klink S, Hunt C, Suetsugu K, Gebauer G. 2023. Stable isotope natural abundances of fungal hyphae extracted from the roots of arbuscular mycorrhizal mycoheterotrophs and rhizoctonia-associated orchids. New Phytologist, 239(4): 1166-1172. https://doi-org/10.1111/nph.18990

Liu X, Raaijmakers C, Vrieling K, Lommen STE, Bezemer TM. 2022. Associational resistance to nematodes and its effects on interspecific interactions among grassland plants. Plant Soil, 471: 591–607. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05238-8

Gomes SIF, Kielak AM, Hannula SE, Heinen R, Jongen R, Keesmaat I, Jonathan R, Bezemer TM. 2020. Microbiomes of a specialist caterpillar are consistent across different habitats but also resemble the local soil microbial communities. Animal Microbiome, 2: 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-020-00055-3