Litter quality, mycorrhizal association, and soil properties regulate effects of tree species on the soil fauna community

Forest management, including selection of appropriate tree species to mitigate climate change and sustain biodiversity, requires a better understanding factors that affect the composition soil fauna communities. These communities are an integral part ecosystem play essential role in forest functioning related carbon nitrogen cycling. Here, by performing field study across six common gardens Denmark, we evaluated effects identity mycorrhizal association (i.e., arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) ectomycorrhiza (ECM)) on (meso- macrofauna) taxonomic functional community using diversity, abundance, biomass as proxies. We found (1) both showed significant communities, but separation between characteristics AM ECM was not entirely consistent; (2) total biomass, well diversity were generally significantly higher under species, lime, with litter quality (high N base cation low lignin:N ratio); (3) influenced properties litter, floor, soil, among which and/or floor N, P, Ca, Mg concentrations, pH, moisture predominantly affected diversity. Our results from this multisite garden experiment provide strong consistent evidence positive general, helps understand biodiversity its functions sequestration.