Coastal saltmarsh wetlands play a pivotal role in global carbon and nitrogen cycling, yet the vertical distribution characteristics of sediment carbon and nitrogen and their regulatory mechanisms remain uncertain. Microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and n...
Soil microbial biomass and labile organic carbon (LOC) are pivotal regulators of carbon and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. However, the interactive effects of plant roots and forest litter on the seasonal dynamics of soil microbial biomass an...
Plant species diversity can enhance soil organic carbon (SOC) storage, but the microbial processes associated with this relationship remain incompletely understood in subtropical forests. We surveyed 20 natural forest plots spanning a Shannon–W...
Forest enclosure is widely used in karst rocky-desertification landscapes, but field evidence remains limited for temporal soil microbial patterns. We characterized one naturally regenerated enclosure area (ZR) and one assisted-restoration enclosure...
Quantifying the long-term effects of mowing on soil organic carbon (SOC) is of great importance for understanding the changes in the carbon cycle of the grassland ecosystem and for managing the grassland strategies for both production and soil nutrie...
Global agricultural intensification leads to a decline in soil quality; however, the extent to which long-term rice cultivation adversely impacts soil, based on chemical and microbial perspectives, remains unclear. The present study was conducted on...
Intensive mono-cropping without a balanced supply of nutrients and declining water resources are degrading soil health, and as a consequence, agriculture production is becoming unsustainable and causing environmental degradation. The field experiment...
Although microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been developed over the past decade, they still have a low power production bottleneck for practical engineering due to the ineffective interfacial bioelectrochemical reaction between exoelectrogens and anode...
Freezing soil samples at subzero temperatures is a commonly employed preservation method in soil science to halt microbial activity and enzymatic processes, preserving the sample’s composition and structure. The concentration of adenosine triph...
This study aimed to investigate the role of plantation forests and natural secondary forests in controlling soil physicochemical properties and microbial biomass in urban forest ecosystems. (1) Background: Urban forests provide numerous benefits to u...
The agroforestry and intercropping systems are recognized as important options for greenhouse gas mitigation. The primary objective of this study was to assess the impacts of land use change from Orange (O) monoculture to Coffee-Orange (CO) intercrop...
The direct input of straw to the field can increase the source and supply of soil carbon and nitrogen, change the soil microbial biomass and enzyme activity, and affect the soil organic carbon sequestration, which in turn affects soil fertility and q...
Marine studies have shown that the carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus (C:N:P) atomic ratio in planktonic organisms is generally 106:16:1, which is known as the “Redfield ratio”. This raises the question of whether there are similar patterns in te...
Primarily using cropped systems, previous studies have reported a positive linear relationship between microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and soil organic carbon (SOC). We conducted a meta-analysis to explore this relationship separately for grasslands a...
Both altitude and vegetation are known to affect the amount and quality of soil organic matter (SOM) and the size and activity of soil microbial biomass. However, when altitude and vegetation changes are combined, it is still unclear which one has a...
Inspired by the strict constraint ratio (relatively low variability) between carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in global soils and soil microbial biomass, our study explores the biogeographic distribution of C:N:P stoichiometric ratios in...
Winter cover crops have been shown to promote the accumulation of microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen, enhance nutrient cycling, reduce erosion, improve ecosystem stability, etc. In the black soil area of Northeast China, Triticum aestivum L., Medi...
In India, 700 million tons of agricultural waste generated annually is burned by farmers in the fields, which decreases biological activity in soil. The issue of handling the enormous amounts of crop residues that emerge from increased crop output mi...
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Increasing drought globally is a severe threat to fragile desert wetland ecosystem. It is of significance to study the effects of wetland drying on microbial regulation of soil carbon (C) in the desert. In this study, we examined the impacts of wetla...
Microbial diversity plays an important role in the decomposition of soil organic matter. However, the pattern and drivers of the relationship between microbial diversity and decomposition remain unclear. In this study, we followed the decomposition o...
The effect of nitrogen (N) deposition on soil organic carbon (SOC) and the underlying mechanisms in grassland ecosystems remain a topic of debate. Moreover, previous research has primarily concentrated on interaction between carbon (C) and N cycles i...
Gravel-mulched fields are a unique form of drought-resistant agriculture in the northwest region of China. In recent years, continuous cropping obstacles caused by the perennial cultivation of a single crop have seriously constrained the sustainable...
Decreasing precipitation frequency (DPF) has the potential to alter soil microbial community structure, enzyme activity, and the stoichiometry of microbial biomass in grassland ecosystems. Grasslands have undergone degradation, often driven by anthro...
Revegetation in arid and semi-arid regions is a pivotal strategy for mitigating desertification and controlling soil erosion by enhancing carbon storage in woody biomass and mitigating wind-induced erosion. Despite its recognized importance, a critic...
The variety of soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC), soil microbial biomass nitrogen (SMBN) content, and the flux turnover rate of SMBC and SMBN for 0–10 cm and 10–20 cm layers in a paddy field in southern China with different tillage pra...
To assess the effects of long-term intensive management on soil carbon cycle and microbial functional diversity, we sampled soil in Chinese hickory (Carya cathayensis Sarg.) stands managed intensively for 5, 10, 15, and 20 years, and in reference Chi...
Optimal product synthesis in bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) requires a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between external voltage and microbial yield. While most studies assume constant growth yields or rely on empirical estimates, t...
Crop rotation and tillage alter soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics by influencing the soil environment and microbes carrying out C and N cycling. Our goal was to evaluate the effect of long-term crop rotation and tillage on the quantity of C and N st...
Soil microbial biomass content is usually regarded as an early indicator of changes in soil quality and soil fertility in paddy fields. Soil microbial biomass turnover is mainly influenced by the application of different fertilizer management systems...
Examining the changing patterns and underlying mechanisms of soil biomass carbon stocks constitutes a fundamental aspect of soil biology. Despite the potential influence of the sulfur cycle and the life strategies of organisms on community biomass, t...
Today, waste is viewed as a renewable energy source and a potential supplier of new bioproducts. Microalgae are essential in wastewater treatment, and the anaerobic digestion (AD) of the harvested biomass leads to the production of biomethane. Howeve...
Although the advantages of multi-species plantations over single-species plantations have been widely recognized, the mechanisms driving these advantages remain unclear. In this study, we compared stand biomass, litter production and quality, soil p...
Vegetation restoration is a critical strategy for addressing ecosystem degradation globally. However, understanding the specific impacts of land-use changes, particularly the conversion of farmland to forestland and grassland, on soil nutrients and m...
Mineral fertilization strongly influences soil enzymatic activity, organic carbon dynamics, and microbial nutrient limitation in agroecosystems, yet a systematic synthesis isolating the effects of mineral fertilizers alone independent of organic amen...
Atmospheric nitrogen input has been a severe challenge worldwide. The influences of N deposition on carbon cycling, loss, and storage have been recognized as a critical issue. This study aimed to assess the immediate responses of soil respiration to...
This study aims to evaluate the effects of two cover crop management practices on soil fertility. Key bioindicators, such as organic carbon content, were measured, along with the amount and activity of microbial biomass, which are mainly responsible...
Severe seasonal droughts driven by global climate change significantly alter the cycling of carbon and nutrients in forest ecosystems, while the investigation into the impacts of floor mass and plant roots on soil microbial biomass within the context...
Afforestation assessments in Mediterranean karst regions often focus on vegetation and soil carbon, paying less attention to microbial activity. We examined the surface soil properties of a four-site Cedrus libani chronosequence in southern Turkey. I...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest terrestrial organic carbon pool. Plant litter is an important source of SOC, but the knowledge gap between SOC fractions and plant litter input remains inconsistent. Here, a litter input control experiment was...
Agricultural practices significantly impact soil properties and ecological functions, highlighting the importance of comprehensive soil health assessments. Traditionally, these assessments have focused on physical and chemical indicators, often negle...
Understanding how straw incorporation affects soil stoichiometry and biochemical processes is essential for improving soil fertility in dryland wheat systems on the Loess Plateau. We quantified effects of four wheat straw return rates [0 (W0), 3500 (...
Iron ore extraction can lead to significant environmental degradation, particularly due to the generation of tailings during the beneficiation process. This issue was highlighted by the B1 dam collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil, in 2019. Therefore, the s...
Anthropogenic modifications to water regimes are one of the main factors threatening the stability and existence of floodplain forests. This study presents an analysis of topsoil biogeochemistry within three floodplain forest stands with different le...
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Set-aside farmland can effectively improve the self-rehabilitation of arable soil. Long-term set-asides however cannot satisfy provisionment, therefore the use of short-term set-asides to restore cultivated soil is a better option. Few studies have c...
Texas cotton production is facing challenges from increased temperatures and extended droughts. We sought to determine whether applying a multi-species grass mulch on the surface of cotton fields in a semiarid region would mitigate some of the negati...
Amino sugars are key microbial biomarkers for determining the contribution of microbial residues in soil organic matter (SOM). However, it remains largely unclear as to what extent inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilization can lead to the significant degr...
Objective: Biochar and a commercial humic acid-rich product, Humac (modified leonardite), represent soil amendments with the broad and beneficial effects on various soil properties. Their combination has been scarcely tested so far, although the posi...
Previous studies have observed that increased precipitation positively affects primary production in semiarid grasslands in Inner Mongolia, while soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) strongly influence how ecosystems respond to precipitation as well as a...
Arid and semi-arid soils are low in organic matter and have poor fertility, making them a serious threat to crop production. Most organic amendments, such as crop residues and farmyard manure, are short lived because of rapid decomposition. Incubatio...
The effects of wildfires and prescribed burnings on soil are highly variable. In order to evaluate the effects of different burning intensities on soil properties, a surface-controlled burn of undisturbed soil monoliths was carried out by combining t...
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