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Soil respiration, microbial biomass, and stoichiometry within riparian buffers and adjacent land use [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Terrestrial ecosystems exhibit varied land uses as a result of both anthropogenic activities and natural processes. These variations in land use alter plant composition, soil characteristics, topography, and management practices, and hence lead to ...
Emre Babur, Ekrem Ozlu, Omer Suha Uslu
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Water content alters soil organic carbon metabolism via microbial traits in Tibetan alpine peatlands [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Alpine peatlands on the eastern Tibetan Plateau are vital carbon sinks, with soil moisture playing a key role in peatland carbon cycling. However, they face disruptions in their carbon balance due to drought, which reduces soil water content.
Wei Jiang, Mingyao Xiong, Shishi Feng, Qianmin Liu, Yuanyuan Chen, Shuzhen Zou, Di Kang   +6 more
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Decline in topsoil microbial quotient, fungal abundance and C utilization efficiency of rice paddies under heavy metal pollution across South China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Agricultural soils have been increasingly subject to heavy metal pollution worldwide. However, the impacts on soil microbial community structure and activity of field soils have been not yet well characterized.
Yongzhuo Liu, Tong Zhou, David Crowley, Lianqing Li, Dawen Liu, Jinwei Zheng, Xinyan Yu, Genxing Pan, Qaiser Hussain, Xuhui Zhang, Jufeng Zheng   +10 more
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Effect of forestry practices on the biological characteristics of soils (Case study: Beech Forest of Asalem) [PDF]

مدل‌سازی و مدیریت آب و خاک, 2022
Introduction In forest management, it is essential to maintain soil performance. Forest soils control and support many forest ecosystem services and tree growth. So, maintaining soil health is critical to sustainable forest management.
Hoda Esfandiari, Kiomars Sefidi, Akbar Ghavidel, Mohammad Esmaeilpour, Beitollah Amanzadeh, Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi   +5 more
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Impact of Land-Use Changes on Soil Properties and Carbon Pools in India: A Meta-analysis

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Land-use changes (LUC), primarily due to deforestation and soil disturbance, are one of the major causes of soil quality degradation and greenhouse gas emissions.
Rajeev Padbhushan, Upendra Kumar, Sheetal Sharma, D. S. Rana, Rajkishore Kumar, Anshuman Kohli, Priyanka Kumari, Brajendra Parmar, Megha Kaviraj, Abhas Kumar Sinha, K. Annapurna, Vadakattu V. S. R. Gupta   +11 more
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Liming and Nitrogen Fertilization Effects on Soil Microbial Community in Long Term No-till [PDF]

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2020
Soil management influences organic matter decomposition rates as well soil microbial community functional behavior. No-till (NT) is the most used management system by farmers due to its conservation practices and high productivity.
Carlos Henrique Antunes, Rafael Mazer Etto, Eduardo Fávero Caires, Angelo Rafael Bini, Daniel Ruiz Potma Gonçalves, Salomé Urrea-Valencia, Carolina Weigert Galvão   +6 more
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Microbial responses to doses of cover plant straw in cerrado piauiense oxisol

Bioscience Journal, 2020
Carbon and nitrogen from the soil microbial biomass play a significant role in the rotation of C and N, and promote nutrient cycling. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate changes in the soil microbial biomass with growing doses of cover ...
Sarah Priscilla do Nascimento Amorim, Cacio Luiz Boechat, Lizandra de Sousa Luz Duarte, Daniela Fernandes de Oliveira, João Carlos Medeiros, Adriana Miranda de Santana Arauco   +5 more
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Soil Quality and Organic Matter Pools in a Temperate Climate (Northern Italy) under Different Land Uses

Agronomy, 2021
Temperate soils are threatened by degradation and soil organic matter (SOM) loss due to a combination of geomorphology, soil types, and anthropic pressure.
Livia Vittori Antisari, William Trenti, Mauro De Feudis, Gianluca Bianchini, Gloria Falsone   +4 more
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The Potential of Biochar Made from Agricultural Residues to Increase Soil Fertility and Microbial Activity: Impacts on Soils with Varying Sand Content

Agronomy, 2021
Different types of soil respond variably to biochar amendment. Soil structure and fertility are properties which strongly affect the impacts of biochar on soil fertility and microbial activity.
Martin Brtnicky, Tereza Hammerschmiedt, Jakub Elbl, Antonin Kintl, Lucia Skulcova, Maja Radziemska, Oldrich Latal, Tivadar Baltazar, Eliska Kobzova, Jiri Holatko   +9 more
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Soil Microbial Activity and Biomass in Semiarid Agroforestry Systems Integrating Forage Cactus and Tree Legumes

Agronomy, 2021
Vegetation cover affects soil organic matter and activity of soil microorganisms. We investigated the intercropping effect of forage cactus with tree legumes on soil microbial biomass and organic matter in the semi-arid tropic, state of Pernambuco ...
Dayanne Camelo, José Carlos Batista Dubeux, Mércia Virginia Ferreira dos Santos, Mario Andrade Lira, Giselle Gomes Monteiro Fracetto, Felipe José Cury Fracetto, Márcio Vieira da Cunha, Erinaldo Viana de Freitas   +7 more
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