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Termite Ecology in the First Two Decades of the 21st Century: A Review of Reviews

Insects, 2019
Termite ecology came of age in 1978 with the seminal review of Wood and Sands which by considering the quantitative contributions made by termites to the carbon cycle at the landscape level concluded that they were major players in tropical ecosystems ...
David E. Bignell
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Relações solo-paisagem em uma litosseqüência arenito-basalto na região de Pereira Barreto, SP Soil-landscape relationships in a sandstone-basalt lithosequence in Pereira Barreto, São Paulo

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2007
Os objetivos deste trabalho foram estudar as relações solo-paisagem em uma litosseqüência de transição arenito-basalto e verificar a similaridade dos limites de superfícies geomórficas mapeados no campo com os limites mapeados a partir de técnicas ...
Milton César Costa Campos, José Marques Júnior, Gener Tadeu Pereira, Rafael Montanari, Livia Arantes Camargo   +4 more
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Modelling pedogenesis of Technosols

Geoderma, 2016
Technosols, soils subjected to a strong human influence and containing significant amounts of artefacts, are characteristic of the Anthropocene. In order to better apprehend their growing importance in our current environment, our knowledge of the evolution and fate of these soils must be improved.
Sophie Leguédois, Geoffroy Séré, Apolline Auclerc, Jérôme Cortet, Hermine Huot, Stéphanie Ouvrard, Françoise Watteau, Christophe Schwartz, Jean Louis Morel   +8 more
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An Assessment of Landscape Evolution Through Pedo-Geomorphological Mapping and Predictive Classification Using Random Forest: A Case Study of the Statherian Natividade Basin, Central Brazil

Geosciences
Understanding the relationship between geological and geomorphological processes is essential for reconstructing landscape evolution. This study examines how geology and geomorphology shape landscape development in central Brazil, focusing on the ...
Rafael Toscani, Debora Rabelo Matos, José Eloi Guimarães Campos   +2 more
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Soil Fertility Changes With Climate and Island Age in Galápagos: New Baseline Data for Sustainable Agricultural Management

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
While the extended absence of human influence has led to matchless natural conditions on the Galápagos archipelago, agricultural activities on the inhabited islands are increasingly affecting soil health and functioning.
Matthias Strahlhofer, Martin H. Gerzabek, Nicola Rampazzo, Paulina M. Couenberg, Evelyn Vera, Xavier Salazar Valenzuela, Franz Zehetner, Franz Zehetner   +7 more
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Looking at Soil as It Is: Evolution of Microscopic Soil Characterization From Kubiëna to Artificial Intelligence

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
We provide a historic overview of microscopic soil structure characterization from its founding father, Walter Kubiëna, to several technical revolutions like automation, digitalization, and artificial intelligence. In addition to technical advancements, we explore how concepts and research questions have evolved in time.
Steffen Schlüter, Maik Geers‐Lucas, Peter Kühn, Hans‐Jörg Vogel   +3 more
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Soil-Landforms Interdependencies and Weathering at Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica

Quaestiones Geographicae
Soil formation in polar regions is relatively weakly recognised due to their rarity and spatial dispersion. The main pedological, sedimentological and cryogenic features of the ice-free coasts of Admiralty Bay were described and quantified with an ...
Zieliński Artur, Krupa-Kurzynowska Joanna, Rachlewicz Grzegorz, Jarzyna Krzysztof   +3 more
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Discriminating Arid Ecosystems and Tracking Desertification Dynamics: Evidence From Grain‐Size End‐Member in the Manas River Basin, Northern Tianshan Mountains

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecosystem of the Manas River Basin, composed of mountains, oases, and deserts, constitutes an ideal natural laboratory for investigating surface processes and environmental evolution in arid regions. Elucidating the provenance, transport dynamics, and climate response mechanisms of surface sediments in this system is critical for advancing
Jiangyong Wang, Qingcao Tian, Ao Yan, Xudong Liu, Ziyi Jiao, Zhankui Bai   +5 more
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Reconstructing the Last 71 ka Paleoclimate in Northeast China by Integrating Typical Loess Sections

Quaternary
Long-term continuous deposits and well-preserved thick loess sections are natural archives for the reconstruction of global climate change. However, the loess sections are often discontinuous owing to soil erosions and accumulations.
Juan Li, Kristofor R. Brye, Zhong-Xiu Sun, Phillip R. Owens, Zhuo-Dong Jiang, Tian-Hao Wang, Meng-Ge Zhang, Qiu-Bing Wang   +7 more
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The Aridity Threshold of Soil Organic Carbon Density Along the Climate Aridity Gradient in the Alpine Ecosystem of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil organic carbon density (SOCD) is a key indicator for evaluating the stability of soil carbon pools, especially in alpine ecosystems that are sensitive to climate change. However, research on the response of SOCD to different aridity gradients is still limited. Therefore, we conducted extensive sampling along different aridity gradients of
Qiao Cui, Zongxing Li, Xufeng Wang, Juan Gui, Baijuan Zhang, Yunying Wang   +5 more
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