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Effects of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Microbial Biomass: A Meta-Analysis
AgricultureMost studies about the effects of N addition on soil microbial biomass evaluate soil microbial and physicochemical characteristics using single-test methods, and these studies have not been integrated and analyzed to comprehensively assess the impact of ...
Chen He, Yunze Ruan, Zhongjun Jia
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Fire severity influences the response of soil microbes to a boreal forest fire
Environmental Research Letters, 2016 Wildfire activity is projected to increase in boreal forests as a result of climate warming. The consequences of increased wildfire activity for soil carbon (C) storage in boreal forests may depend on the sensitivity of soil microbes to fire severity ...
Sandra R Holden +3 more
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Soil bacterial taxonomic diversity is critical to maintaining the plant productivity
Environment International, 2020 Soil microbial communities play a central role in driving multiple ecosystem functions and ecological processes that are key to maintaining the plant productivity. However, we lack sound evidence for the linkage between soil microbial diversity and plant
Qing-Lin Chen +4 more
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Measurement of microbial biomass phosphorus in soil
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 1982 A method for measuring the amount of P held in soil micro-organisms (biomass P) is described and the assumptions on which it is based are discussed. Biomass P is calculated from the difference between the amount of inorganic P (Pi) extracted by 0.5 (Spm) NaHCO3 (pH 8.5) from fresh soil fumigated with CHCl3 and the amount extracted from unfumigated soil.
Brookes, P. C. +2 more
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The stoichiometry of soil microbial biomass determines metabolic quotient of nitrogen mineralization
Environmental Research Letters, 2020 Soil nitrogen (N) mineralization is crucial for the sustainability of available soil N and hence ecosystem productivity and functioning. Metabolic quotient of N mineralization ( Q _min ), which is defined as net soil N mineralization per unit of soil ...
Zhaolei Li +11 more
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Biofertilizers on soil microbial biomass and activity
Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias - Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2014 The use of biofertilizers may improve soil microbial properties.
A.S.F. Araújo +3 more
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The MicrobeThe change in soil microbial biomass and stoichiometry in different land uses of Northeast India were assessed by using the fumigation extraction method.
N. Bijayalaxmi Devi +3 more
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Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 2019 Core Ideas The effect of cover crops on soil microbes and biogeochemistry was examined. Cover crops increase microbial biomass and bioavailable soil carbon. Increasing cover crop biomass amplifies belowground effects.
Michael S. Strickland +6 more
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Cover crop and tillage effects on soil microbial communities in a corn cropping system
Agrosystems, Geosciences & EnvironmentSoil microbial communities have numerous soil ecological and physiological functions. However, knowledge is lacking on the interaction effects of no‐till and cover crops (CC) practices on these soil health indicators.
S. S. Mendis +5 more
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PlantsPlant secondary succession has been explored extensively in restoring degraded grasslands in semiarid or dry environments. However, the dynamics of soil microbial communities and their interactions with plant succession following restoration efforts ...
Chenglong Han +6 more
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