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Effects of disturbance to moss biocrusts on soil nutrients, enzyme activities, and microbial communities in degraded karst landscapes in southwest China

, 2021
Biocrusts are ecosystem engineers providing vital functions and services on the Earth's land surface, while biocrust ecology in degraded karst landscapes has not yet been well understood.
Cai-Fang Cheng, G. Min, Yuandong Zhang, Mingzhong Long, Yunjie Wu, Liang Xiaona   +5 more
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Biochar and alternate wetting-drying cycles improving rhizosphere soil nutrients availability and tobacco growth by altering root growth strategy in Ferralsol and Anthrosol.

Science of the Total Environment, 2021
Biochar has been advocated as a sustainable and eco-friendly practice to improve soil fertility and crop productivity which could aid in the mitigation of climate change.
Xuezhi Liu, Yingying Ma, K. Manevski, M. Andersen, Yue Li, Zhenhua Wei, Fulai Liu   +6 more
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Determination of soil nutrients (NPK) using optical methods: a mini review

, 2021
In the present situation, plants have to meet the food supply demand for a large and increasing population. In order to get high yield, it is essential for the plantations to be nourished with soil containing an appropriate amount of nutrients like ...
Revati P. Potdar, M. Shirolkar, A. Verma, P. More, A. Kulkarni   +4 more
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Soil nutrients concentration along altitudinal gradients in Indian Western Himalaya

, 2021
Altitude is a determining factor of vegetation composition, ecosystem properties and processes, and availability of soil nutrients. Present study examined soil nutrients at two depths i.e. 0–15 cm and 15–30 cm along altitudinal gradients (1800–4000 m asl)
Pushpa Kewlani, V. Negi, I. Bhatt, R. Rawal, S. Nandi   +4 more
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Recognizing the role of plant species composition in the modification of soil nutrients and water in rubber agroforestry systems.

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
Reliable guidance for crop selection and related management to achieve sustainable soil resource use in rubber agroforestry systems is limited. One important reason for this limited guidance is that our understanding of the effects of different plant ...
Junen Wu, Huanhuan Zeng, Fan Zhao, Chunfeng Chen, Wenjie Liu, Bin Yang, Wanjun Zhang   +6 more
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Changes in vegetation parameters and soil nutrients along degradation and recovery successions on alpine grasslands of the Tibetan plateau

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2019
Understanding the changes in vegetation parameters and soil nutrients in the different stages of grasslands degradation and recovery is crucial for assessing and restoring degraded grasslands.
N. Guo, A. Degen, Bin Deng, Fuyu Shi, Yanfu Bai, Tao Zhang, R. Long, Z. Shang   +7 more
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Impacts of the Three-North shelter forest program on the main soil nutrients in Northern Shaanxi China: A meta-analysis

, 2020
Vegetation restoration in arid and semi-arid areas plays an extremely important role in improving the ecological environment and preventing soil erosion.
Han Gao, Yimei Huang
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Effects of terrestrial isopods on soil nutrients during litter decomposition

, 2020
Soil fauna are important biological factors that affect litter decomposition and play an important role in the release of nutrients, such as carbon and nitrogen. This study focused on the role of soil fauna in litter decomposition.
Xi Yang, M. Shao, Tongchuan Li
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Effects of vegetation restoration on soil nutrients, plant diversity, and its spatiotemporal heterogeneity in a desert–oasis ecotone

Land Degradation and Development, 2020
Vegetation restoration has been proposed as an effective measure for rehabilitating degraded land and slowing desertification in arid regions. However, the spatial variation in soil quality and plant diversity following vegetation restoration remains ...
Chunyan Wu, Lei Deng, Chunbo Huang, Yongfu Chen, C. Peng   +4 more
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Hydrological connectivity improves soil nutrients and root architecture at the soil profile scale in a wetland ecosystem.

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
Hydrological connectivity is an essential driver of the stability, structure, and function of wetland ecosystems. Small-scale hydrological connectivity restricts large-scale hydrological cycle processes.
Yanan Wu, Ying-hu Zhang, L. Dai, Lumeng Xie, Shiqiang Zhao, Y. Liu, Zhenming Zhang   +6 more
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