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Mycorrhizas and soil structure [PDF]
New Phytologist, 2006 SummaryIn addition to their well‐recognized roles in plant nutrition and communities, mycorrhizas can influence the key ecosystem process of soil aggregation. Here we review the contribution of mycorrhizas, mostly focused on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), to soil structure at various hierarchical levels: plant community; individual root; and the ...
Matthias Rillig
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Soil structure is an important omission in Earth System Models. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2020 Most soil hydraulic information used in Earth System Models (ESMs) is derived from pedo-transfer functions that use easy-to-measure soil attributes to estimate hydraulic parameters.
Fatichi S +9 more
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A framework for modelling soil structure dynamics induced by biological activity. [PDF]
Glob Chang Biol, 2020 Soil degradation is a worsening global phenomenon driven by socio‐economic pressures, poor land management practices and climate change. A deterioration of soil structure at timescales ranging from seconds to centuries is implicated in most forms of soil
Meurer K +16 more
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Natural and managed soil structure: On the fragile scaffolding for soil functioning
Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 Soil structure in natural systems is a product of complex interactions between biological activity, climate and soil minerals that promote aggregation and accumulation of biopores.
William Schlesinger +2 more
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Effects of soil structure complexity to root growth of plants with contrasting root architecture
Soil and Tillage ResearchSoil structure has a huge impact on plant root ...
Licida M Giuliani +2 more
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A Review of Geophysical Methods for Soil Structure Characterization
Reviews of Geophysics, 2018 The growing interest in the maintenance of favorable soil structure is largely motivated by its central role in plant growth, soil ecological functioning, and impacts on surface water and energy fluxes.
Dani Or +2 more
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Dual nature of soil structure: The unity of aggregates and pores
Geoderma, 2023 Yakov Kuzyakov, Anna Yudina
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Deep roots and soil structure. [PDF]
Plant Cell Environ, 2016 In this opinion article we examine the relationship between penetrometer resistance and soil depth in the field. Assuming that root growth is inhibited at penetrometer resistances > 2.5 MPa, we conclude that in most circumstances the increases in penetrometer resistance with depth are sufficiently great to confine most deep roots to elongating in ...
Gao W +12 more
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Géotechnique, 2022 Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction can generate excessive damage to building structures due to significant reduction in soil effective stress. With increasing urbanisation and population growth, the performance of closely spaced buildings, such as those in towns and cities, is of greater concern where structure–soil–structure interaction (SSSI) may ...
Qi, S, Knappett, JA
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The impact of freeze-thaw-cycles on soil structure and soil hydraulic properties
The Soil, 2021 The ploughing of soils drastically alters soil structure and at the same time reduces its stability against external stresses. A fragmentation of these artificially produced soil clods during winter time is often observed in areas with air temperatures ...
Frederic Leuther, S. Schlüter
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