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Root and leaf litter diversity below‐ground shape soil carbon stabilization and priming through altered decomposition dynamics

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Root and leaf turnover is a major contributor to soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics and storage. However, while roots of multiple species occur in soils, and leaves are often incorporated to soil by bioturbation processes, it remains unknown how litter mixing in soils ...
Raoul Huys, Vincent Poirier, Grégoire T. Freschet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-Term Effects of Plastic Mulch in a Sandy Loam Soil Used to Cultivate Blueberry in Southern Portugal

Pollutants
Numerous plastic products are used in agriculture, including containers, packaging, tunnels, drip irrigation tubing, and mulches. Large amounts of plastics are used as mulches on the soil surface for vegetable and fruit production (tomato, cucumber ...
Filipe Pedra, Maria L. Inácio, Paula Fareleira, Pedro Oliveira, Pablo Pereira, Corina Carranca   +5 more
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Dynamic rhizosphere C:N:P stoichiometry of plants, soils and microbial biomass under different grazing patterns

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Analysing grassland ecological stoichiometry is crucial for evaluating ecosystem quality and health via energy flow and elemental equilibrium. Grazing is a dominant human activity shaping alpine grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), yet few studies have used ...
Mingxu Zhang, Jinpeng Hu, Bin Zhang, Xiaoxia Yang, Quanmin Dong, Jinlin Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amélioration de la croissance et des paramètres agronomiques du maïs (Zea mays L.) par des composts de déchets dans la carrière des calcaires de Sika-Kondji au Sud-Togo

Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires, 2017
Mineral resources exploitation is one of the main causes of soil degradation and pollution. Restoration of mines after exploitation is a priority of mining companies.
O.TOUNDOU, A. AGBOGAN, O. SIMALOU, K. TOZO, K.S.S. DOSSOU, A. BOKOBANA   +5 more
doaj  

Comprehensive Geochemical Evaluation and Influencing Factors of Topsoil Nutrients in a Farming Area of Dabie Mountain in Western Anhui, China

Yankuang ceshi
Western Anhui is an important precision agricultural area in China, characterized by diverse landforms and multiple soil types. To determine the spatial distribution of soil nutrient elements and their controlling factors, we analyzed 5 nutrient ...
Qiuyao DONG, Chao SONG, Haotian WEN, Jiao XIANG, Pan WANG, Mingjiang YAN   +5 more
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Plant functional groups and root traits are linked to exudation rates of mature temperate trees

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Root exudation affects soil biogeochemistry profoundly, yet it is rarely quantified in mature, field‐grown trees and its controls are poorly understood. We measured rates of carbon (C) exudation in 11 tree species that exhibit divergent root traits, including ...
Young E. Oh, Meghan G. Midgley, M. Luke McCormack, Katilyn V. Beidler, Marshall McCall, Savannah Henderson, Renato K. Braghiere, Richard P. Phillips   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pollution and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in the topsoils from mining site and agricultural areas around the Kuh-e-Marghavol barite mine, northwest of Mahabad [PDF]

علوم زمین خوارزمی
Barite mineralization and mining can be a significant source of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) pollution in soils due to the presence of sulfide minerals.
Hanieh Farhadi, Hossein Pirkharrati, Masoumeh Ahangari, Yousef Rahim souri   +3 more
doaj  

Topsoil Carbon concentration Great Britain

Topsoil carbon concentration for Great Britain.
Janes-Bassett, Victoria
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Ecosystem openness to nitrogen and phosphorus controlled by fertilisation, mowing and plant diversity in a grassland

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecosystem openness to nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is determined by the balance of N and P inputs (e.g. fertiliser) and outputs (biomass removal). Plant biodiversity enhances nutrient use efficiency due to species' complementary uptake driven by their variation in ...
Bahareh Bicharanloo, Milad Bagheri Shirvan, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Claudia Keitel, Feike A. Dijkstra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil legacy effects on a temperate tree species depend on the mycorrhizal types and phylogenetic distance of the conditioning trees

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Associations of trees with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi often shape distinct microbial communities in soils. Whether this distinction can create different soil legacies and to what extent such legacies are correlated to phylogenetic ...
Minggang Wang, Meilin Wang, Wei Xue, Hongwei Xu, Laiye Qu, T. Martijn Bezemer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source