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Effects of soil conditioners on vineyard saline soil physicochemical properties and bacterial community in arid areas Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 Doudou Chang, Haoli Zhang, Zhifeng Zhu, Dashuang Hong, Hua Fan, Wenli Cui, Kaiyong Wang, Yantao Liu
Soil salinization adversely affects soil quality and ecosystem. Many researches have tried to ameliorate saline soils by soil conditioners. However, little is known about the differences in the responses of soil bacterial communities to natural and artificial conditioners applied to saline soils. Therefore, in this study, the effects of natural humic acid (IK), synthetic polymer (IP), and composite
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Soil contamination in arid environments and assessment of remediation applying surface evaporation capacitor model; a case study from the Judean Desert, Israel Soil (IF 6.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Rotem Golan, Ittai Gavrieli, Roee Katzir, Galit Sharabi, Uri Nachshon
Abstract. Many of the globe arid areas are exposed to severe soil contamination events, due to the presence of highly pollutant industries in these regions. In this work a case study from the Ashalim basin, at the Judean desert, Israel was used to examine the nature of solutes and contaminants transport in sandy terraces of an ephemeral stream that was exposed to a severe pollution event. In order
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Biochar reduces early-stage mineralization rates of plant residues more in coarse than fine-texture soils – an artificial soil approach Soil (IF 6.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Thiago M. Inagaki, Simon Weldon, Franziska B. Bucka, Eva Farkas, Daniel P. Rasse
Abstract. Quantifying the impact of biochar on carbon persistence across soil textures is complex, owing to the variability in soil conditions. Using artificial soils with precise textural and mineral composition, we could disentangle the effects of biochar from the effects of soil particle size. We can show that biochar application significantly reduces early-stage carbon mineralization rates of plant
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Changes in soil microbiota alter root exudation and rhizosphere pH of the gypsum endemic Ononis tridentata L. Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Laura de la Puente, Lola Echevarría, José M. Igual, Juan Pedro Ferrio, Sara Palacio
Background and aims Plants living on gypsum are adapted to uptake nutrients in extremely poor alkaline soils. Under such extreme conditions, processes affecting the chemical conditions of the rhizosphere may be crucial for plant survival and growth. Rhizosphere acidification in plants living on gypsum soils has never been reported before and the effect of root exudation and microbes on the rhizosphere
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Mitigating cadmium contamination in rice: insights from a large-scale meta-analysis of amendment effects Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Yining Ge, Xin Huang, Lingli Lu
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Effect of intercropping maize and sunn hemp at different times and stand densities on soil properties and crop yield under in-field rainwater harvesting (IRWH) tillage in semi-arid South Africa Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Admire R. Dzvene, Isaac Gura, Weldemichael Tesfuhuney, Sue Walker, Gert Ceronio
Background Evidence suggests that manipulating intercropping timing and stand density within intercropping systems could enhance crop yields. However, our current understanding of the effects of intercropping a cover crop on soil chemical properties and moisture still needs to be improved. This study investigates the effects of intercropping sunn hemp with maize at different timings and stand densities
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Examining litter and soil characteristics impact on decomposer communities, detritivores and carbon accumulation in the Mediterranean area Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Lucia Santorufo, Speranza C. Panico, Armando Zarrelli, Anna De Marco, Giorgia Santini, Valeria Memoli, Giulia Maisto
Background and aim Litter and soil characteristics influence the abundance and activities of decomposers and detritivores, thereby affecting C accumulation. The relationship between the chemical composition of soil organic matter and soil organisms is still unclear. The study aims to investigate how the quality and quantity of litter and soil organic matter influence C accumulation and the relationships
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Observations of root hair patterning in soils: Insights from synchrotron-based X-ray computed microtomography Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Patrick Duddek, Andreas Papritz, Mutez Ali Ahmed, Goran Lovric, Andrea Carminati
Background And Aims Root hair emergence is affected by heterogeneities in water availability in the growth medium. Root hairs preferentially emerge into air, whereas their emergence into water is inhibited. Yet, these results were based either on destructive methods or on roots grown on an agar-air interface. Additionally, there is a lack of knowledge about the spatial distribution of root hairs as
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Ecological strategies of soil microbes along climatic gradients: contrasting patterns in grassland and forest ecosystems Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Ning Dang, Hui Wu, Heyong Liu, Ruiao Ma, Cong Wang, Li Xu, Zhengwen Wang, Yong Jiang, Hui Li
Background and aims The forest–grassland transect in the Greater Khingan Mountains, located in the southern edge of the permafrost region in Eurasia, is more vulnerable to climatic changes than other terrestrial ecosystems. The impacts of climate-induced vegetation conversion on soil microbial ecological strategies are still under debate, and the underlying mechanisms are not known. Methods Soil microbial
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Unraveling the influence of litter identity, diversity and rhizodeposition on nematode communities Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Jinhua Liu, Feng Li, Tao Tian, Haifeng Xiao
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Reduced belowground allocation of freshly assimilated C contributes to negative plant-soil feedback in successive winter wheat rotations Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Nikolaos Kaloterakis, Sirgit Kummer, Samuel Le Gall, Youri Rothfuss, Rüdiger Reichel, Nicolas Brüggemann
Aims Successive winter wheat (WW) rotations are associated with yield reduction, often attributed to the unfavorable soil microbes that persist in the soil through plant residues. How rotational positions of WW affect the allocation of freshly assimilated carbon (C), an energy source for soil microbes, above and belowground remains largely unknown. Methods A 13CO2 pulse labeling rhizotron experiment
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Sugarcane rhizosphere microbiota: exploring diversity across varied topographies and growth environments Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Bin Wang, Xihui Liu, Yanhua Qi, Zhongliang Chen, Yongguan Zhu, Yuezhu Wang, Huajun Zheng, Wenxia Fang
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Allocation, morphology, physiology: multiple aspects of above- and below-ground responses to water table stress, duration of drainage in alpine wetland plants (Carex muliensis) Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Xiangtao Wang, Jun Yang, Yang Gao, Junqin Li, Yuting Yang, Puchang Wang
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Responses of soil nutrients and microbial communities to the application of spent mushroom substrates Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Ludan Chen, Yuhai Bao, Wei Zhou, Xiubin He, Liangji Deng
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Negative conspecific plant-soil feedback on alien plants co-growing with natives is partly mitigated by another alien Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Duo Chen, Mark van Kleunen
Background and aims Naturalized alien and native plants can impact each other directly when they grow next to each other, but also indirectly through their soil legacies. These alien-native interactions can also be modified by the presence of a third alien or native species. However, it is unknown how the performance of co-growing alien and native species is affected by their soil legacies and by the
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Contrasting stocks and origins of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic carbon in a mangrove-salt marsh ecotone Geoderma (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Prakhin Assavapanuvat, Joshua L. Breithaupt, Kevin M. Engelbert, Christian Schröder, Joseph M. Smoak, Thomas S. Bianchi
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Spatial variation characteristics and influencing factors of sediment connectivity in the black soil region of northeast China Geoderma (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Wang Jia-nan, Fan Hao-ming, Jia Yan-feng
Connectivity has become an important indicator of the sediment transfer potential through sediment sources to catchment sinks. Connectivity plays a vital role in investigating the rate of soil erosion caused by runoff and sediment output across the watershed landscape. However, there have been few quantitative studies on the spatial variations in sediment connectivity in the black soil region of Northeast
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Regulation of soil organic carbon dynamics by microbial communities during reforestation of Chinese fir plantations after clear‐cutting Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Ying Wang, Liang Chen, Wenhua Xiang, Xiulan Zhang, Yan Ren, Zhiming Guo, Anna Gunina
Reforestation after forest clear‐cutting is an effective measure to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration; still, the soil C balance under reforestation and the role of microbial communities in that process remain to be determined. Samples of organic (0–2 cm) and mineral (2–10 cm) horizons were collected from the 7‐, 15‐, 20‐, 29‐, and 36‐year‐old forest stands of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia
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Responses of soil aggregation and aggregate‐associated nitrogen to straw return in China: Evidence from a meta‐analysis and a pot experiment Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Sainan Geng, Lantao Li, Yuhong Miao, Duo Zhang, Qirui Yang, Yilun Wang
Enhancing soil structure and soil nitrogen availability is the key to sustainable agricultural development in global cropping systems. Straw return can affect soil aggregation, but the results of recent studies on the influence of straw return on soil aggregation are not consistent, and the distribution and availability of straw‐derived nitrogen in soils are still unclear. Here, a meta‐analysis of
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Urbanization intensifies the imbalance between human development and biodiversity conservation: Insights from the coupling analysis of human activities and habitat quality Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Le Li, Na Wang, Zezhou Hao, Bing Sun, Bingtao Gao, Mengmeng Gou, Peng Wang, Nancai Pei
Intensified human activities have been seriously threatening the structure and ecological processes of ecosystems, resulting in habitat degradation. Therefore, coordinating the coupling between human activities and habitat quality (HQ) is crucial for high‐quality sustainable regional development and human well‐being. This study evaluated the human activities and HQ in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) urban
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Influencing factors on regeneration and seedling survival prediction in Larix principis‐rupprechtii plantations in northern China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Xi Wei, Wenjun Liang
The natural regeneration of forest ecosystems is crucial for their sustainability, but uncertainties have impeded the regeneration of some tree species. Identifying influencing factors and effective strategies to enhance seedling survival and growth is essential. We investigated factors affecting the natural regeneration of Larix principis‐rupprechtii and provided insights into seedling survival and
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Shifts in controls and abundance of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter fractions among subfield yield stability zones Soil (IF 6.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Sam J. Leuthold, Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Bruno Basso, William F. Brinton, M. Francesca Cotrufo
Abstract. Spatiotemporal yield heterogeneity presents a significant challenge to agricultural sustainability efforts and can strain the economic viability of farming operations. Increasing soil organic matter (SOM) has been associated with increased crop productivity, as well as the mitigation of yield variability across time and space. Observations at the regional scale have indicated decreases in
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A strategy to enhance soil quality and soil organic carbon stock in abandoned lands: Pasture regeneration through shrub clearing Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Melani Cortijos‐López, Pedro Sánchez‐Navarrete, Inés de la Parra‐Muñoz, Teodoro Lasanta, Estela Nadal‐Romero
Farmland abandonment in Mediterranean mid‐mountain areas can lead to the degradation or recovery of soil properties. Typically, after abandonment, fields are covered with shrubs, which hinders livestock grazing and constitutes high wildfire risk. To avoid these negative effects, shrubs are cleared in selected areas. The main objective of this study is to evaluate whether shrub clearing can improve
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Available nitrogen and enzyme activity in rhizosphere soil dominate the changes in fine-root nutrient foraging strategies during plantation development Geoderma (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Qianbin Cao, Yunchao Zhou, Yunxing Bai, Zhengui Han
The variation in fine-root traits in response to soil resources (i.e., fine-root nutrient foraging strategy) is critical for plants to adapt to environmental changes and even win in intra- or interspecific resource competition. However, the patterns and driving mechanisms that change in fine-root traits and nutrient foraging strategies during the development of plantations remain unclear. We analyzed
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Effects of climate and soil properties on growth of Pinus pinea young plantations Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Verónica Loewe-Muñoz, Claudia Bonomelli, Rodrigo del Río, Claudia Delard, Mónica Balzarini
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Century-long recovery of mycorrhizal interactions in European beech forests after mining Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Asun Rodríguez-Uña, Isabel Salcedo, Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría, David Moreno-Mateos
Background and aims Ecological restoration strategies are emerging globally to counteract biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. However, restored ecosystems may not reach undisturbed biodiversity and functionality. One reason of this limited success may be a focus on short-term recovery of diversity, composition, or isolated functions. These simplified metrics may underestimate the real time
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Shrub alters the spatial patterns of nematode taxonomic and functional diversity on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Anning Zhang, Jingwei Chen, Hanwen Cui, Jiajia Wang, Shuyan Chen, Haining Gao, Xiaoxuan Jiang, Sa Xiao, Lizhe An, Pierre Legendre
Background and aims Shrub effect with climate change is known to alter alpha diversity of organism groups at the taxonomic level, but how it influences the beta diversity of soil organisms, particularly functional level, remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the abundant nematode fauna to assess the shrub effects on alpha and beta diversity at both taxonomic and functional level in sites
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Dynamic mechanism of check dams on evolution of river corridors based on UAV telemetry combined with numerical simulations Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Shixuan Zhou, Peng Li, Yangfan Feng, Jiajia Guo
Check dams are a critical soil and water conservation engineering measure in gullies that significantly influence erosion, transportation, and sediment accumulation. Check dams help reduce erosion in the upstream area, ignoring the off‐site erosion reduction capacity due to erosion dynamics, and it also alters the morphology of gullies. The morphology of the gully cross‐section from the head to the
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Carbon balance and emissions of methane and nitrous oxide during four years of moderate rewetting of a cultivated peat soil site Soil (IF 6.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Kristiina Lång, Henri Honkanen, Jaakko Heikkinen, Sanna Saarnio, Tuula Larmola, Hanna Kekkonen
Abstract. We experimented a gradual water table rise at a highly degraded agricultural peat soil site with plots of willow, forage and mixed vegetation (set-aside) in southern Finland. We measured the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) for four years. The mean annual ground water table depth was about 80, 40, 40 and 30 cm in 2019–2022, respectively. The results
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Nitrogen deposition enhances accumulation of microbial and plant-derived carbon in forest soils: a global meta-analysis Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Chenying Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Meng Zhang, Zichen Han, Yun Xia, Pingping Lian, Liuming Yang, Kai Yue, Yuexin Fan
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Pasture productivity benefits from strategic urease and nitrification inhibitor use are limited in rainfed temperate dairy pastures of southern Australia Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 O Belyaeva, G Ward, T Wijesinghe, D Chen, H Suter
Introduction Urea is the most commonly used nitrogen (N) fertiliser on Australian dairy pastures, but has low N use efficiency due to high loss potential. Urease and nitrification inhibitors can be used to reduce these losses, however, their efficacy is highly variable and the reported impacts on productivity are inconsistent, with assessments often made using a single inhibitor across all seasons
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Effects of dissolved organic matter on soil aggregate dynamics using rare earth oxides as tracers in A Japanese Andisol Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Yike Wang, Maki Asano, Yuanyuan Huang, Kenji Tamura, Geer Teni, Weifan Gong, Qi Jiang
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Studying tomato brown rugose fruit virus longevity in soil and virion susceptibility to pH treatments helped improve virus control by soil disinfection Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Ori Molad, Elisheva Smith, Neta Luria, Elena Bakelman, Oded Lachman, Meital Reches, Aviv Dombrovsky
Background and aims Tobamoviruses are highly stable soil-borne pathogens posing a challenge to a monoculture practice. Biochemical and physical properties of tobamovirus virions were studied by analyses of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). Little is known about tomato brown rugose fruit tobamovirus (ToBRFV) regarding longevity in soil and virion stability. Our aims were to determine ToBRFV longevity in
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Response of soil microorganisms to soil fertility in the process of vegetation rehabilitation of degraded Pinus massoniana forest Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Xiaopeng Wang, He Wang, Man Zhou, Zuopin Zhuo, Gengen Lin, Yue Zhang, Fangshi Jiang, Yanhe Huang, Jinshi Lin
The rehabilitation of diverse and three‐dimensional forest vegetation patterns is crucial for preventing forest degradation and improving soil fertility. However, the relationship between soil microbial community and soil fertility was not clear. To accurately assess the capability of vegetation restoration measures on the real impact on degraded soil ecosystems. We selected three vegetation rehabilitation
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Biodiversity prospecting for phytoremediation programs intended for utilizing polluted lands and obtaining bioeconomy Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Vimal Chandra Pandey, Garima Malik, Madhumita Roy, Abhishek K. Srivastava, Sudhir K. Upadhyay
Land degradation and soil contamination have become global problem due to irresponsible anthropogenic activities and the overutilization of natural resources by humans. Land degradation and contamination due to toxic heavy metals have adversely impacted not only crop productivity but also the overall environmental health of our planet. Mitigation and management of polluted land are urgently required
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Effectiveness of physical soil and water conservation measures under simulated and observed dataset in Ethiopia: Meta‐analysis Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Tilahun Getachew Abebe, Fikrey Tesfay, Tesfaye Mebrate Lemma, Yitea Seneshaw Getahun
To combat land degradation through conserving soil and water resources, Ethiopia has undergone vigorous implementation of soil and water conservation (SWC) measures, predominantly physical structures. To evaluate the effectiveness of these implemented structures, various researches have been conducted through using both measured and simulated approaches. This study was initiated to analyze the reliability
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Microorganisms facilitated the saline‐alkali soil remediation by biochar: Soil properties, microbial communities, and plant responses Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Zichen Huang, Fangyuan Bian, Zhigao Wang, Jinru Zhu, Xiaoping Zhang, Jue Wang, Xu Gai, Zheke Zhong
Saline‐alkali soil degradation is a significant environmental problem with a negative impact on sustainable agroforestry development. Therefore, efficient remediation methods are urgently required. A potential solution to this problem is using biochar produced from bamboo waste and inoculated with plant growth‐promoting microbes as cleaner production materials for saline‐alkali soil. The present study
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Phosphorus sorption–desorption changes phosphorus fraction dynamic in a desert revegetation chronosequence Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Chengyi Li, Mingzhu He, Chunming Xin, Zhaohui Zhang
Understanding the characteristics of soil phosphorus (P) sorption and desorption is essential for comprehending P biogeochemical cycling and effectively managing ecosystems in a desert revegetation chronosequence. The present study utilized the Freundlich model and enzymatic activity to characterize the features of P sorption–desorption, and microbial activity, which aims to elucidate the effect of
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Microbial communities overwhelm environmental controls in explaining nitrous oxide emission in acidic soils Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Shengwen Xu, Yongxiang Yu, Haoxin Fan, Nataliya Bilyera, Xiangtian Meng, Jiantao Xue, Zhong Lu, Zhihan Yang, Stephen J. Chapman, Fuyun Gao, Wenyan Han, Yaying Li, Ningguo Zheng, Huaiying Yao, Yakov Kuzyakov
Intensively fertilized acidic soils are global hotspots of nitrous oxide (NO) emissions, contributing to net agronomic greenhouse gas outcomes. Identifying the key drivers of soil NO emissions is hampered by the synergistic or antagonistic effects of multiple factors. Within a framework based on the predominant role of microbial communities producing NO, the NO emissions are affected either by proximal
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A global meta-analysis reveals the positive effect of invasive alien plants on soil heterotrophic respiration Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Sheng-Qi Fan, Shao-Lin Peng, Bao-Ming Chen
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Effect of different headcut heights on the process of headcut erosion and sediment production in the granite hilly area of South China Geoderma (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Dalan Liao, Zhe Lin, Ling He, Qiuyue Tang, Xiaoqian Duan, Yusong Deng
Granite hilly areas are among the most ecologically fragile zones in China, and are susceptible to backward erosion under conditions of prolonged heavy rainfall and steep slopes. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics governing sediment generation and energy dissipation during gully headcut erosion in hilly granite areas remain unclear. In this study, through a field in situ scouring test, we investigated
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Patterns and controlling factors of decomposition in distal shoot systems by branch order across 10 temperate tree species Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Weiping Gu, Björn Berg, Lili Dong, Fengjian Yang, Tao Sun
Background and aims Plant litter decomposition is a crucial pathway of the global carbon (C) cycle, and controls the net primary productivity in terrestrial ecosystems. Our understanding of litter decomposition is primarily based on decay patterns observed for leaf litter tissues. The distal shoot systems (leaves and the first few orders of twigs) vary vastly in function and tissue chemistry and both
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Pilot study assessing effects of selected soil factors on the accumulation of hesperidin, nobiletin and tangeretin in pericarps of Citrus reticulata ‘Chachi’ Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Ruifei Ma, Zhongming Xu, Lili Ming, Fuliang Weng, Zhanming Tang, Xiaoshuang Liu, Yanyan Miao, Yinghua Zheng, Chao Chen, Wensheng Zhang
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Litter quality controls the earthworm microbiome in cropping fields Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Yao-Qin Sun, Dong Zhu, Yupeng Wu, Jun Liu, Peng Cai, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Background and aims Agriculture is using litter inputs (such as straw) as an alternative to inorganic fertilization; however, little is known about how these inputs can alter the microbiome of our soils. Earthworms are major ecosystem engineers and play a critical role in decomposing litter in terrestrial ecosystems, assisted by their gut microbiomes. However, very little is known about how litter
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Detritivores maintain stoichiometric homeostasis, but alter body size and population density in response to altitude induced stoichiometric mismatches Geoderma (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Peng Zhang, Zheng Zhou, Weixin Liu, Donghui Wu, Stefan Scheu
Maintaining a balance between growth needs and available food resources is critical to the development of any organism. Ecological stoichiometry provides a theoretical basis for studying stoichiometric mismatches between organisms and their food resources. Recent studies have shown that detritivore taxa occupying different multidimensional stoichiometric niches (MSNs) exhibit different stoichiometric
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National-scale mapping of soil-thickness probability in hilly and mountainous areas of Japan using legacy and modern soil survey Geoderma (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Naoyuki Yamashita, Yasuhiro Ohnuki, Junko Iwahashi, Akihiro Imaya
Soil thickness is a crucial parameter for local, regional and globalscale assessments, including those related to carbon cycles, water retention capacity, and landslide risk in the context of biogeochemical, soil physical, and slope stability models. This study had two primary objectives: 1) to predict maps depicting the probability of the A-horizon thickness exceeding 15 cm (AT15) and the A and B-horizon
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How will permafrost carbon respond to future climate change? A new assessment for future thaw trends of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau Geoderma (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Tongqing Shen, Zhongbo Yu, Dawei Zhang, Qin Ju, Xuegao Chen, Hui Lin, Ting Nie, Qin Wang, Xinrong Si, Peng Jiang
Permafrost degradation on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is anticipated to result in the thaw of permafrost carbon. Existing studies have been conducted to assess the future thaw of frozen carbon on the TP, primarily focusing on the deepening of the active layer while neglecting the impact of permafrost area shrinkage. This oversight may lead to a significant underestimation of the potential thaw of frozen
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Soil compaction due to agricultural machinery impact: A systematic review Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Boxiang Zhang, Yanfeng Jia, Haoming Fan, Chengjiu Guo, Juan Fu, Shuang Li, Mengyuan Li, Bo Liu, Renming Ma
Soil compaction is generally viewed as one of the most serious soil degradation problems and a determining factor in crop productivity worldwide. It is imperative to understand the processes involved in soil compaction to meet the future global challenges of food security. In this work, we used co‐occurring keyword analysis to summarize 3491 papers on soil compaction over the past 40 years, elaborating
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A spatially explicit framework for assessing ecosystem service supply risk under multiple land‐use scenarios in the Xi'an Metropolitan Area of China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Lixian Peng, Liwei Zhang, Xupu Li, Wudong Zhao, Yu Liu, Zhuangzhuang Wang, Hao Wang, Lei Jiao
Rapid global urbanization has perturbed ecosystem structures and functions, resulting in ecological risk and threatening sustainable human well‐being and socioeconomic development. However, scientific indicators to analyze ecosystem service (ES) risk patterns need to be explored in detail. In addition, studies on ES supply risk are stagnating on historical or status explorations, especially from the
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Soil cover shapes organic matter pools and microbial communities in soils of maritime Antarctica Geoderma (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Victoria Martin, Hannes Schmidt, Alberto Canarni, Marianne Koranda, Bela Hausmann, Carsten W. Müller, Andreas Richter
Bryophytes and biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are the two major biological soil cover types of maritime Antarctica and play a crucial role for key ecosystem functions in the barely vegetated and little developed soils. Besides their profound impacts on nutrient cycling, they also provide habitats and activity hotspots for unique soil microbial communities. Yet, the effects of biological soil cover
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Different assembly mechanisms between prokaryotic and fungal communities in grassland plants and soil Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Chi Liu, Na Li, Min Xiao, Xiangzhen Li, Minjie Yao
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Nano‐water treatment residuals: Enhancing phosphorus kinetics and optimization in saline soils Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Mahmoud EL‐Sharkawy, Mahmoud Sleem, Daolin Du, Ahmed El Baroudy, Jian Li, Esawy Mahmoud, Nehal Ali
Phosphorus (P) use in agriculture has witnessed a global increase, leading to significant environmental problems. Nevertheless, the understanding of P kinetics in saline soils amended with nano‐water treatment residuals (nWTR) remains limited. This study aimed to (1) Investigate the impact of different nWTR addition rates (0%, 0.10%, 0.20%, and 0.50%) on the adsorption‐desorption kinetics of P applied
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Spatial–temporal evolution and driving factors of ecosystem services trade‐offs and synergies in karst areas from a geospatial perspective Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Shaodong Qu, Yuan Jiang, Jiangbo Gao, Qian Cao, Lunche Wang, Yibo Zhang, Fengxian Huang
Nowadays, studies of ecosystem services (ESs) trade‐offs and synergies in karst areas are limited to a single region. In particular, the quantification of the nature and intensity of the relationships between ESs in continuous karst distribution areas (CKDAs) and non‐karst areas (NKAs), and a full understanding of the drivers behind this change remains a challenge. In this study, the province of Guizhou
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Comprehensive assessment of rocky desertification treatment in Southwest China karst Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Jingyi Chang, Qian Li, Lu Zhai, Chujie Liao, Xiangkun Qi, Ying Zhang, Kelin Wang
Rocky desertification is a prominent ecological issue in Southwest China's karst region, ranking among the nation's three primary ecological challenges alongside soil erosion and desertification. The government initiated the Rocky Desertification Treatment Program in 2008, lacking a comprehensive evaluation of its benefits. This study evaluates the program's impact on ecosystem services over the last
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In‐field soil spectroscopy in Vis–NIR range for fast and reliable soil analysis: A review Eur. J. Soil Sci. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Chiara Piccini, Konrad Metzger, Guillaume Debaene, Bo Stenberg, Sophia Götzinger, Luboš Borůvka, Taru Sandén, Luca Bragazza, Frank Liebisch
In‐field soil spectroscopy represents a promising opportunity for fast soil analysis, allowing the prediction of several soil properties from one spectral reading representing one soil sample. This facilitates data acquisition from large amounts of samples through its rapidity and the absence of required chemical processing. This is of particular interest in agriculture, where the chance to retrieve
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Release, availability and geochemical interaction of Fe in soil after long‐term integrated nutrient management in wheat Eur. J. Soil Sci. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Diksha Saroha, Narender Yadav, Dev Raj, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Anil Duhan, Rohtas Kumar
Wheat contributes to about one‐fifth of the total calories and protein consumption by humans but is found lower in total iron (Fe) concentration than the targeted nutritional requirement, leading to increasing cases of anaemia and malnutrition in humans, especially in the developing countries. Therefore, it is the need of the hour to understand the dynamics of Fe in soil and its supply in relation
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Different phosphorus preferences among arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees in a subtropical forest Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Minxia Liang, Xinyi Zhang, Juanjuan Zhang, Xubing Liu
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Carbon sequestration potential in hedgerow soils: Results from 23 sites in Germany Geoderma (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Sophie Drexler, Axel Don
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Higher resistance of larch-broadleaf mixed forests than larch forests against soil acidification under experimental nitrogen addition Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Meixia Gao, Guigang Lin, Feifei Zhu, Zhou Wu, Per Gundersen, De-Hui Zeng, Erik A. Hobbie, Weixing Zhu, Yunting Fang
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Alkaline pretreatment enhances the silicon release efficiency of silicon-rich biochar Plant Soil (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Duoji Wu, Zongqiang Wei, Weiqi Yuan, Lijia Xia, Zuwu Hu, Jianfu Wu
Background and aims Silicon (Si)-accumulating plants alleviate the problem of low soil Si availability due to high weathering by absorbing labile Si from soil phytoliths. However, high Si contents do not indicate high Si release. It is necessary and important to investigate the efficient Si release from Si-accumulating plant residues. Methods Rice husk and bamboo leaves were prepared and transformed