Environmental factors regulate soil microbial attributes and their response to drought in rangeland ecosystems

S Toledo, VF Bondaruk, L Yahdjian, GR Oñatibia… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In ecosystems, soil microbial variables characterization are used to determine soil biological
health and the response of soils to environmental stress. Although there are strong …

Few functionally acquisitive big-sized trees restrict but soil nutrients promote soil organic carbon storage in temperate deciduous forests

MK Larsary, H Pourbabaei, A Salehi… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) storage plays a crucial role in mitigating global climate change
while maintaining forests and sustaining environmental conditions. Recent studies have …

Hyperspectral mixture models in the CHIME mission implementation for topsoil texture retrieval

E Valentini, A Taramelli, C Marinelli… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study is part of the requirements consolidation study for the European Copernicus
Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for Environment (CHIME). It explores the value added by …

Conservation of complementary habitat types and small-scale spatial heterogeneity enhance soil arthropod diversity

M Eckert, R Gaigher, JS Pryke, MJ Samways - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Humanity relies on soil fauna for important ecosystem services, as such our soils need
sustainable management to ensure long-term biotic viability. However, environmental …

Aridity thresholds of microbiome-soil function relationship along a climatic aridity gradient in alpine ecosystem

L Zhang, L Liao, FA Dijkstra, X Wang… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aridity is known to influence the structure and function of the soil microbiome and their
connection with ecosystem functions, however, whether aridity leads to gradual (or abrupt) …

Global self‐similar scaling of terrestrial carbon with aridity

J Yin, A Porporato - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
While it is well known that water availability controls vegetation growth and soil microbial
activity, how aridity affects ecosystem carbon patterns is not completely understood. Toward …

Rain gardens enhance the taxonomic richness but not the abundance of soil invertebrates in urban ecosystems

J Wang, L Guo, S Xu, Y Zhu, L Mao - Ecological Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural treatment systems such as rain gardens aim to overcome the negative effects of
urban stormwater, preventing harm to human population and infrastructure. Rain gardens …

Soil sample storage conditions affect measurements of pH, potassium, and nitrogen

M Sollen‐Norrlin… - Soil Science Society of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil quality monitoring schemes are a useful tool for assessing the potential of soils to
perform desired services such as agricultural productivity. When researchers or other …

Multi-Scale Altitudinal Patterns of Soil and Litter Invertebrate Communities in a Warm Temperate Deciduous Broadleaf Forest

Z Ding, G Xu, Y Zhang, S Zhang, K Ma - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
The diversity and spatial patterns of soil invertebrates are the cornerstones for
understanding their ecological functions, which are crucial to maintaining nutrient cycling …

Structure and diversity of earthworm communities in long-term irrigated soils with raw effluent and treated wastewater

N Ababsa, S Fellah, H Chenchouni… - Water Science & …, 2023 - iwaponline.com
This study was conducted in two natural meadows: first, soils were irrigated with raw
wastewater (SIRWW) and in the second, soils were irrigated with treated wastewater …