Environmental perturbations such as agricultural intensification may alter soil biodiversity in
a manner that affects ecosystem functioning, but links are not well quantified. With this …

Two desirable functions of healthy soil are nutrient cycling and pest suppression. We review
relevant literature on the contributions of soil microarthropods to soil health through their …

Land-use changes can alter soil carbon (C) contents, and in particular deforestation has
been responsible for a large part of the cumulative human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Conventional agricultural production systems, typified by large inputs of mineral fertilizers
and pesticides, reduce soil biodiversity and may negatively affect ecosystem services such …

Despite an increasing concern of consequences of using vast amounts of glyphosate-based
herbicides in agroecosystems, their potential effects on non-target soil organisms and soil …

Abstract Climate change (“global warming”) is expected to exert serious negative effects on
biodiversity. Knowledge and understanding of non-anthropogenic climate changes in …

Background and aims Home-field advantage (HFA) hypothesis predicts that plant litter
decomposes faster beneath the plant species from which it was derived than beneath other …

Phosphorus (P) is the second most important macronutrient that limits the plant growth,
development and productivity. Inorganic P fertilization in podzol soils predominantly bound …

We assess holistic planned grazing outcomes in shortgrass prairie of the Northern Great
Plains of North America. We compared key ecosystem functions on the ranch managed …

The conversion of secondary forests to pure coniferous plantations leads to a decrease in
soil quality partly because of the slow decomposition rate of coniferous litter. Microbial …