Clarifying the evidence for microbial‐and plant‐derived soil organic matter, and the path toward a more quantitative understanding

ED Whalen, AS Grandy, NW Sokol… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting and mitigating changes in soil carbon (C) stocks under global change requires a
coherent understanding of the factors regulating soil organic matter (SOM) formation and …

Denitrification in wetlands: A review towards a quantification at global scale

C Martínez-Espinosa, S Sauvage, A Al Bitar… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Research to understand the nitrogen cycle has been thriving. The production of reactive
nitrogen by humans exceeds the removal capacity through denitrification of any natural …

Where and why do particulate organic matter (POM) and mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) differ among diverse soils?

W Yu, W Huang, SR Weintraub-Leff, SJ Hall - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) has often been separated into operational physical fractions, such
as particulate organic matter (POM) and mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM), to …

[HTML][HTML] Intraspecific trait variation and phenotypic plasticity mediate alpine plant species response to climate change

JJ Henn, V Buzzard, BJ Enquist, AH Halbritter… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In a rapidly changing climate, alpine plants may persist by adapting to new conditions.
However, the rate at which the climate is changing might exceed the rate of adaptation …

Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

JM Craine, AJ Elmore, L Wang, J Aranibar… - Nature Ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Human societies depend on an Earth system that operates within a constrained range of
nutrient availability, yet the recent trajectory of terrestrial nitrogen (N) availability is uncertain …

Carbon-nitrogen isotope coupling of soil organic matter in a karst region under land use change, Southwest China

G Han, Y Tang, M Liu, L Van Zwieten, X Yang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2020 - Elsevier
The soil stable carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) isotopes are widely used to indicate C 3/C 4
vegetation history, N sources and transformation processes, respectively. However, land use …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient acquisition strategies in agroforestry systems

ME Isaac, KA Borden - Plant and Soil, 2019 - Springer
Background Disentangling nutrient acquisition strategies between trees and crops is central
to understanding positive nutrient interactions in agroforestry systems for improved low-input …

Temperature and rainfall interact to control carbon cycling in tropical forests

PG Taylor, CC Cleveland, WR Wieder… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests dominate global terrestrial carbon (C) exchange, and recent droughts in the
Amazon Basin have contributed to short‐term declines in terrestrial carbon dioxide uptake …

An ectomycorrhizal nitrogen economy facilitates monodominance in a neotropical forest

A Corrales, SA Mangan, BL Turner… - Ecology Letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests are renowned for their high diversity, yet in many sites a single tree species
accounts for the majority of the individuals in a stand. An explanation for these …

Mine land rehabilitation: Modern ecological approaches for more sustainable mining

M Gastauer, JR Silva, CFC Junior, SJ Ramos… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite the urgent demand for sustainable mining, the revegetation and rehabilitation of
areas degraded by mining activities remain challenging. Uncertainties about species …