The few percent of soil organic carbon (SOC) among mineral components form the interface
of climate, plant growth, soil biological processes, physical transport infrastructure, and …

Agriculture is an important economic sector for Ecuador, sustained by food crops like maize,
potatoes, and vegetables cultivated in the highlands while cash crops such as coffee …

Volcanism changes the earth's surface building environments where new ecosystems can
be constructed. However, the effects of volcanic environmental conditions (eg soil moisture …

Methanotrophic communities are susceptible to environmental interference in natural
ecosystems. However, little is known about methanotrophs and their drivers in the riparian …

The dip of bedrock has a great influence on the infiltration of water into soil, and can control
the spatial distribution of rainwater in fragile karst rocky desertification regions. Thus, it is …

Smallholder farmers and their agroecosystems in active volcanic landscapes need to deal
with and recover from eruptions. Resilience to extreme shocks may increase with system …

Volcanic eruption is associated with the release of large volumes of pollutants in the
environment, which can pose a risk to humans and other living organisms. The elemental …

Volcanic lava is an excellent model of primary succession, in which basalt-associated
microorganisms drive the cycling of different elements such as nitrogen, carbon, and other …

Volcanic ash deposition disrupts soil surface hydrology. Our previous study showed that soil
infiltration was reduced eightfold after a volcanic eruption in various land-use systems …

Beyond documenting the ethnobotanical knowledge by managers of complex agroforestry
systems, the actual use of such knowledge in adapti ng to new circumstances and adopting …