Opportunities and limits in imaging microorganisms and their activities in soil microhabitats

C Védère, LV Gonod, N Nunan, C Chenu - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The soil microhabitat is a heterogeneous and complex environment where local variations
can modulate phenomena observed at the plot scale. Most of the current methods used to …

Architecture of soil microaggregates: Advanced methodologies to explore properties and functions

W Amelung, N Tang, N Siebers… - Journal of Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The functions of soils are intimately linked to their three‐dimensional pore space and the
associated biogeochemical interfaces, mirrored in the complex structure that developed …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial substrate heterogeneity limits microbial growth as revealed by the joint experimental quantification and modeling of carbon and heat fluxes

MG Endress, F Dehghani, S Blagodatsky… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Spatial heterogeneity is a pervasive feature of soils, affecting the distribution of carbon
sources as well as their microbial consumers. Heterogeneous addition of substrates typically …

Using mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to investigate the dynamics of soil aggregate formation in a clay soil

Z Zhu, B Minasny, DJ Field, S An - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon is a crucial parameter for assessing soil quality, and it significantly
contributes to soil aggregation. However, the influence of different organic carbon …

Coupling scales in process‐based soil organic carbon modeling including dynamic aggregation

S Zech, A Prechtel, N Ray - Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Carbon storage and turnover in soils depend on the interplay of soil
architecture, microbial activities, and soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics. For a fundamental …

High-resolution mapping and driving factors of soil erodibility in southeastern Tibet

W Yu, Y Jiang, W Liang, D Wan, B Liang, Z Shi - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantifying the spatial distribution of soil erodibility (K factor) in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is
essential for global soil erosion management. However, many K factor maps have a coarse …

Major overlap in plant and soil organic carbon hotspots across Africa

NM Kebonye, K John, M Delgado-Baquerizo… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Terrestrial plant and soil organic carbon stocks are critical for regulating climate change,
enhancing soil fertility, and supporting biodiversity. While a global-scale decoupling …

[HTML][HTML] Structure turnover times of grassland soils under different moisture regimes

F Leuther, R Mikutta, M Wolff, K Kaiser, S Schlueter - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil structure is a dynamic property of soils, which refers to temporal changes in the spatial
arrangement of pores, organic matter, and minerals. Its turnover, ie the irreversible …

SAMM version 1.0: a numerical model for microbial-mediated soil aggregate formation

M Laub, S Blagodatsky, M Van de Broek… - Geoscientific Model …, 2024 - gmd.copernicus.org
Maintaining soil organic matter (SOM) is crucial for healthy and productive agricultural soils
and requires understanding at the process level, including the role of SOM protection by soil …

How to adequately represent biological processes in modeling multifunctionality of arable soils

HJ Vogel, W Amelung, C Baum, M Bonkowski… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2024 - Springer
Essential soil functions such as plant productivity, C storage, nutrient cycling and the storage
and purification of water all depend on soil biological processes. Given this insight, it is …