Soil organic matter (SOM) anchors global terrestrial productivity and food and fiber supply.
SOM retains water and soil nutrients and stores more global carbon than do plants and the …

Geophysics provides a multidimensional suite of investigative methods that are transforming
our ability to see into the very fabric of the subsurface environment, and monitor the …

The growing interest in the maintenance of favorable soil structure is largely motivated by its
central role in plant growth, soil ecological functioning, and impacts on surface water and …

There is compelling evidence from aboveground observations that trees considerably affect
precipitation partitioning through the Critical Zone. However, due to the lack of appropriate …

Thorough knowledge of root system functioning is essential to understand the feedback
loops between plants, soil, and climate. In situ characterization of root systems is …

Studying the forest subsurface is a challenge because of its heterogeneous nature and
difficult access. Traditional approaches used by ecologists to characterize the subsurface …

Abstract Knowledge of the soil water balance is fundamental for improving crop water use in
agricultural fields. Estimates are normally for representative and homogeneous areas where …

Salt related problems in soils can refer to an excess of soluble salts (saline soils), a
dominance of exchangeable sodium in the soil exchange complex (sodic soils), or a mixture …

Woody plant encroachment has profound impacts on the sustainable management of water
resources in water-limited ecosystems. However, our understanding of the effects of this …

Although vegetation is increasingly used to mitigate landslide risks, how vegetation affects
the temporal variability of slope stability is poorly understood, especially in earthquake …