Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

Oasification is a complex oasis expansion and ecological processes caused by climate
changes and human activities under available water supply in arid and semiarid regions …

Good management of rangelands promotes C sequestration and reduces the likelihood of
these ecosystems becoming net sources of CO2 As part of an ongoing study, soil was …

Agroforestry systems (AFS) have attracted special attention in climate change mitigation and
adaptation (M&A) discussions. Various reports on carbon (C) sequestration (and therefore …

Short-and long-term changes in species composition, plant biomass production, and litter
decomposition after cessation of grazing were examined in a Mediterranean grassland with …

Aim The microbial metabolic quotient (MMQ; mg CO2‐C/mg MBC/h), defined as the amount
of microbial CO2 respired (MR; mg CO2‐C/kg soil/h) per unit of microbial biomass C (MBC; …

Grazing contributes substantially to grassland degradation worldwide and may alter soil
biota and function. However, the effects of grassland type, grazing intensity and duration …

The combined effects of drought, warming and the changes in land cover have caused
severe land degradation for several decades in the extremely arid desert oases of southern …

Grazing removal exclosure is important to restore grass in rangeland. However, little is
known about the effects of exclosure on soil organic carbon (SOC) in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau …

Intensive livestock is known to significantly affect soil physical and chemical parameters in
steppe ecosystems. However, the effects on soil biological parameters still remain unknown …