Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been widely used around the world due to their
high-efficiency and broad-spectrum insecticidal effects. However, they pose a severe threat …

Globally increasing nitrogen (N) deposition is recognized as an important regulator of soil
microbial communities. However, how N enrichment affects soil microbial diversity, richness …

Microorganisms play an important role in soil phosphorus (P) cycling and regulation of P
availability in agroecosystems. However, the responses of the functional and ecological …

Coastal wetland reclamation contributed to development of aquaculture industry, and the
residual bait accumulation in aquaculture processes could influence biogeochemical …

Background Soil microbial community and diversity are key in sustaining soil ecosystem
health. In recent years, the health of soil ecosystems has been severely threatened by the …

Nitrogen (N) fertilizer has often been generously applied to increase crop biomass yield.
Although the influences of inorganic N fertilizer on soil microbial communities have been …

Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how
different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires the investigation of multiple …

Microorganisms mediate nutrient cycling in soils, and thus it is assumed that they largely
control responses of terrestrial ecosystems to anthropogenic nutrient inputs. Therefore, it is …

Background Agricultural food production is at the base of food and fodder, with fertilization
having fundamentally and continuously increased crop yield over the last decades. The …

Improving the soil quality of cultivated land generated by the Gully Land Consolidation
Project could promote sustainable economic and ecological development in the hilly gully …