Almost half of the total organic carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems is stored in forest soils.
By altering rates of input or release of C from soils, forest management activities can …

Opencast coal mining has a series of consequences on land resources and places
enormous pressure on the ecological environment. Stripping, excavation, transportation and …

Soil fauna consumes substantial amounts of litter and can even consume the entire annual
litterfall in some ecosystems. The assimilation efficiency of fauna may reach 50% but is …

In forest ecosystems, trees represent the major primary producers and affect the chemical
composition and microbial processes in the ecosystem via specific litter chemistry and …

Many forested landscapes around the world are severely altered during mining for their rich
mineral and energy reserves. Herein we provide an overview of the challenges inherent in …

Plant species richness and the presence of certain influential species (sampling effect) drive
the stability and functionality of ecosystems as well as primary production and biomass of …

Compared with ectomycorrhizal (ECM) forests, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) forests are
hypothesized to have higher carbon (C) cycling rates and a more open nitrogen (N) cycle …

Environmental disturbances seem to be increasing in frequency and impact, yet we have
little understanding of the belowground impacts of these events. Soil fauna, while widely …

It has been recognized for a long time that the overstorey composition of a forest partly
determines its biological and physical–chemical functioning. Here, we review evidence of …

Plants and soil biota are important ecosystem engineers interacting via plant-soil feedback
on large gradient of temporal scales from immediate interactions to long term legacy, which …