In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services-goods and
resources-ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to …

Soil phosphorus (P) availability is critical to plant productivity in many terrestrial ecosystems.
How soil P availability responds to changes in plant diversity remains uncertain, despite the …

In this FORUM paper we discuss how soil scientists can help to reach the recently adopted
UN Sustainable Development Goals in the most effective manner. Soil science, as a land …

Soil salinisation is one of the major soil degradation threats occurring in Europe. The effects
of salinisation can be observed in numerous vital ecological and non-ecological soil …

Employing a linkage between a biophysical and an economic model, this study estimates
the economic impact of soil erosion by water on the world economy. The global biophysical …

Soil erosion is extreme in Mediterranean orchards due to management impact, high rainfall
intensities, steep slopes and erodible parent material. Vall d'Albaida is a traditional fruit …

Plant diversity loss impairs ecosystem functioning, including important effects on soil. Most
studies that have explored plant diversity effects belowground, however, have largely …

Worldwide, shallow slope failure is a problem causing environmental and economic
damage. Vegetation plays an important role for the stabilization of slopes. Accordingly …

Concern about the functional consequences of unprecedented loss in biodiversity has
prompted biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) research to become one of the most …