Ruminants including domestic livestock, have been accused of causing damaging impacts
on the global environment and human well-being. However, with appropriate management …

Ecologists have long studied primary succession, the changes that occur in biological
communities after initial colonization of an environment. Most of this work has focused on …

Zero tillage management of agricultural soils has potential for enhancing soil carbon (C)
storage and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the mechanisms which control …

Coal gangue filling reclamation is an important means to restore coal mining subsided
cultivated land. However, coal gangue can release heavy metals, threatening the overlying …

Resilience is crucial to promote the ecosystem sustainability and maintain ecosystem
functions and services. Clarifying the variation regularity of the resilience can provide a …

Organic matter is mainly present in the top 20–30 cm of most soil profiles and is essentially
an array of organic macromolecules consisting principally of combinations of carbon …

The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of a change in management on the soil
microbial community and C sequestration. We conducted a 3-year field study in La Pampa …

Management practices, such as grazing exclusion and reseeding, have been implemented
to mitigate the degradation of grassland. Low grazing intensities and reseeding increase …

Soil biodiversity and habitat provisioning is one of the soil functions that agricultural land
provides to society. This paper describes assessment of the soil biodiversity function (SB …

This work analyzes the direct effect of soil management practices on soil microbial
communities, which may affect soil productivity and sustainability. The experimental design …