Losses of nitrogen from agriculture are a major threat to environmental and human health at
local, regional and global scales. Emerging evidence shows that climate change and …

The physical and chemical changes that accompany permafrost thaw directly influence the
microbial communities that mediate the decomposition of formerly frozen organic matter …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is closely tied to soil health. However, additional biological
indicators may also provide insight about C dynamics and microbial activity. We used SOC …

Managing soil organic matter (SOM) stocks to address global change challenges requires
well‐substantiated knowledge of SOM behavior that can be clearly communicated between …

Nitrogen (N) availability has been considered as a critical factor for the cycling and storage
of soil organic carbon (SOC), but effects of N enrichment on the SOC pool appear highly …

Increasing the quantity and quality of plant biomass production in space and time can
improve the capacity of agroecosystems to capture and store atmospheric carbon (C) in the …

Biodiversity loss, an important consequence of agricultural intensification, can lead to
reductions in agroecosystem functions and services. Increasing crop diversity through …

The decomposition and transformation of above‐and below‐ground plant detritus (litter) is
the main process by which soil organic matter (SOM) is formed. Yet, research on litter decay …

Despite decades of research progress, ecologists are still debating which pools and fluxes
provide nitrogen (N) to plants and soil microbes across different ecosystems …

Our increasing dependence on a small number of agricultural crops, such as corn, is leading
to reductions in agricultural biodiversity. Reductions in the number of crops in rotation or the …