Sampling and analysis or visual examination of soil to assess its status and use potential is
widely practiced from plot to national scales. However, the choice of relevant soil attributes …

Soil health, and the closely related terms of soil quality and fertility, is considered as one of
the most important characteristics of soil ecosystems. The integrated approach to soil health …

Land-use intensification can increase provisioning ecosystem services, such as food and
timber production, but it also drives changes in ecosystem functioning and biodiversity loss …

Despite phosphorus (P) being crucial for plant nutrition and thus food security, excessive P
fertilization harms soil and aquatic ecosystems. Accordingly, the European Green Deal and …

Soil ecology is witnessing exponential growth in the number of studies using co-occurrence
network analysis. Researchers reconstruct networks based on the co-occurrence of taxa or …

Soil organisms are an integral component of ecosystems, but their activities receive little
recognition in agricultural management strategies. Here we synthesize the potential of soil …

Soil microbiome has a pivotal role in ecosystem functioning, yet little is known about its build-
up from local to regional scales. In a multi-year regional-scale survey involving 1251 plots …

The addition of residues (maize straw) to soil stimulates microbial activity and significantly
changes the decomposition rates of soil organic matter (SOM), which is referred to as …

Ecosystem vulnerability is the degree to which an ecosystem is susceptible to adverse
effects of external disturbances. Exploring the pattern of ecosystem vulnerability and its …

Nutrient amendment diminished bacterial functional diversity, consolidating carbon flow
through fewer bacterial taxa. Here, we show strong differences in the bacterial taxa …