Pedotransfer functions in Earth system science: Challenges and perspectives

K Van Looy, J Bouma, M Herbst, J Koestel… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Soil, through its various functions, plays a vital role in the Earth's ecosystems and provides
multiple ecosystem services to humanity. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are simple to …

Role of microbial diversity to influence the growth and environmental remediation capacity of bamboo: a review

P Fuke, M Kumar, AD Sawarkar, A Pandey… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms play crucial role in maintaining the global nutrient cycle. Soil health
status and its nutrient pool rely upon soil microbial community structure and function …

Depth-resolved microbial diversity and functional profiles of trichloroethylene-contaminated soils for Biolog EcoPlate-based biostimulation strategy

S Koner, JS Chen, BM Hsu, J Rathod… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study explores the toxic effect of TCE at different depths of sub-surface soil and
underpins microbial community-level suitable carbon (C)-sources that provided directionality …

Soil properties rather than climate and ecosystem type control the vertical variations of soil organic carbon, microbial carbon, and microbial quotient

T Sun, Y Wang, D Hui, X **g, W Feng - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Small changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) may have great influences on the climate-
carbon (C) cycling feedback. However, there are large uncertainties in predicting the …

Effects of grassland afforestation on structure and function of soil bacterial and fungal communities

K Wang, Y Zhang, Z Tang, Z Shangguan… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Grassland afforestation strongly influences the structure and function of soil microorganisms.
Yet the mechanisms of how afforestation could simultaneously alter both the soil fungal and …

Response of soil microbial communities to altered precipitation: A global synthesis

Z Zhou, C Wang, Y Luo - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate change intensifies the hydrological cycle and consequently alters precipitation
regimes. Accurately assessing future carbon (C) budgets depends on understanding the …

Fungal communities in soils under global change

P Baldrian, L Bell-Dereske, C Lepinay… - Studies in …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Soil fungi play indispensable roles in all ecosystems including the recycling of organic
matter and interactions with plants, both as symbionts and pathogens. Past observations …

Soil microbial responses to drought and exotic plants shift carbon metabolism

S Pérez Castro, EE Cleland, R Wagner… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Significant gaps in our understanding of how global change drivers interact to affect the
resistance and functioning of microbial communities hinders our ability to model ecosystem …

Drought stress induced increase of fungi: bacteria ratio in a poplar plantation

Y Sun, HYH Chen, L **, C Wang, R Zhang, H Ruan… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil microbial communities are key to ecosystem processes in terrestrial ecosystems.
Although droughts are projected to be more frequent with the intensifying effects of climate …

The response of soil respiration to precipitation change is asymmetric and differs between grasslands and forests

Y Du, YP Wang, F Su, J Jiang, C Wang… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Intensification of the Earth's hydrological cycle amplifies the interannual variability of
precipitation, which will significantly impact the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle. However, it is still …