Terrestrial ecosystem restoration increases biodiversity and reduces its variability, but not to reference levels: A global meta‐analysis

J Atkinson, LA Brudvig, M Mallen‐Cooper… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration projects often have variable and unpredictable outcomes, and these
can limit the overall impact on biodiversity. Previous syntheses have investigated restoration …

Brown coal waste in agriculture and environmental protection: A review

B Symanowicz, R Toczko - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Modern agricultural technologies have contributed to a significant reduction in the amount of
soil organic matter. Brown coal waste (BCW), with low energy content, can be used to …

[HTML][HTML] Land use change alters phosphatase enzyme activity and phosphatase-harboring microbial abundance in the subalpine ecosystem of southeastern Qinghai …

B Azene, R Zhu, K Pan, X Sun, Y Nigussie, P Gruba… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the presence of limited phosphorus (P) in terrestrial ecosystems, exploring how land use
change (LUC) affects phosphatase enzyme activity and microbial communities is important …

Effects of poultry manure and biochar on acrisol soil properties and yield of common bean. A short-term field experiment

JRS Lima, MCC Goes, C Hammecker, ACD Antonino… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Common bean is usually cropped under rainfed conditions and in soils with low pH and
water retention, in the sub-humid and semiarid regions of Brazil. To improve soil conditions …

Soil enzymatic activity in Brazilian biomes under native vegetation and contrasting crop** and management

JZ Barbosa, G Poggere, RS Corrêa, M Hungria… - Applied Soil …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzymatic activity is a useful indicator for the evaluation of soil biological components.
However, a detailed analysis of such indicators in Brazilian soils is lacking. In this study, the …

Effects of utilization methods on C, N, P rate and enzyme activity of artificial grassland in karst desertification area

S Song, X Wang, C He, Y Chi - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
To investigate the effects of different utilization methods on the ratio characteristics of soil C,
N, P and enzyme activities of grassland soil is of great significance for the sustainable …

Soil enzyme responses to land use change in the tropical rainforest of the Colombian Amazon region

AM Silva-Olaya, DA Mora-Motta, MR Cherubin… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Soil enzymes mediate key processes and functions of the soils, such as organic matter
decomposition and nutrient cycling in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Here, we …

Land management drives dynamic changes to microbial function through edaphic factors and soil biota

JR Hopkins, TA Semenova-Nelsen, BA Sikes - Pedobiologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Land management for conservation alters the abiotic and biotic components that underly
belowground ecosystem health and function. We know that prescribed burning and grazing …

Forest-to-pasture conversion modifies the soil bacterial community in Brazilian dry forest Caatinga

DP da Costa, ASF Araujo, AP de Araujo Pereira… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soils comprise a huge fraction of the world's biodiversity, contributing to several crucial
ecosystem functions. However, how the forest-to-pasture conversion impact soil bacterial …

Integrated nutrient management enhances productivity and nitrogen use efficiency of crops in acidic and charland soils

MM Rahman, S Uddin, MMR Jahangir, ZM Solaiman… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Integrated Plant Nutrient System (IPNS) is practiced worldwide to maintain soil quality. Two
field experiments were conducted in 2019 and 2020 in acidic and charland soils to assess …