Contents Summary 507 I. Introduction 507 II. The return on investment approach 508 III. CO2
response spectrum 510 IV. Discussion 516 Acknowledgements 518 References 518 …

Despite contributing to economy and food security, Ecosystem Services (ES) are still not fully
exploited in agriculture. Instead, external inputs have been used to boost yields, while …

Soil gross nitrogen (N) mineralization (GNM), a key microbial process in the global N cycle,
is mainly controlled by climate and soil properties. This study provides for the first time a …

Soil microorganisms are key to biological diversity and many ecosystem processes in
terrestrial ecosystems. Despite the current alarming loss of plant diversity, it is unclear how …

Microplastics in soils have become an important threat for terrestrial systems as they may
potentially alter the geochemical/biophysical soil environment and can interact with drought …

Plants buffer increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations through
enhanced growth, but the question whether nitrogen availability constrains the magnitude of …

Leguminous plants are an important component of terrestrial ecosystems and significantly
increase soil nitrogen (N) cycling and availability, which affects productivity in most …

Biodiversity, both aboveground and belowground, is negatively affected by global changes
such as drought or warming. This loss of biodiversity impacts Earth's ecosystems, as there is …

The storage of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in soil is important ecosystem functions.
Grassland biodiversity experiments have shown a positive effect of plant diversity on soil C …

Soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles and their complex responses to environmental
changes have received increasing attention. However, large uncertainties in model …