Root carbon and soil temperature may be key drivers of below-ground biomass in grassland following prescribed fires in autumn and spring

C Luo, Z Fang, J Liu, F Han, Y Wu, H Bing… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Under global warming, fire and the season in which the fire occurs both have important
impacts on grassland plant biomass. Still, the effect of fire on below-ground biomass (BB) …

Soil biological nitrogen fixation is closely associated with soil ammonium nitrogen content in a mowing semiarid natural grassland

J Liu, J Liu, S Wang, Q Fu, T Baoyin, Z Bao, FY Li - Applied Soil Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) plays a significant role in N input in terrestrial
ecosystems, and can be largely altered by management. In semi-arid region of Northern …

Checklist of Macrofungi Associated with Nine Different Habitats of Taburno-Camposauro Massif in Campania, Southern Italy

M Zotti - Journal of Fungi, 2024 - mdpi.com
The checklist serves as an informative method for evaluating the diversity, geography, and
ecology of established and reproducing macrofungi. Additionally, considering macrofungi as …

Fire and rhizosphere effects on bacterial co-occurrence patterns

EM Papatheodorou, S Papakostas, GP Stamou - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fires are common in Mediterranean soils and constitute an important driver of their
evolution. Although fire effects on vegetation dynamics are widely studied, their influence on …

Grass-legume mixtures maintain forage biomass under microbial diversity loss via gathering Pseudomonas in root zone soil

Y Liu, W Yan, T Yang, Y An, X Li, H Gao, Z Peng… - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
As the most common approach for the restoration of degraded grasslands, the use of grass-
legume mixtures has long been recognized for its role in increasing aboveground biomass …

Deep mowing rather than fire restrains grassland Miscanthus growth via affecting soil nutrient loss and microbial community redistribution

Z Mao, Y Wang, Q Li, W Li, H Wang, Y Li… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fire and mowing are crucial drivers of grass growth. However, their effects on soil properties,
microbial communities, and plant productivity in dry-alkaline grasslands have not been well …

[HTML][HTML] Abandonment or biomass production? Phytodiversity responses to land-use changes of semi-natural grasslands in northern Europe

J Winberg, J Ekroos, HG Smith - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
European semi-natural grasslands are hotspots for biodiversity and important for the
provisioning of multiple ecosystem services, but their extent has declined considerably …

The effect of heating on properties of sandy soils

P Šurda, Ľ Lichner, M Iovino, S Hološ, A Zvala - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although burning grass and crop residues is prohibited in many countries, farmers perceive
it as a quick and inexpensive way to eliminate unwanted biomass. The aim of this study was …

Long-term fire and grazing regimes modify soil physical properties and root traits in North American tallgrass prairie

S Jia, K Forbush, W Cheng - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
The native Konza tallgrass prairie is maintained by two key natural processes, periodic fire
and ungulate grazing. As a potential crucial feedback mechanism, how fire and grazing …

Effects of Mowing on Root Biomass, Soil Properties, Microbial Biomass, and Microbial Diversity in Grasslands: A Meta‐Analysis

J Wang, K Wei, Z Li, Y Wang, J Tang… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mowing is a common practice in grassland management, impacting root biomass, soil
properties, and microorganisms by removing aboveground biomass. However, the effects of …