Soils form the skin of the Earth's surface, regulating water and biogeochemical cycles and
generating production of food, timber, and textiles around the world. Changes in soil and its …

Soil quality indexes (SQIs) are important for evaluating grassland ecosystems. The objective
of this study was to assess different land-use soil quality using total data set, minimum data …

Managing the land properly can help conserve the soil which is critical for sustaining our life
and the global society. However, measuring the quality of the soil explicitly is still a …

Conversion of native grassland to other agricultural land uses can alter soil properties such
as organic matter, but little is known about how this impacts soil physical quality indicators in …

Soil hydraulic properties influence the partitioning of rainfall into infiltration versus runoff,
determine plant-available water, and constrain evapotranspiration. Although rapid changes …

Soil organic matter (SOM) is a major driver of key agroecosystem functions. Our objective
was to examine the dynamics of organic matter in whole soil, particulate (POM;> 53 μm …

The morphological study of geological hand samples has a wide variety of applications in
the geosciences, which is conventionally accomplished by measuring the distance between …

Core Ideas Chemical changes of ant nests extend beyond nest boundaries. Ants may utilize
vertic cracks in soil for transport during dry years. Ant nest biopores are important conduits …

Advancements in three-dimensional (3D) digital surface scanning have opened up the
possibility of capturing soil morphological information from irregular objects in high …

This study investigated the interplay between the mechanisms of natural soil formation and
human-induced alterations in tropical urban soils in São Paulo, Brazil, in order to …