[HTML][HTML] Linking nematode communities and soil health under climate change

D Pires, V Orlando, RL Collett, D Moreira, SR Costa… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soil health is intimately intertwined with ecosystem services. Climate change negatively
impacts ecosystem functioning, by altering carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles and …

An integrated approach to assessing soil biological health

CD Sprunger, TK Martin - Advances in agronomy, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil health is an emerging field that holistically approaches key challenges within soil
science through a chemical, physical, and biological lens. In recent years, soil health has …

Rigorous, empirical, and quantitative: a proposed pipeline for soil health assessments

J Wade, SW Culman, CK Gasch, C Lazcano… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil health is a promising lens through which to approach land management, having the
potential to serve as a descriptor of biophysical processes and as an effective …

A novel and comprehensive soil quality index integrating soil morphological, physical, chemical, and biological properties

D Vasu, P Tiwary, P Chandran - Soil and Tillage Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The increased focus on soil quality (SQ) aims to conserve land resources and arrest land
degradation. However, there are several unknowns regarding which indicators can most …

Grass harvesting eliminates the beneficial effects of legume addition on soil nematode communities in a tall grass pasture

J Zhao, W Zhang, X Liu, R Yang, D **ao, X He… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Legume is an important type of plant functional group that can provide a myriad of
ecosystem services. In general, the legume can promote the developments of soil fertility …

Effects of Soil Quality Decline on Soil-Dwelling Mesofaunal Communities in Agricultural Lands of the Mollisols Region, China

C Ma, X Yao, G Du - Agriculture, 2024 - mdpi.com
Soil quality decline can adversely affect ecosystem health and land productivity, with soil-
dwelling mesofauna considered to potentially fulfill vital functions in accurately predicting …

[HTML][HTML] Metagenomics approaches to understanding soil health in environmental research-a review

JDD Zapata, JEM Florez, DL Alvarez - Soil Science Annual, 2023 - soilsa.com
Given the importance of soil as a supplier of nutrients and water for different ecosystems,
understanding soil health and quality is necessary for its preservation. Microorganisms, due …

“More questions than answers”: Ohio farmers' perceptions of novel soil health data and their utility for on-farm management

P Singh, NC Kawa, CD Sprunger - Agroecology and Sustainable …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Soil health has become an emergent focus of contemporary agricultural research, yet little
work has addressed how soil health data–and biological indicators in particular–are …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the trade-offs between nutrient and cadmium levels in soils in northeastern China: Accounting for variations in soil factors

G **e, Y Yang, Y Hou, B Wang, W Chen - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural soils have relied on the application of fertilizers to enhance soil fertility and
yields in response to increasing food demands. However, the potentially hazardous trace …

A review of nematodes as biological indicators of sustainable functioning for northern soils undergoing land-use conversion

EH Young, A Unc - Applied Soil Ecology, 2023 - Elsevier
Food webs and the functional status of soils are governed primarily by microbial carbon and
nitrogen fluxes as determined by ecosystem type and management. In boreal regions …