Tropical forests are among the most diverse ecosystems in the world, completed by huge
biodiversity. An expansion in natural resource extraction through open-pit mining activities …

Plants and soil biota are important ecosystem engineers interacting via plant-soil feedback
on large gradient of temporal scales from immediate interactions to long term legacy, which …

Both sectors of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portuguese and Spanish, have been exploited since
ancient times, but more intensively during and after the second half of the 19th century …

Variations in soil organic carbon (SOC) and its fractions within soil aggregates in response
to land-use change are important to understand the carbon cycles in terrestrial ecosystem …

Mining contributes significantly to the world's economy. However, it brings strong
environmental impacts, including the destruction of the original vegetation. In this way, the …

Soil organic matter is a heterogeneous and complex entity that consists of a diverse range of
compounds. However, the responses of soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions with different …

Soils and forest soil in particular represent important pools of carbon (C). The amount of C
stored in soil depends on the input of organic matter into the soil, but also on quality of the …

Forest plantations represent a globally important land use, and their growth is expected to
triple by the end of the century. Therefore, they could represent an important habitat remnant …

Land reclamation is a dynamic ecological restoration process, and rehabilitated vegetation
requires a certain amount of time to develop, stabilize and mature. The development …

Robinia pseudoacacia is the dominant tree species in opencast coal mine reclamation in the
Loess Plateau, China. Nevertheless, the long-term changes of reclaimed mine soils (RMSs) …