Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …

Soils contain a tangle of minerals, water, nutrients, gases, plant roots, decaying organic
matter, and microorganisms which work together to cycle nutrients and support terrestrial …

The ecology of forest soils is an important field of research due to the role of forests as
carbon sinks. Consequently, a significant amount of information has been accumulated …

Maintenance of soil health is central to agricultural sustainability and a key factor that reflects
the productivity of agro ecosystems. However, at present the soil resources are under severe …

Soil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated
with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to …

Green manure planting can reduce the intensity of soil use, while improving farmland
productivity in double-crop** systems. However, only few studies have focused on the …

Fertilization is a vital management practice to improve soil fertility and promote agricultural
production. However, there is limited knowledge about the interactive effects between soil …

Riverbank filtration has gained increasing importance for balancing rising groundwater
demands and securing drinking water supplies. While microbial communities are the pillar of …

Soil heating caused by prescribed or wildland fire commonly focuses on a single biological
thermal threshold of 60° C for the duration of one minute to represent organism death. This …

Glyphosate is a widely used herbicide in agricultural, domestic, and restoration settings to
manage weeds and invasive plants and is the active ingredient in the herbicide formulation …