Soil microbial properties and temporal stability in degraded and restored lands of Northeast Brazil

ASF Araújo, S Cesarz, LFC Leite, CD Borges… - Soil Biology and …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Human activities, such as land use change, cause severe land degradation in many
ecosystems around the globe with potential impacts on soil processes. Restoration practices …

Effects of ashes from a Brazilian savanna wildfire on water, soil and biota: An ecotoxicological approach

EC Oliveira-Filho, DQ Brito, ZMB Dias… - Science of the Total …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Wildfire is very common in Brazilian savannas, and its effects on water, soil and aquatic/soil
organisms are poorly understood. In this study, we observed the effects of fire, especially of …

Soil microbial properties after 5 years of consecutive amendment with composted tannery sludge

ASF Araujo, ARL Miranda, MLJ Oliveira… - Environmental …, 2015‏ - Springer
Composting has been recognised an alternative method to tannery sludge recycling and
afterwards to be used in agriculture. As the tannery sludge contains salts and chromium, the …

Diversity and structure of prokaryotic communities within organic and conventional farming systems in central highlands of Kenya

EN Karanja, A Fliessbach, N Adamtey, AK Kambura… - PloS one, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
Management practices such as tillage, crop rotation, irrigation, organic and inorganic inputs
application are known to influence diversity and function of soil microbial populations. In this …

Microbial biomass, basal respiration, and microbial indices of soil in diverse croplands in a region of northwestern Turkey (Bartın)

İ Bolat - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2019‏ - Springer
Legumes are very important both ecologically and agriculturally, as well as economically
since soil quality can be improved by the added nitrogen and increased organic matter …

Conversion of forest to agriculture in Amazonia with the chop-and-mulch method: Does it improve the soil carbon stock?

AS Perrin, K Fujisaki, C Petitjean, M Sarrazin… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Fire-free forest conversion with organic inputs as an alternative to slash-and-burn could
improve agro-ecosystem sustainability. We assessed soil carbon mass changes in a sandy …

Nitrogênio mineral e microbiano do solo em sistemas agroflorestais com palma de óleo na Amazônia oriental

WR Santiago, SS Vasconcelos, OR Kato, CJC Bispo… - Acta …, 2013‏ - SciELO Brasil
O sucesso da produção de palma de óleo (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) em sistemas
agroflorestais (SAFs) na Amazônia está condicionado ao manejo sustentável do solo, em …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in Soil Total and Microbial Biomass Nitrogen in Deforested and Eroded Areas in the Western Black Sea Region of Turkey

İ Bolat, H Sensoy - Forests, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
The microbial biomass in soil is an active and living constituent of organic matter. It is both a
storage pool and a source of plant nutrients that can be used as required. In addition, each …

Effect of water availability on soil microbial biomass in secondary forest in eastern Amazonia

LGT Rangel-Vasconcelos, DJ Zarin… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2015‏ - SciELO Brasil
Soil microbial biomass (SMB) plays an important role in nutrient cycling in agroecosystems,
and is limited by several factors, such as soil water availability. This study assessed the …

Biological activity in Cerrado soils: evaluation of vegetation, fire and seasonality effects using the “bait-lamina test”

C Musso, HS Miranda, AMVM Soares, S Loureiro - Plant and soil, 2014‏ - Springer
Abstract Aims The Cerrado, a South American savanna, is considered a priority for
conservation. In this case study, we assessed soil feeding activity as a way to improve …