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Natural forest colonisation as a management strategy to restore soil functioning of abandoned agricultural lands.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: Acuña-Míguez, B. & Rincón, A. & Valladares, F. & Cordero, I. & Bravo-Oviedo, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land abandonment promotes forest expansion into abandoned agricultural lands in Europe. This process leads to changes that affect several ecosystem se...

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Linking agricultural diversification practices, soil arthropod communities and soil health.

Published online: 12 Jan 2024

Authors: Elmquist, D. C. & Kahl, K. B. & Johnson-Maynard, J. L. & Eigenbrode, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil arthropods comprise a substantial portion of soil biodiversity and regulate processes in the soil ecosystem. Despite this, cropping system divers...

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Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Torabian, S. & Leffler, A. J. & Perkins, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Dung beetles have key roles in ecosystems including accelerating dung decomposition, improving nutrient cycling and influencing physical (such as stru...

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Abiotic legacies mediate plant-soil feedback during early vegetation succession on rare earth element mine tailings.

Published online: 19 Jun 2024

Authors: Zhu ShiChen & Liu WenShen & Chen ZiWu & Liu XiaoRui & Zheng HongXiang & Chen BoYu & Zhi XinYu & Chao YuanQing & Qiu RongLiang & Chu ChengJin & Liu Chong & Morel, J. L. & Ent, A. van der & Tang YeTao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An increasing number of studies have shown how feedback interactions between plants and soil can influence primary and secondary succession. However, ...

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Vegetation restoration in the coarse-textured soil area is more conducive to the accumulation of Fe-associated C.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Dong LingBo & Li JiaJia & Wang DeFu & Wang Su & Hu WeiFang & Wu JianZhao & Liao Yang & Yu ZhiJing & Wang Xi & Yu JinYuan & Li JiWei & Shangguan ZhouPing & Deng Lei

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vegetation restoration has an important effect on soil carbon (C) pool dynamics. Highly stable iron (Fe)-associated C is an important component of the...

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Cover crops in arable lands increase functional complementarity and redundancy of bacterial communities.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Alahmad, A. & Decocq, G. & Spicher, F. & Kheirbeik, L. & Kobaissi, A. & Tetu, T. & Dubois, F. & Duclercq, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reducing the deleterious effects of intensive tillage and fertilization on ecosystem integrity and human health is challenging for sustainable agricul...

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Tree performance on minespoils in the South Wales coalfield.

Published online: 28 Jan 2000

Authors: Bending, N. A. D. & Moffat, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variable growth of Larix leptolepis [L. kaempferi] (Japanese larch) has been observed on restored opencast coal workings in South Wales, UK. A study o...

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Increasing plant species diversity benefits soil protein accumulation in a subtropical forest.

Published online: 22 Jan 2025

Authors: Zhu ZiHong & Wanek, W. & Gao Kun & Fang YuanTian & Li DeJun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protein, derived from plant and microbial residues, constitutes a significant portion of soil nitrogen or organic carbon pool and plays a crucial role...

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Nature potentials of plots at the Willinks Weust: additional ecopedological and soil chemical research PAS/Natura 2000 Willinks Weust.

Published online: 04 Jul 2019

Authors: Delft, S. P. J. van

Content type: Bulletin

With a view of establishing five plots (10.4 ha) at the Natura 2000 area of Willinks Weust (municipality of Winterswijk) as part of PAS measures, Wage...

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Scoping review on soil microbiome and gut health-are soil microorganisms missing from the planetary health plate?

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Roslund, M. I. & Laitinen, O. H. & Sinkkonen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Evidence suggests that soil microorganisms, to which humans have been exposed throughout our evolutionary history, were essential for the evolution of...

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