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Soil restoration increases soil health across global drylands: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Kimmell, L. B. & Fagan, J. M. & Havrilla, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil degradation is one of the greatest environmental issues our planet faces today, with over 33% of Earth's soils currently degraded. Drylands are e...

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Model-based assessment of soil organic carbon dynamics and potentials for carbon sequestration under integrated soil fertility management and conservation agriculture in Western Kenya.

Published online: 10 Oct 2018

Authors: Sommer, R.

Content type: Miscellaneous

A key message of the 2015 International Year of Soils was that 'soils help to combat and adapt to climate change by playing a key role in the carbon c...

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Effect of stemflow on beech forest soils and vegetation in southern Sweden.

Published online: 16 Dec 1989

Authors: Falkengren-Grerup, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study of 64 radial transects around individual Fagus sylvatica trees, each extending 250 cm from the stem base. Results suggest that stemflow reduce...

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BES & UKCEH, Land Use for Net Zero (LUNZ), Comparison of national soil monitoring approaches, Bridget Emmett.

Published online: 07 Dec 2024

Published by: UK, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Content type: Conference slides

This presentation focuses on the ongoing work to compare and align national soil monitoring approaches across the four nations of the UK and the EU. T...

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Plant species diversity enhances soil gross nitrogen transformations in a subtropical forest, southwest China.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Zhu ZiHong & Du Hu & Gao Kun & Fang YuanTian & Wang KeLin & Zhu TongBin & Zhu Jing & Cheng Yi & Li DeJun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant species diversity (PSD) regulates ecosystem structure and functions, and is a key issue we need to consider when design vegetation restoration p...

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Charcoal function and management in boreal ecosystems.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Hart, S. & Luckai, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Charcoal plays an important role in soil function and carbon storage in fire-prone ecosystems. Charcoal is present in most boreal forest soils as a re...

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The added value of including key microbial traits to determine nitrogen-related ecosystem services in managed grasslands.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Pommier, T. & Cantarel, A. A. M. & Grigulis, K. & Lavorel, S. & Legay, N. & Baxendale, C. & Bardgett, R. D. & Bahn, M. & Poly, F. & Clément, J. C. & Isaac, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite playing central roles in nutrient cycles and plant growth, soil microbes are generally neglected in the study of ecosystem services (ES), due ...

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Legacy effects of diversity in space and time driven by winter cover crop biomass and nitrogen concentration.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Barel, J. M. & Kuyper, T. W. & Boer, W. de & Douma, J. C. & Deyn, G. B. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant diversity can increase nitrogen cycling and decrease soil-borne pests, which are feedback mechanisms influencing subsequent plant growth. The re...

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Effects of agricultural management practices on earthworm populations and crop yield: validation and application of a mechanistic modelling approach.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Johnston, A. S. A. & Sibly, R. M. & Hodson, M. E. & Alvarez, T. & Thorbek, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is little consensus on how agriculture will meet future food demands sustainably. Soils and their biota play a crucial role by mediating ecosyst...

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Decrease in soil pH has greater effects than increase in above-ground carbon inputs on soil organic carbon in terrestrial ecosystems of China under nitrogen enrichment.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Lu XiaoFei & Gilliam, F. S. & Guo JieYun & Hou EnQing & Kuang YuanWen

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Impacts of nitrogen (N) enrichment on soil carbon (C) budgets in terrestrial ecosystems have been well documented by numerous field experiments and sy...

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