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Simple measures of climate, soil properties and plant traits predict national-scale grassland soil carbon stocks.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Manning, P. & Vries, F. T. de & Tallowin, J. R. B. & Smith, R. & Mortimer, S. R. & Pilgrim, E. S. & Harrison, K. A. & Wright, D. G. & Quirk, H. & Benson, J. & Shipley, B. & Cornelissen, J. H. C. & Kattge, J. & Bönisch, G. & Wirth, C. & Bardgett, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil carbon (C) storage is a key ecosystem service. Soil C stocks play a vital role in soil fertility and climate regulation, but the factors that con...

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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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Elements of a functional definition of oligotroph humus based on the nitrogen nutrition of forest stands.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Praag, H. J. van & Weissen, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a study of the oligotrophic humus of sols brun acides under forest in the Belgian Ardennes [cf. FA 30, 5110; 33, 1896]. Three incubation tec...

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The effect of trampling on a chalk grassland ecosystem.

Published online: 07 Jul 1972

Authors: Chappell, H. G. & Ainsworth, J. F. & Cameron, R. A. D. & Et Al.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The area, subjected to pressure by pedestrians and vehicles, was divided into 3 zones according to the intensity of wear. Significant differences in t...

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Physical microclimates of erosion-control structures in a salt desert area.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Wein, R. W. & West, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Net radiation, soil surface temperature and soil water evaporation were measured in the vicinity of gully plugs and contour furrows in Atriplex corrug...

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Responses of Lumbricidae to saline inundation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Piearce, T. G. & Piearce, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At two localities in northwest England that had recently been inundated by the sea, the decline in the density, biomass and species spectrum of Lumbri...

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Revegetation promotes soil microbial network stability in a novel riparian ecosystem.

Published online: 08 Jan 2024

Authors: Ye Chen & Gong Yu & Chen MeiPing & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. & Che RongXiao & Liu ShengEn & Zhang QuanFa

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil microorganisms play a crucial role in ecosystem processes and functions, but how their co-occurrence networks respond to restoration of degraded ...

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Examining assumptions of soil microbial ecology in the monitoring of ecological restoration.

Published online: 01 Dec 2020

Authors: Hart, M. M. & Cross, A. T. & D'Agui, H. M. & Dixon, K. W. & Heyde, M. van der & Mickan, B. & Horst, C. & Moreira Grez, B. & Valliere, J. M. & Viscarra Rossel, R. & Whiteley, A. & Wong WeiSan & Zhong HongTao & Nevill, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Global interest in building healthy soils combined with new DNA sequencing technologies has led to the generation of a vast amount of soil microbia...

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Working with different sorts of knowledge to increase the amount of carbon stored in our agricultural soils.

Published online: 16 Sep 2020

Authors: Brockett, B. F. T. & Browne, A. L. & Beanland, A. & Whitfield, M. G. & Watson, N. & Blackburn, G. A. & Bardgett, R. D.

Content type: Blog

In recognition of the need to address complex environmental problems, some ecological studies have adopted social research methods to better understan...

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The effect of transgenic nematode resistance on non-target organisms in the potato rhizosphere.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Cowgill, S. E. & Bardgett, R. D. & Kiezebrink, D. T. & Atkinson, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant-parasitic nematodes are important pests of agriculture, and transgenic plants with potential for nematode control are currently being developed....

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