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Urban cultivation in allotments maintains soil qualities adversely affected by conventional agriculture.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Edmondson, J. L. & Davies, Z. G. & Gaston, K. J. & Leake, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern agriculture, in seeking to maximize yields to meet growing global food demand, has caused loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) and compaction, imp...

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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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Integrated above- and below-ground ecological monitoring for nature-based solutions.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Warner, E. & Giuliani, L. M. & Campbell, G. A. & Smith, P. & Seddon, N. & Seddon, D. & Smith, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

As the development of nature-based solutions (NbS) increases globally, it is important to ensure that projects meet the objective of delivering benefi...

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A tale of two studies: detection and attribution of the impacts of invasive plants in observational surveys.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Mueller, K. E. & Lodge, A. G. & Roth, A. M. & Whitfeld, T. J. S. & Hobbie, S. E. & Reich, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Short-term experiments cannot characterize how long-lived, invasive shrubs influence ecological properties that can be slow to change, including nativ...

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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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Factors controlling the distribution of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in relation to soil pH.

Published online: 01 Oct 1987

Authors: Porter, W. M. & Robson, A. D. & Abbott, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The aim of this study was to identify the particular soil properties which caused distinct populations of VA mycorrhizal fungi to occur at 2 adjacent ...

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The effect of human trampling on a sand dune ecosystem dominated by Empetrum nigrum.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Hylgaard, T. & Liddle, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of trampling was studied on the outer dune heath of Skallingen, southwest Jutland. The total number of passages and the period of time o...

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Native woody species depend on the soil microbiome to establish on burned soils, while non-native do not.

Published online: 22 Jan 2025

Authors: Escobedo, V. M. & Acuña-Rodríguez, I. S. & García, L. Y. & Torres-Díaz, C. & Atala, C. & Suazo, M. J. & Gómez-González, S. & Newsham, K. K. & Molina-Montenegro, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildfires are important natural disturbances with profound ecological impacts. However, our understanding of how to restore plant-soil microbiome inte...

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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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Two co-occurring invasive woody shrubs alter soil properties and promote subdominant invasive species.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Kuebbing, S. E. & Classen, A. T. & Simberloff, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Though co-occurrence of invasive plant species is common, few studies have compared the community and ecosystem impacts of invaders when they occur al...

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