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A study of a 20 to 25 year old stand of Scots pine in Central Sweden showed that the nematode fauna was influenced by both irrigation and fertilizatio...

The system of Ellenberg indicator species is widely accepted and used to characterize climate, light and soil conditions in central Europe and beyond....

In agriculture, winter cover crop (WCC) residues are incorporated into the soil to improve soil quality, as gradual litter decomposition can improve f...

Linear landscape elements such as hedgerows and road verges have the potential to mitigate the adverse effects of habitat fragmentation and climate ch...

Drought can affect ecosystem functioning by altering plant-soil interactions, posing a significant threat to vulnerable ecosystems like heathlands. In...

The suitability of formerly arable land for heathland restoration was studied on sandy soils in the Netherlands. For this purpose, nutrient (N, P) ava...

The effects of contrasting management practices on the species composition of tallgrass prairie in Kansas, USA were examined at 2 spatial scales. At t...

Accumulation of recovering vegetation is often the principal mechanism limiting nutrient loss following large-scale disturbance of forest ecosystems. ...

In a study on a peat moor in Somerset (SW England, 51°12′N, 2°49′W) in 1991, assessments were made of the soil seed bank in March, and of the abovegro...

Livestock grazing at low stocking rates is widely recommended to maintain grassland biodiversity. However, empirical evidence of grazing-intensity eff...