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Soil aggregate stability increase is strongly related to fungal community succession along an abandoned agricultural field chronosequence in the Bolivian Altiplano.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Duchicela, J. & Sullivan, T. S. & Bontti, E. & Bever, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil aggregate stability is an important ecosystem property which deteriorates overtime due to agricultural practices. The cessation of cultivation al...

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Even short-term revegetation complicates soil food webs and strengthens their links with ecosystem functions.

Published online: 21 Sep 2022

Authors: Wang Bing & Zhu YuHe & Chen Xiang & Chen DiMa & Wu Ying & Wu LiJi & Liu ShengEn & Yue LinYan & Wang Yang & Bai YongFei

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Degradation of dryland ecosystems is a worldwide problem caused by climate change and human activities. To restore these degraded ecosystems, governme...

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Manure helps feed the world: integrated manure management demonstrates manuare is a valuable resource.

Published online: 13 Dec 2018

Authors: Teenstra, E. & Andeweg, K. & Vellinga, T.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Overview of Integrated Manure Management: Integrated Manure Management is the optimal handling of livestock manure from collection, through storage an...

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Interaction of earthworm species in sewage sludge-amended soil microcosms: Lumbricus terrestris and Eisenia fetida.

Published online: 26 Apr 1989

Authors: Hamilton, W. E. & Dindal, D. L. & Parkinson, C. M. & Mitchell, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil microcosms were treated with combinations of sewage sludge and two species of earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris and Eisenia fetida, and incubated f...

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Herbaceous vegetation enhancement increases biodiversity in a wine-producing vineyard in Israel, promoting shifts in agricultural practices in other vineyards.

Published online: 12 Sep 2018

Authors: Shapira, I. & Rosenfeld, A. & Rothschild, A. & Ackerman, M. & Eshel, G. & Keasar, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

We tested the effects of herbaceous vegetation enhancement on the abundance and richness of plants and arthropods in a wine-producing vineyard in Isra...

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Contribution of wheat and maize to soil organic carbon in a wheat-maize cropping system: a field and laboratory study.

Published online: 19 Feb 2023

Authors: Kan ZhengRong & Chen Zhe & Wei YuXin & Virk, A. L. & Bohoussou, Y. N. & Lal, R. & Zhao Xin & Zhang HaiLin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Retention of crop biomass is widely recommended to improve soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the magnitude of contribution of above-ground residues ...

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Leveraging functional traits of cover crops to coordinate crop productivity and soil health.

Published online: 19 Nov 2022

Authors: Zhang ChongZhe & Xue WenFeng & Xue JingRong & Zhang Jing & Qiu LuJie & Chen XiaoYun & Hu Feng & Kardol, P. & Liu ManQiang

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plants act as ecosystem engineers playing fundamental roles in steering their surroundings, including soil abiotic and biotic conditions, soil organis...

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Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Eldridge, D. J. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. & Quero, J. L. & Ochoa, V. & Gozalo, B. & Gozalo, B. & Escolar, C. & García-Gómez, M. & Prina, A. & Bowker, M. A. & Bran, D. E. & Castro, I. & Cea, A. & Derak, M. & Espinosa, C. I. & Florentino, A. & Gaitán, J. J. & Gatica, G. & Gómez-González, S. & Ghiloufi, W. & Gutierrez, J. R. & Gusmán-Montalván, E. & Hernández, R. M. & Hughes, F. M. & Muiño, W. & Monerris, J. & Ospina, A. & Ramírez, D. A. & Ribas-Fernández, Y. A. & Romão, R. L. & Torres-Díaz, C. & Koen, T. B. & Maestre, F. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple ecosystem functions need to be considered simultaneously to manage and protect the several ecosystem services that are essential to people an...

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Dynamics and contribution to carbon flows of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) under four cropping systems.

Published online: 20 Apr 1990

Authors: Lagerlöf, J. & Andrén, O. & Paustian, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Enchytraeids were sampled in 1980-85 in an agricultural field experiment with four cropping systems: barley without nitrogen fertilization (B0); barle...

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Soil organic matter fractions in loblolly pine forests of coastal North Carolina managed for bioenergy production.

Published online: 15 Apr 2015

Authors: Minick, K. J. & Strahm, B. D. & Fox, T. R. & Sucre, E. B. & Leggett, Z. H.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

This paper presents the results of a study on the effects of loblolly pine-switchgrass intercropping on SOM fractions in an intensively managed loblol...

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