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Multidisciplinary Sciences
C. Terrer, R. P. Phillips, B. A. Hungate, J. Rosende, J. Pett-Ridge, M. E. Craig, K. J. van Groenigen, T. F. Keenan, B. N. Sulman, B. D. Stocker, P. B. Reich, A. F. A. Pellegrini, E. Pendall, H. Zhang, R. D. Evans, Y. Carrillo, J. B. Fisher, K. Van Sundert, Sara Vicca, R. B. Jackson
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Environmental Sciences
Emma Leonard, Jyoti Bodas, Sally Brown, Ben Axt
Summary: The study found that long-term municipal biosolids fertilization in Douglas fir plantations in the Pacific Northwest significantly increased soil carbon storage and promoted tree growth. However, there were significant differences in responses between soil series, requiring further research to determine the optimal biosolids application strategies.
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(2021)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Ying Wang, Liang Chen, Wenhua Xiang, Shuai Ouyang, Taidong Zhang, Xiulan Zhang, Yelin Zeng, Yanting Hu, Gongwen Luo, Yakov Kuzyakov
Summary: This meta-analysis examined the impacts of forest conversion to plantations on soil microbial communities and functioning, finding adverse effects on key soil and microbial properties such as soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, microbial biomass, and enzyme activities. Conversion led to decreases in important parameters like soil C and N, while increasing bacterial richness and microbial metabolic quotient. The study highlights the importance of considering soil preservation in forest management practices to maintain ecosystem functions.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Soil Science
Frederic Leuther, Robert Mikutta, Maximilian Wolff, Klaus Kaiser, Steffen Schlueter
Summary: Soil structure refers to the temporal changes in the spatial arrangement of pores, organic matter, and minerals. The turnover of soil structure plays a crucial role in carbon storage and is mainly determined by macrofaunal activity, which varies with environmental conditions. Under dry conditions, the structure turnover time was estimated to be 33+/-3 years, while under moist conditions it was 16+/-1 years.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zhenzhen Hao, Zhanjun Quan, Yu Han, Chen Lv, Xiang Zhao, Wenjie Jing, Linghui Zhu, Junyong Ma
Summary: Forest type and environmental factors interact to affect soil carbon sequestration capacity and dynamics, including soil physicochemical properties, surface biological factors, and environmental factors.
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Environmental Sciences
Tarquinio Mateus Magalhaes, Amelia Saraiva Monguela Fanheiro, Victoria Norberto Cossa
Summary: The conversion of miombo woodlands to monoculture plantations leads to an increase in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen content, while reducing soil bulk density. The change in plantation age and species planted further affect soil properties, with soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks increasing by up to 88% 60 years after the conversion.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Cuiting Wang, Yuan Sun, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Jingyan Yang, Guobing Wang, Yuwei Liu, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Droughts, intensified by climate change, have significant impacts on forest production. This study conducted a drought experiment in a poplar plantation in China and found that drought affected both aboveground and fine root production. Fine root production was more sensitive to drought stress compared to aboveground production.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Sunil Singh, Mahesh Kumar Singh, Chandra Mohan Kumar, Priyanka Soni, Nandita Ghoshal
Summary: The study investigated the impact of land-use change in an urban ecosystem on soil aggregate dynamics and soil carbon storage in a dry tropical region of India. Different land uses exhibited variations in soil aggregate fractions and soil carbon storage, with tree plantations showing considerable improvements compared to grass fallow.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
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Engineering, Environmental
Bitong Zhu, Yuanping Li, Christopher Rensing, Jianghua Ye, Jialin Qiu, Qinji Li, Lekang Wu, Qianxi Lu, Yv Lin, Xiaoli Jia
Summary: The study investigated the role of Pseudomonas fluorescens ZL22 in soil restoration and phenolic acid autotoxicity (PAA) regulation in tea plantations. ZL22 can degrade 96% of p-hydroxybenzoic acid and 98% of 3,4 dihydroxybenzoic acid in tea rhizosphere soil within 30 days. Its cooccurrence with low cinnamic acid levels further promotes lettuce seed growth and significantly increases tea production. ZL22 effectively regulates PAA in the rhizospheric soil, increases the abundance of genera associated with soil N, C, and S cycling, and creates optimum pH and organic carbon, and available N contents for secondary metabolite accumulation in tea leaves. The application of P. fluorescens ZL22 controls PAA, improves plant growth and soil nutrition, thereby promoting tea production and quality.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
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Forestry
Sihan Wang, Weiwei Lu, Fangchao Zhang
Summary: The study reveals that soil inorganic carbon content increases with depth in coastal plantations in Eastern China, influenced by soil organic carbon. The concentrations of water-soluble Ca2+ and Mg2+ in soil also vary at different depths within the soil profiles.
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Forestry
Haifeng Yin, Yu Su, Size Liu, Xiangjun Li, Xianwei Li, Chuan Fan, Pingting Guan, Zhijing Xie, Simin Wang, Stefan Scheu, Valentyna Krashevska
Summary: Crop-tree thinning can significantly increase the abundance of soil nematodes in plantations and enhance the relative abundance of herbivorous nematodes. The impact of CTT varies among different plantations, mainly due to changes in microbial biomass nitrogen and understory vegetation diversity.
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Environmental Sciences
Mila Facanha Gomes, Steel Silva Vasconcelos, Arleu Barbosa Viana-Junior, Alessa Nayhara Mendanha Costa, Priscila Castro Barros, Osvaldo Ryohei Kato, Debora Cristina Castellani
Summary: Expansion of oil palm cultivation in degraded areas of the Brazilian Amazon has increased. Cultivation in diversified agroforestry systems may be a sustainable alternative to monocultures. Organic fertilization and species diversity in agroforestry systems may lead to improved soil quality compared to monocultures.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Jie Liu, Xiaohua Gou, Jianguo Liu, Dingcai Yin, Dingyun Zhang
Summary: The afforestation in the eastern Tibetan Plateau has significant effects on soil nutrients, with different tree species showing varying impacts. Larix principis is identified as the most promising species for carbon sequestration and nitrogen fixation. The afforestation age plays a crucial role in soil nutrient stocks. Environmental and soil variables mainly influence soil nutrient stocks in deep soil.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Xinyu Liu, Xixi Lu, Ruihong Yu, Heyang Sun, Xiangwei Li, Xiang Li, Zhen Qi, Tingxi Liu, Changwei Lu
Summary: This study evaluated the distribution and storage of SOC and SIC in riparian wetland soils under the influence of human activities. The results showed a significant decrease in surface soil SOC content from upstream to downstream, while SIC content showed the opposite trend. SOC was primarily affected by vegetation coverage, soil water content, and soil pH, while SIC was greatly influenced by soil texture.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
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Ecology
Kexin Zhang, Dongli Gao, Hong Guo, Ji Zeng, Xianzhao Liu
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of stand density and age on soil carbon and nitrogen storage. The results showed that increasing stand density had different effects on soil carbon content in pure and mixed Pinus massoniana forests.
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(2022)
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Yuanhe Yang, Chengjun Ji, Leiyi Chen, Jinzhi Ding, Xiaoli Cheng, David Robinson
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2015)
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Agronomy
Helen S. K. Snell, David Robinson, Andrew J. Midwood
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Agronomy
Helen S. K. Snell, David Robinson, Andrew J. Midwood
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Forestry
Jinxue Huang, Guangshui Chen, Zhijie Yang, Decheng Xiong, Jianfen Guo, Jinsheng Xie, David Robinson, Yusheng Yang
ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
(2016)
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Soil Science
Yuping Chen, Guangshui Chen, David Robinson, Zhijie Yang, Jianfen Guo, Jinsheng Xie, Shenglei Fu, Lixia Zhou, Yusheng Yang
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2016)
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Plant Sciences
Gavin D. Scott, John A. Baddeley, Christine A. Watson, David Robinson
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2018)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Guangshui Chen, Yusheng Yang, David Robinson
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2014)
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Biochemical Research Methods
Helen S. K. Snell, David Robinson, Andrew J. Midwood
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY
(2014)
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Ecology
Guangshui Chen, Sarah E. Hobbie, Peter B. Reich, Yusheng Yang, David Robinson
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Plant Sciences
David Robinson, John Henry Peterkin
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Plant Sciences
Clare J. Trinder, Rob W. Brooker, Hazel Davidson, David Robinson
Summary: The study found that measuring resource capture or biomass production provides different insights into how competitors interact and their relationship with the environment, and that biomass serves as a long-term integrative proxy for the outcomes of multiple separate interactions occurring among plants.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
David Robinson
Summary: This study combines plant growth analysis and a simple model of resource capture and biomass allocation to examine the dynamic changes in root allocation when nutrients are scarce. The findings reveal disparities in growth rates between roots and shoots as the cause of these allocation changes. The study also shows that optimal root-shoot allocations are not necessary to maximize whole-plant growth rate, as similar growth rates can be achieved with different allocations.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Liqin Zhu, Xiaodong Yao, Weile Chen, David Robinson, Xiaohong Wang, Tingting Chen, Qi Jiang, Linqiao Jia, Ailian Fan, Dongmei Wu, Guangshui Chen
Summary: Below-ground plastic responses to soil nutrient 'hot-spots' are important for plants coexisting in natural ecosystems, but the differences in these responses among plant species and how they covary are still unclear.
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(2023)
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Z. K. Kadhum, A. H. Price, D. Robinson
IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
(2014)