Soil amendments alter plant biomass and soil microbial activity in a semi-desert grassland

Seed-bank structure and plant-recruitment conditions regulate the dynamics of a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone

(2016) Mariano Moreno-de las Heras et al.   ECOLOGY

Biochar affects soil organic matter cycling and microbial functions but does not alter microbial community structure in a paddy soil

(2016) Jing Tian et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Physico-chemical properties and microbial responses in biochar-amended soils: Mechanisms and future directions

(2015) Shamim Gul et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Above- and Belowground Growth, Biomass, and Nitrogen Use in Maize and Reconstructed Prairie Cropping Systems

(2015) Ranae Dietzel et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Desertification, land use, and the transformation of global drylands

(2015) Brandon T Bestelmeyer et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Biochar, hydrochar and uncarbonized feedstock application to permanent grassland—Effects on greenhouse gas emissions and plant growth

(2014) Sonja Schimmelpfennig et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Biochar application to soil for climate change mitigation by soil organic carbon sequestration

(2014) Klaus Lorenz et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Soil sterilization effects on root growth and formation of rhizosheaths in wheat seedlings

(2014) T. Mahmood et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Separating cellular metabolism from exoenzyme activity in soil organic matter decomposition

(2014) Joseph C. Blankinship et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Evaluating the effect of rainfall variability on vegetation establishment in a semidesert grassland

(2013) Jeffrey S. Fehmi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Biochar and its effects on plant productivity and nutrient cycling: a meta-analysis

(2013) Lori A. Biederman et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Effects of biochars produced from different feedstocks on soil properties and sunflower growth

(2013) José Antonio Alburquerque et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Rhizosphere stoichiometry: are C : N : P ratios of plants, soils, and enzymes conserved at the plant species-level?

(2013) Colin Bell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil enzyme activities, microbial communities, and carbon and nitrogen availability in organic agroecosystems across an intensively-managed agricultural landscape

(2013) Timothy M. Bowles et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Dynamics in leachate chemistry of Cu-Au tailings in response to biochar and woodchip amendments: a column leaching study

(2013) Xiaofang Li et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

The potential of soil amendments for restoring severely disturbed grasslands

(2012) Brian M. Ohsowski et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Effects of soil type, rainfall, straw mulch, and fertilizer on semi-arid vegetation establishment, growth and diversity

(2012) Jeffrey S. Fehmi et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Short- and medium-term effects of fuel reduction mulch treatments on soil nitrogen availability in Colorado conifer forests

(2012) C.C. Rhoades et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Nitrogen dynamics following field application of biochar in a temperate North American maize-based production system

(2012) David Güereña et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of a Biochar-Amended Alkaline Soil on the Growth of Romaine Lettuce and Bermudagrass

(2012) Janick F. Artiola et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Assessing the impact of soil degradation on food production

(2012) Prem S Bindraban et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Characteristics of wood wastes in British Columbia and their potential suitability as soil amendments and seedling growth media

(2011) Kirsty Venner et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Biochar adsorbed ammonia is bioavailable

(2011) Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Decreased soil microbial biomass and nitrogen mineralisation with Eucalyptus biochar addition to a coarse textured soil

(2011) D. N. Dempster et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Relationship between soil enzyme activities, nutrient cycling and soil fungal communities in a northern hardwood forest

(2011) David J. Burke et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

(2011) Johannes Lehmann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A litter-slurry technique elucidates the key role of enzyme production and microbial dynamics in temperature sensitivity of organic matter decomposition

(2011) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of slow and fast pyrolysis biochar on soil C and N turnover dynamics

(2011) Esben W. Bruun et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effect of banded biochar on dryland wheat production and fertiliser use in south-western Australia: an agronomic and economic perspective

(2010) Paul Blackwell et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Denitrification activity, wood loss, and N2O emissions over 9 years from a wood chip bioreactor

(2010) Thomas B. Moorman et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Differential responses of production and respiration to temperature and moisture drive the carbon balance across a climatic gradient in New Mexico

(2010) KRISTINA J. ANDERSON-TEIXEIRA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Interactive effects of elevated carbon dioxide and environmental stresses on root mass fraction in plants: a meta-analytical synthesis using pairwise techniques

(2010) Xianzhong Wang et al.   OECOLOGIA

Potential mechanisms for achieving agricultural benefits from biochar application to temperate soils: a review

(2010) Christopher J. Atkinson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The effect of young biochar on soil respiration

(2010) Jeffrey L. Smith et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Reconciling apparent variability in effects of biochar amendment on soil enzyme activities by assay optimization

(2010) Vanessa L. Bailey et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Impacts of woodchip amendments and soil nutrient availability on understory vegetation establishment following thinning of a ponderosa pine forest

(2009) Elisa M. Miller et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Importance of nurse logs as a substrate for the regeneration of pioneer tree species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

(2009) Evelyn Sanchez et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Buried charcoal layer and ectomycorrhizae cooperatively promote the growth of Larix gmelinii seedlings

(2009) K. Makoto et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effect of biochar amendment on soil carbon balance and soil microbial activity

(2009) S. Steinbeiss et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

(2008) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Fungal Taxa Target Different Carbon Sources in Forest Soil

(2008) China A. Hanson et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria

(2008) Graeme W. Nicol et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effect of gamma-sterilization and autoclaving on soil organic matter structure as studied by solid state NMR, UV and fluorescence spectroscopy

(2008) A. E. Berns et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Nitrogen immobilization by wood-chip application: Protecting water quality in a northern hardwood forest

(2008) Peter M. Homyak et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Natural oxidation of black carbon in soils: Changes in molecular form and surface charge along a climosequence

(2008) Chih-Hsin Cheng et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The Effect of Wood Fiber Mulch on Water Retention, Soil Temperature and Growth of Vegetable Plants

(2008) Nazim Gruda   JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Emerging tools for measuring and modeling the in situ activity of soil extracellular enzymes

(2008) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Stabilization of oxidative enzymes in desert soil may limit organic matter accumulation

(2007) Martina Stursova et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY