Article
Microbiology
Kristin M. Barbour, Claudia Weihe, Kendra E. Walters, Jennifer B. H. Martiny
Summary: This study experimentally manipulated microbial dispersal in post-fire leaf litter communities and tracked the changes in bacterial and fungal communities over time. The results showed that dispersal played a significant role in the reassembly of microbial communities after the fire, and its effect varied with time and the reemergence of vegetation.
Article
Agronomy
Changyi Lu, D. Johan Kotze, Heikki M. Setala
Summary: The study found that plant functional type influences soil nitrogen dynamics in urban greenspace soils, potentially due to its effect on earthworm biomass. Evergreen trees have the highest ability to promote nitrogen accumulation and reduce nitrous oxide emissions in urban parks. Additionally, the age of the park affects nitrogen accumulation under trees and lawns, highlighting the role of vegetation in influencing soil nitrogen dynamics in urban greenspaces.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Henry J. Ndangalasi, Cristina Martinez-Garza, Tesakiah C. A. Harjo, Clayton A. Pedigo, Rebecca J. Wilson, Norbert J. Cordeiro
Summary: This study examined seedling recruitment under isolated legacy trees in tea plantations in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. It found that pioneer recruits were abundant, non-pioneer recruits were fewer, and 98% of all recruits were animal-dispersed. The size and species of legacy trees influenced the abundance of recruits.
Article
Forestry
Joshua J. Puhlick, Ivan J. Fernandez, Jay W. Wason
Summary: The presence of European earthworms in Northern Maine forests could disrupt ecosystem dynamics by altering soil properties and reducing carbon stocks. Areas with earthworms had significantly lower soil carbon stocks, and management actions should be taken to prevent the introduction of earthworms into unaffected areas.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Claire Froger, Claudy Jolivet, Helene Budzinski, Manon Pierdet, Giovanni Caria, Nicolas P. A. Saby, Dominique Arrouays, Antonio Bispo
Summary: The contamination of the environment by pesticide residues is a growing concern. This study monitored pesticide residues in 47 soil samples across France and found that pesticides were present in 98% of the sites, including untreated areas. The persistence of some residues and their potential risks to earthworms were highlighted.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Ophelie Sauzet, Cecilia Cammas, Jean-Marc Gilliot, David Montagne
Summary: We used image analysis to quantify the intensity of illuviation and bioturbation in a cultivated Luvisol. Although bioturbation can compensate for clay-sized fraction loss caused by eluviation, a significant amount of clay will still be permanently lost. Thus, preventive management of clay-sized fraction depletion is preferable to curative management through bioturbation.
Article
Soil Science
Peter L. Weber, Cecilie Hermansen, Trine Norgaard, Charles Pesch, Per Moldrup, Mogens H. Greve, Karin Muller, Emmanuel Arthur, Lis Wollesen de Jonge
Summary: The rapid warming of the Arctic is significantly affecting agricultural activities in southwest Greenland, leading to a need to study the physical properties of soil resources. The study found that most soil samples in South Greenland exhibit water repellency, with some showing extreme water repellency, and soil organic fractions can be used to predict water repellency. Soil water retention plays a crucial role in determining water repellency in these sub-arctic soils.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yaqi Xu, Bing Li, Kaixuan Hou, Zhongkun Du, Samuel C. Allen, Lusheng Zhu, Wenxiu Li, Lei Zhu, Jinhua Wang, Jun Wang
Summary: Azoxystrobin, a widely used fungicide, was found to exhibit higher toxicity in natural soil compared to artificial soil when assessing its ecological risk on earthworm populations. The traditional artificial soil testing method may underestimate the ecotoxicity of azoxystrobin in a real agricultural environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Crislaine Cochak, Felipe Rafael de Oliveira, Fernando Miranda Lansac-Toha, Bianca Ramos Meira, Carolina Leite Guimaraes Duran, Jean Ricardo Simoes Vitule, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho
Summary: This study evaluated the roles of amphibians and odonates in the dispersal of ciliates, finding that the dispersal of ciliate protists was improved when mediated by biological vectors. The impact of dispersal depended on the animal vector, with even more relevance when propagules were carried by both animal vectors.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Iteb Boughattas, Sabrine Hattab, Nesrine Zitouni, Marouane Mkhinini, Omayma Missawi, Noureddine Bousserrhine, Mohamed Banni
Summary: The study revealed a high quantity of microplastics in agricultural soils, dominated by small sizes of polyethylene and polybutyrate adipate terephtalate. Earthworms ingested a significant amount of microplastics, leading to important biochemical alterations.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Leidiane dos Santos Lucas, Aurelio Rubio Neto, Jadson Belem de Moura, Rodrigo Fernandes de Souza, Maria Eduarda Fernandes Santos, Lorena Fernandes de Moura, Elitania Gomes Xavier, Jose Mateus dos Santos, Ryan Nehring, Sandro Dutra e Silva
Summary: The Cerrado is an important agricultural region for agricultural development, with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi playing a crucial role in plant nutrition. This study investigates the activity of these fungi in different species of forage grasses and finds significant variations in mycorrhizal colonization rates among genotypes, with Brachiaria decumbens showing the highest colonization.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Qing Wang, Hui Ren, Yufeng Yang
Summary: The study found that in the mariculture zone of Nanao, South China, invertebrates colonized seaweeds rapidly and in large numbers, using the seaweed thalli as a platform for reproduction. Large-scale seaweed cultivation benefits invertebrate colonization and drives ecological changes in invertebrate communities in coastal ecosystems, impacting interactions with other communities and trophic levels in the cultivated seaweed food web.
MARINE ECOLOGY-AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jiahao Zhang, Mengzhen Xu, Luo Sun, Danny Reible, Xudong Fu
Summary: The colonization of mussels can impact water quality by altering nearby bacterial communities. A study using high-throughput sequencing revealed that bacterial assemblages associated with live and dead mussels consume nutrients and tissues, leading to poor water quality and reduced bacterial alpha-diversity, especially in dead mussel groups. The dissimilarity of bacterial communities between live and dead mussel groups was more significant than that between different initial water qualities, emphasizing the dominance of mussel colonization and living status on bacterial communities.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Ran Xiao, Amjad Ali, Yaqiong Xu, Hamada Abdelrahman, Ronghua Li, Yanbing Lin, Nanthi Bolan, Sabry M. Shaheen, Jorg Rinklebe, Zengqiang Zhang
Summary: Earthworms have the potential to remediate soils contaminated with potentially toxic elements (PTEs), but thorough research and reviews on this topic are currently lacking. This review provides insights into the distribution and abundance of earthworms in PTEs contaminated soils, the influence of PTEs on earthworm communities, factors affecting earthworm PTEs accumulation and elimination, and the dynamics of PTEs in earthworm-amended soils.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Santiago Herrera, William W. W. Chadwick, Matthew G. G. Jackson, Jasper Konter, Luke McCartin, Nicole Pittoors, Emily Bushta, Susan G. Merle
Summary: Volcanic eruptions provide rare opportunities to observe the recolonization of areas covered by new lava flows, resetting the ecological succession clock to zero. This study examines the role of submarine volcanic eruptions as disturbance events and their impact on ecological succession in non-vent ecosystems, particularly on seamounts. The research focuses on the early stages of ecological succession in the summit caldera of the Vailulu'u submarine volcano in American Samoa.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
He Zhang, Aurore Degre, Caroline De Clerck, Shuangshuang Li, Jinshan Lian, Yuanyuan Peng, Tao Sun, Lindan Luo, Yanan Yue, Guihua Li, Jianfeng Zhang
Summary: The continuous expansion of sandy soil poses a threat to crop security. The use of chitin-rich organic material and attapulgite as soil amendments can improve degraded soil by increasing nutrient content and enzyme activity and altering bacterial community structure. This study provides insights into the link between soil properties, bacterial community structure, and microbial carbon metabolism function.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Xian Zhou, Yi Jiang, Ganghua Leng, Wanting Ling, Jian Wang
Summary: Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) residues have significant impacts on soil pollution remediation. The addition of exogenous functional microbial consortium and glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) can promote the degradation of bound PAH residues. This study fills the cognitive gap of GRSP in regulating the degradation of bound PAH residues in soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Soil Science
Xinyu Zhao, Evrim Elcin, Lizhi He, Meththika Vithanage, Xiaokai Zhang, Jie Wang, Shuo Wang, Yun Deng, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Sabry M. Shaheen, Hailong Wang, Zhenyu Wang
Summary: The increase of cultivated varieties of Chinese herbal remedies, the expansion of cultivation area, and long-term monoculture cropping have led to aggravated problems of soil diseases, yield loss, and quality reduction. Biochar, as a carbon-rich material, has the potential to improve soil quality and alleviate continuous crop obstacles for Chinese herbal remedies.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Editorial Material
Soil Science
Melanie M. Pollierer, Anton Potapov, Andrey Zaitsev
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Yajie Wang, Jiefeng Li, Yongfen Wei, Zhiyi Deng, Xiaodi Hao, Fusheng Li
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of heavy metal pollution caused by coal production on soil microbial ecology in the semi-arid region of Heilongjiang. The results reveal negative correlations between heavy metals and bacterial abundance and diversity. Twelve sensitive bacterial taxa and corresponding models were identified. Water content and total phosphorus were also found to play vital roles in regulating the bacterial community in the soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Sujit Das, Sunanda Biswas, B. Ramakrishnan, T. K. Das, T. J. Purakayastha, B. H. Gawade, Priya Singh, Partha Sarathi Ghorai, Saloni Tripathy, Kanchan Sinha
Summary: This study assessed the impact of conservation agriculture on the biological soil health index in a rice-wheat system in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. The results showed that zero till direct seeded rice and crop residue incorporation could improve soil organic carbon, enzyme activities, and microbial population. Specifically, the inclusion of mungbean residues and sesbania brown manuring significantly increased the abundance of the nifH gene in the soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Xingxiu Huang, Genxing Pan, Lianqing Li, Xuhui Zhang, Hailong Wang, Nanthi Bolan, Bhupinder Pal Singh, Chongjian Ma, Fuwei Liang, Yanjie Chen, Huashou Li
Summary: The study evaluated the effects of using a mixture of biomass waste ash and biochar on soil pH, heavy metal remediation, and plant growth. The results showed that the mixed use could ameliorate soil acidification, reduce absorption of cadmium and lead by plants, and promote plant growth. The special fertilizer prepared from the mixture can be used to promote crop growth and reduce environmental pollution.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Astrid C. H. Jaeger, Martin Hartmann, Rafaela Feola Conz, Johan Six, Emily F. Solly
Summary: This study investigates the effects of tree mortality on soil microbial communities using a mesocosm experiment. The results show that tree death influenced soil microbial abundance and composition, with the potential to affect soil processes in forest ecosystems.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Dane C. Elmquist, Subodh Adhikari, Ina Popova, Sanford D. Eigenbrode
Summary: This study investigated the effects of soil arthropod communities from cereal-based agroecosystems on wheat plant growth and above-belowground interactions. The results showed that wheat grown in soils with arthropod communities had better growth and defense against aphids, compared to wheat grown in soils without arthropod communities.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Lei Wang, Jing Wang, Zhonghou Tang, Jidong Wang, Yongchun Zhang
Summary: This study found that the application of organic fertilizer enhances carbon and phosphorus cycling enzyme activities in soil, reshapes the soil microbial community structure, and regulates the interactions between these crucial indicators through soil organic carbon.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Soil Science
M. Pawlett, N. T. Girkin, L. Deeks, D. L. Evans, R. Sakrabani, P. Masters, K. Garnett, N. Marquez-Grant
Summary: The modern funeral industry faces environmental risks and challenges, and natural burial offers a more sustainable alternative. However, there is a lack of research comparing the risks and benefits of natural burial practices, including groundwater contamination and atmospheric emissions. More scientific research is needed to understand and regulate funeral options, as well as cultural incentives for natural burial.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Zhongcheng Wang, Jin Zhao, Dan Xiao, Meifeng Chen, Xunyang He
Summary: Root AMF colonization, diversity, and interactions vary with soil depth. Higher soil nutrient levels and root biomass promote colonization but suppress diversity and interactions in the upper soil layer compared to deeper layers.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Zhiyang Zhang, Shiting Zhang, Riikka Rinnan
Summary: This study revealed the mechanisms behind the effects of dung deposition on soil heterotrophic respiration, providing insights for grassland management and carbon feedback prediction in grazed ecosystems.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Ismail Ibrahim Garba, Graham R. Stirling, A. Marcelle Stirling, Alwyn Williams
Summary: Integrating diverse cover crops into dryland crop-fallow rotations can enhance soil nutrient and water retention, suppress soil-borne pests, and improve soil health. The effects on soil nematode communities are modulated by the functional type and mixture composition of the cover crops. Selecting cover crops with appropriate traits can improve soil health through suppression of plant-parasitic nematodes, promotion of free-living nematodes, and enhancement of soil food web complexity.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Min Li, Chao He, Miao Wei, Junmeng Long, Jingru Wang, Xinrong Yang, Kehan Wang, Xueli He
Summary: In extreme desert environments, black septate endophytes (DSE) can benefit the relict plant Gymnocarpos przewalskii by assisting it to survive and maintain ecosystem stability. The colonization of DSE in the roots of G. przewalskii varies significantly with seasons and sites, with soil properties being a major factor affecting the composition of DSE. Additionally, the functional metabolite composition of DSE strains varies greatly with different drought levels and isolates, indicating the potential complementarity between different strains in helping hosts cope with drought stress.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)