Does agricultural crop diversity enhance soil microbial biomass and organic matter dynamics? A meta-analysis

The temperature response of soil microbial efficiency and its feedback to climate

(2013) Serita D. Frey et al.   Nature Climate Change

The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

(2012) Kyle Wickings et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Cover Crop Root Composition and Density in a Long-Term Vegetable Cropping System Trial

(2012) Megan Gardner et al.   JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades

(2012) P. B. Reich et al.   SCIENCE

Twenty two years of tillage and mulching impacts on soil physical characteristics and carbon sequestration in Central Ohio

(2012) Meharban Singh Kahlon et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Controls over soil microbial biomass responses to carbon amendments in agricultural systems: A meta-analysis

(2011) Cynthia Kallenbach et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Assessment of the quality of meta-analysis in agronomy

(2011) Aurore Philibert et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Soybean Yield and Heterodera Glycines Response to Rotation, Tillage, and Genetic Resistance

(2011) S. P. Conley et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Different crop rotation systems as drivers of change in soil bacterial community structure and yield of rice, Oryza sativa

(2011) Do Thi Xuan et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Microbial community structure and residue chemistry during decomposition of shoots and roots of young and mature wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in sand

(2011) K. Baumann et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Relationships between soil organic matter and the soil microbial biomass (size, functional diversity, and community structure) in crop and pasture systems in a semi-arid environment

(2011) D. V. Murphy et al.   Soil Research

Management intensity – not biodiversity – the driver of ecosystem services in a long-term row crop experiment

(2010) Sieglinde S. Snapp et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

An Absorbing Markov Chain approach to understanding the microbial role in soil carbon stabilization

(2010) Chao Liang et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Effects of 17-year fertilization on soil microbial biomass C and N and soluble organic C and N in loessial soil during maize growth

(2010) Bin Liang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

(2010) N. Eisenhauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Indirect Effects of Nitrogen Amendments on Organic Substrate Quality Increase Enzymatic Activity Driving Decomposition in a Mesic Grassland

(2010) Lisa K. Tiemann et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Impact of tropical land-use change on soil organic carbon stocks - a meta-analysis

(2010) AXEL DON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microbial production of recalcitrant organic matter in global soils: implications for productivity and climate policy

(2010) Chao Liang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Trade-offs between the short- and long-term effects of residue quality on soil C and N dynamics

(2010) Roberta Gentile et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Microbial community composition and carbon cycling within soil microenvironments of conventional, low-input, and organic cropping systems

(2010) Angela Y.Y. Kong et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Meta-analysis in applied ecology

(2009) G. Stewart   Biology Letters

Global patterns in belowground communities

(2009) Noah Fierer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Temporal dynamics of soil nitrogen, carbon and microbial activity in conservative and disturbed fields amended with mature white lupine and oat residues

(2009) Corina Carranca et al.   GEODERMA

Short-term plant species impact on microbial community structure in soils with long-term agricultural history

(2009) Jude Maul et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biofuels and Biodiversity: Principles for Creating Better Policies for Biofuel Production

(2008) MARTHA J. GROOM et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Effects of Crop Diversity on Agroecosystem Function: Crop Yield Response

(2008) Richard G. Smith et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics

(2008) Michael S. Strickland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2008) D. A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Molecular C dynamics downstream: The biochemical decomposition sequence and its impact on soil organic matter structure and function

(2008) A. Stuart Grandy et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Low levels of nitrogen addition stimulate decomposition by boreal forest fungi

(2008) Steven D. Allison et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY