Organic amendment increases soil respiration in a greenhouse vegetable production system through decreasing soil organic carbon recalcitrance and increasing carbon-degrading microbial activity

Current status and environment impact of direct straw return in China’s cropland – A review

(2018) Hui Li et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Extreme drought slightly decreased soil labile organic C and N contents and altered microbial community structure in a subtropical evergreen forest

(2018) Xuelei Bu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Biochar-induced negative carbon mineralization priming effects in a coastal wetland soil: Roles of soil aggregation and microbial modulation

(2018) Hao Zheng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Soil labile organic carbon fractions and soil organic carbon stocks as affected by long-term organic and mineral fertilization regimes in the North China Plain

(2018) Juan Li et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Responses of soil microbial community to continuous experimental nitrogen additions for 13 years in a nitrogen-rich tropical forest

(2018) Cong Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

New insights into the role of microbial community composition in driving soil respiration rates

(2018) Yu-Rong Liu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Increased chemical stability but decreased physical protection of soil organic carbon in response to nutrient amendment in a Tibetan alpine meadow

(2018) Dingyu Shen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes

(2018) Ashish A. Malik et al.   Nature Communications

New Techniques and Data for Understanding the Global Soil Respiration Flux

(2018) Ben Bond-Lamberty   Earths Future

Building up the soil carbon pool via the cultivation of green manure crops in the Loess Plateau of China

(2018) Dabin Zhang et al.   GEODERMA

Fertilization alters microbial community composition and functional patterns by changing the chemical nature of soil organic carbon: A field study in a Halosol

(2017) Hongyan Wang et al.   GEODERMA

Organic amendments: Effect on carbon mineralization and crop productivity in acidic soil

(2017) Banashree Sarma et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Microbial extracellular enzymes in biogeochemical cycling of ecosystems

(2017) Ling Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Soil microbial community composition and its role in carbon mineralization in long-term fertilization paddy soils

(2017) Xiaoqin Dai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Altered humin compositions under organic and inorganic fertilization on an intensively cultivated sandy loam soil

(2017) Jisheng Xu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Changes in soil microbial community and organic carbon fractions under short-term straw return in a rice–wheat cropping system

(2017) Zhaoming Chen et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Interactions of soil particulate organic matter chemistry and microbial community composition mediating carbon mineralization in karst soils

(2017) Wei Xiao et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

13C NMR spectroscopy characterization of particle-size fractionated soil organic carbon in subalpine forest and grassland ecosystems

(2017) Yo-Jin Shiau et al.   Botanical Studies

Changes in soil microbial community, enzyme activities and organic matter fractions under long-term straw return in north-central China

(2016) Shicheng Zhao et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Shifts in microbial biomass and community composition in subtropical paddy soils under a gradient of manure amendment

(2016) Xiaoyan Ma et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Contrasting effects of biochar versus manure on soil microbial communities and enzyme activities in an Aridisol

(2016) Khalid A. Elzobair et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Manure substitution of mineral fertilizers increased functional stability through changing structure and physiology of microbial communities

(2016) Xianlu Yue et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

A review on the role of organic inputs in maintaining the soil carbon pool of the terrestrial ecosystem

(2016) Satya Sundar Bhattacharya et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Applied and Environmental Chemistry of Animal Manure: A Review

(2016) Zhongqi HE et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Microbial utilization of rice straw and its derived biochar in a paddy soil

(2016) Fuxia Pan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental and economic benefits of variable rate nitrogen fertilization in a nitrate vulnerable zone

(2016) Bruno Basso et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar has no effect on soil respiration across Chinese agricultural soils

(2016) Xiaoyu Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Contamination of phthalate esters, organochlorine pesticides and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in agricultural soils from the Yangtze River Delta of China

(2016) Jianteng Sun et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Dynamics of soil labile organic carbon fractions and C-cycle enzyme activities under straw mulch in Chengdu Plain

(2016) Sen Li et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Aboveground litter quality is a better predictor than belowground microbial communities when estimating carbon mineralization along a land-use gradient

(2016) Nicolas Fanin et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The variations in soil microbial communities, enzyme activities and their relationships with soil organic matter decomposition along the northern slope of Changbai Mountain

(2015) Zhiwei Xu et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Soil microbial community structure and function are significantly affected by long-term organic and mineral fertilization regimes in the North China Plain

(2015) Juan Li et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Long-term doubling of litter inputs accelerates soil organic matter degradation and reduces soil carbon stocks

(2015) Oliva Pisani et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Carbon mineralization and nutrient availability in calcareous sandy soils amended with woody waste biochar

(2015) Ahmed H. El-Naggar et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Changes of soil labile organic carbon fractions and their relation to soil microbial characteristics in four typical wetlands of Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China

(2015) Ye Xiao et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts

(2015) Dorothea Frank et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil Respiration as Affected by Long-Term Broiler Litter Application to a Udult in the Ozark Highlands

(2015) Richard L. McMullen et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Impact of inorganic nitrogen additions on microbes in biological soil crusts

(2015) Jin Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial community structure and resource availability drive the catalytic efficiency of soil enzymes under land-use change conditions

(2015) Alexander Tischer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Accumulation of organic C components in soil and aggregates

(2015) Hongyan Yu et al.   Scientific Reports

Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration rates enhanced by microbial community response

(2014) Kristiina Karhu et al.   NATURE

Soil organic matter degradation in an agricultural chronosequence under different tillage regimes evaluated by organic matter pools, enzymatic activities and CPMAS ¹³C NMR

(2014) M. Panettieri et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Root exudates mediated interactions belowground

(2014) Feth el Zahar Haichar et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Long-term intensive management effects on soil organic carbon pools and chemical composition in Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) forests in subtropical China

(2013) Yongfu Li et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Soil warming alters microbial substrate use in alpine soils

(2013) Kathrin Streit et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Short-term effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil microbial community structure and function

(2012) Cristina Lazcano et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Food benefit and climate warming potential of nitrogen fertilizer uses in China

(2012) Hanqin Tian et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Effects of contrasting soil management regimes on total and labile soil organic carbon fractions in a loess soil in China

(2012) Xueyun Yang et al.   GEODERMA

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

(2012) Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

REVIEW: The role of ecosystems and their management in regulating climate, and soil, water and air quality

(2012) Pete Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Linking microbial community structure and allocation of plant-derived carbon in an organic agricultural soil using 13CO2 pulse-chase labelling combined with 13C-PLFA profiling

(2012) Niina M. Tavi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial control over carbon cycling in soil

(2012) Joshua P. Schimel et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Carbon Sequestration in Bamboo Plantation Soil with Heavy Winter Organic Mulching Management

(2011) Shunyao Zhuang et al.   BOTANICAL REVIEW

Regulation of Microbial Community Composition and Activity by Soil Nutrient Availability, Soil pH, and Herbivory in the Tundra

(2011) Sari Stark et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

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

Soil carbon dioxide emission and carbon content as affected by conventional and organic cropping systems in Mediterranean environment

(2010) R. Mancinelli et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Use and misuse of PLFA measurements in soils

(2010) Åsa Frostegård et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Long-term manure and fertilizer effects on soil organic matter fractions and microbes under a wheat–maize cropping system in northern China

(2009) Wei Gong et al.   GEODERMA

Effects of different soil weights, storage times and extraction methods on soil phospholipid fatty acid analyses

(2009) Yuping Wu et al.   GEODERMA

Impact of litter quality on mineralization processes in managed and abandoned pasture soils in Southern Ecuador

(2009) Karin Potthast et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Phenol oxidase, peroxidase and organic matter dynamics of soil

(2009) Robert L. Sinsabaugh   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial properties of soils as affected by cropping and nutrient management practices in several long-term manurial experiments in the semi-arid tropics of India

(2008) C. Vineela et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Preferential uptake of over in marine ecosystem models: A simple and more consistent parameterization

(2008) S.M. Vallina et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

The influence of soil properties on the structure of bacterial and fungal communities across land-use types

(2008) Christian L. Lauber et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY