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The contribution of the phototrophic fraction in the fertility of different successional stages of induced biological soil crusts
Inoculation of cyanobacteria has been studied as a valuable approach to promote soil stabilization and fertilization and counteract the erosion of marginal soils. One of the results of the inoculation of cyano...
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Open AccessSoil quality in the urban gardens of Barcelona (Spain)
Urban agriculture is expanding worldwide and is being promoted by the FAO as a strategic activity because of its environmental, socio-economic, and educational benefits for citizens. In Spain, it is estimated ...
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Open AccessThe potential for an old-growth forest to store carbon in the topsoil: A case study at Sasso Fratino, Italy
There is considerable interest devoted to old-growth forests and their capacity to store carbon (C) in biomass and soil. Inventories of C stocks in old-growth forests are carried out worldwide, although there ...
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Adding Biochar to a Fertile Temperate Soil Has No Impact on the Growth and Very Little on the Quality of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and Ancient and Modern Wheat Varieties (Triticum spp.)
We checked the effect of biochar addition to a fertile temperate soil on plant growth and the quantity and quality of seeds of four varieties of wheat (Triticum spp., two “ancient” varieties, Verna and Senatore ...
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Open AccessAccounting for soil respiration variability – Case study in a Mediterranean pine-dominated forest
The number of spots to monitor to evaluate soil respiration (Rs) is often chosen on an empirical or conventional basis. To obtain an insight into the necessary number of spots to account for Rs variability in a M...
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Soil organic matter molecular composition and state of decomposition in three locations of the European Arctic
Increased mineralization of the organic matter (OM) stored in permafrost is expected to constitute the largest additional global warming potential from terrestrial ecosystems exposed to a warmer climate. Chemi...
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Radiocarbon-Based Assessment of Heterotrophic Soil Respiration in Two Mediterranean Forests
The amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2), which is referred to as heterotrophic respiration (Rh), is technically difficult to measure despite its necessity to t...
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Soil pyrogenic organic matter characterisation by spectroscopic analysis: a study on combustion and pyrolysis residues
Pyrogenic organic matter (PyOM) in the soil of a maritime pine forest in Central Italy, formed during a fire of high severity, was characterised by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and 13C nuclear magnetic reso...
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Fire as a Soil-Forming Factor
In the span of a human generation, fire can, in theory, impact all the land covered by vegetation. Its occurrence has many important direct and indirect effects on soil, some of which are long-lasting or even ...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
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Radiocarbon based assessment of soil organic matter contribution to soil respiration in a pine stand of the Campine region, Belgium
The contribution of decomposing soil organic carbon (SOC) to total annual soil respiration (SR) was evaluated by radiocarbon measurements at a Scots pine stand growing on a plaggen soil in the Belgian Campine ...
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Soil carbon dynamics in a Mediterranean forest during the Kyoto Protocol commitment periods
The purpose of the present work is to asses the possibility of detecting changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) at the end of the 5-years of the first Commitment Period (CP) of the Kyoto Protocol of the United N...
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The role of soil in storing carbon in tropical rainforests: the case of Ankasa Park, Ghana
Tropical primary rainforests of Africa are an enormous reservoir of carbon (C), most of which, in the common perception, is stored in the biomass. We studied one of these forests, Ankasa, in the south-western ...
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Does the preferential microbial colonisation of ferromagnesian minerals affect mineral weathering in soil?
Fungal activity is thought to play a direct and effective role in the breakdown and dissolution of primary minerals and in the synthesis of clay minerals in soil environments, with important consequences for p...
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Spectroscopic properties of bulk and dichromate oxidation resistant soil organic matter from an anthroposequence in a Mediterranean environment
The shallow soils of Pianosa—a small calcareous island in the Mediterranean Sea, facing Tuscany, central Italy—developed under the same pedogenic factors with the exception of vegetation and, in the last two c...
