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Cross-biome antibiotic resistance decays after millions of years of soil development
Soils harbor the most diverse naturally evolved antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) on Earth, with implications for human health and ecosystem...
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Variation patterns and their driving factors in soil extracellular enzyme activities and stoichiometry along a 49-years vegetation restoration chronosequence
Background and aimsVegetation restoration by altering soil properties has far-reaching impacts on soil extracellular enzyme activities (EEAs) and...
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Temperature Increases Soil Respiration Across Ecosystem Types and Soil Development, But Soil Properties Determine the Magnitude of This Effect
Soil carbon losses to the atmosphere, via soil heterotrophic respiration, are expected to increase in response to global warming, resulting in a...
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The Development of Soil Science in Piedmont
Several institutions focus on soil in Piedmont, from the university and research centers investigating soil properties and mechanisms, to regional...
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Rubber Plantation Age Affects Soil Aggregate Stability, Organic Carbon, and Nitrogen Distribution in Hainan Island, China
Soil aggregate stability is influenced by the soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) content. However, the mechanisms by which the age of...
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Niche differentiation of Mucoromycotinian and Glomeromycotinian arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along a 2-million-year soil chronosequence
Current literature suggests ecological niche differentiation between co-occurring Mucoromycotinian arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (M-AMF) and...
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The Development of Soil Science in Calabria
The history of soil science in Calabria is about 60 years old and thus relatively younger than in other Italian regions, although occasional older...
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Soil Science in Italy from 2000 to 2024
In this chapter, we address a series of topics that have experienced a strong evolution or become important issues since 2000 to date in Italy....
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Functional, not Taxonomic, Composition of Soil Fungi Reestablishes to Pre-mining Initial State After 52 Years of Recultivation
Open-cast mining leads to the loss of naturally developed soils and their ecosystem functions and services. Soil restoration after mining aims to...
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Soil elemental cycles become more coupled in response to increased nitrogen deposition in a semiarid shrubland
Background and aimsIncreased N deposition can break the coupled associations among chemical elements in soil, many of which are essential plant...
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Post-fire Recovery of Soil Organic Layer Carbon in Canadian Boreal Forests
Conifer forests historically have been resilient to wildfires in part due to thick organic soil layers that regulate combustion and post-fire...
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The contribution of deadwood to soil carbon dynamics in contrasting temperate forest ecosystems
Deadwood forms a significant carbon pool in forest systems and is a potential source of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) input to soil, yet little is...
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Vegetation and Recalcitrant Soil Carbon Recovery Along an Age Chronosequence of Jhum Fallows in North East India
Jhum (local name for shifting cultivation) is one of the oldest and dominant land uses in North East India. Jhum cultivation is sustainable for...
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Coordination among leaf and fine-root traits along a strong natural soil fertility gradient
Background and aimsUnravelling how fundamental axes of leaf and fine-root trait variation correlate and relate to nutrient availability is crucial...
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Community composition and physiological plasticity control microbial carbon storage across natural and experimental soil fertility gradients
Many microorganisms synthesise carbon (C)-rich compounds under resource deprivation. Such compounds likely serve as intracellular C-storage pools...
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Impacts of long-term abandonment of alfalfa plantations on soil physicochemical properties and plant diversity in an agricultural pastoral ecotone
Background and aimsThe abandonment of alfalfa fields is increasing in a semi-arid region. To determine the change of soil physicochemical properties...
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Subsurface Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Losses Offset Surface Carbon Accumulation in Abandoned Agricultural Fields
Abandoned agricultural fields (old fields) are thought to accumulate soil organic matter (SOM) after cultivation cessation. However, most research on...
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Potential soil methane oxidation in naturally regenerated oak-dominated temperate deciduous forest stands responds to soil water status regardless of their age—an intact core incubation study
Key messagePotential CH 4 oxidation in the top soil layer increased with decreasing soil water content in spring but was inhibited during severe...
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Community assembly correlates with alfalfa production by mediating rhizosphere soil microbial community composition in different planting years and regimes
Background and aimsMaintaining sustainable high yield and soil fertility is the key to cultivate perennial alfalfa grassland. However, little is...
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Different contributions of microbial and plant residues to soil organic carbon accumulation during planted forest and abandoned farmland restoration, Loess Plateau, China
AimsPlant and microbial residues are the primary drivers mediating soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how...
