Trends in microbial community composition and function by soil depth

D Naylor, R McClure, J Jansson - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbial communities play important roles in soil health, contributing to processes such as
the turnover of organic matter and nutrient cycling. As soil edaphic properties such as …

Three‐dimensional mapping of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in soil microbial biomass and their stoichiometry at the global scale

D Gao, E Bai, S Wang, S Zong, Z Liu… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbial biomass and microbial stoichiometric ratios are important for understanding
carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we compiled data from 12245 …

[HTML][HTML] Microbes require a relatively long time to recover in natural succession restoration of degraded grassland ecosystems

Q Zhang, K Liu, X Shao, H Li, Y He, B Wang - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Using natural succession to restore degraded grassland is mainly achieved by self-adjusting
the structure and relationship of the internal components of grassland ecosystems …

Effect of land use, season, and soil depth on soil microbial biomass carbon of Eastern Himalayas

NT Lepcha, NB Devi - Ecological processes, 2020 - Springer
Background Soil microbial biomass, an important nutrient pool for ecosystem nutrient cycling
is affected by several factors including climate, edaphic, and land-use change. Himalayan …

The vertical distribution and control factor of microbial biomass and bacterial community at macroecological scales

L He, X Sun, S Li, W Zhou, Z Chen, X Bai - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microorganisms exist throughout the soil profile and those microorganisms living in deeper
soil horizons likely play key roles in regulating biogeochemical processes. However, the …

Land use change: A key ecological disturbance declines soil microbial biomass in dry tropical uplands

S Tiwari, C Singh, S Boudh, PK Rai, VK Gupta… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Land use changes such as transformation of natural landscapes, forest degradation and
increase in croplands due to human activities are considered amongst the most influential …

Influence of land use and land cover change on soil organic carbon and microbial activity in the forests of northern Iran

A Soleimani, SM Hosseini, ARM Bavani, M Jafari… - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
Land-use changes can alter soil carbon (C) contents, and in particular deforestation has
been responsible for a large part of the cumulative human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Enzymatic activity and functional diversity of soil microorganisms along the soil profile–A matter of soil depth and soil-forming processes

A Piotrowska-Długosz, J Długosz, M Frąc, A Gryta… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Most studies concerning soil microorganisms and enzymes are focused on the upper
horizons of the soil profile even though they transform soil organic matter at every depth of …

Manure application effects on subsoils: Abundant taxa initiate the diversity reduction of rare bacteria and community functional alterations

X Liu, H Wang, Y Wu, Q Bi, K Ding, X Lin - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Manure application is a significant agriculture practice that can affect the microbial
community structure in both topsoil and subsoil. However, how the abundant and rare taxa …

Effects of soil moisture on carbon mineralization in floodplain wetlands with different flooding frequencies

S Yin, J Bai, W Wang, G Zhang, J Jia, B Cui, X Liu - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Wetlands are considered to be the important carbon sequestration functional units, and
moisture is a critical environmental factor that affects the mineralization of soil organic …