Multiple dimensions of soil food-web research: History and prospects

A Potapov, Z Lindo, R Buchkowski, S Geisen - European Journal of Soil …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil food webs are at the nexus of soil biodiversity, functioning, and stability. With a research
history of over 35 years, soil food-web research remains a challenging and relatively …

Characteristics and hotspots of forest litter decomposition research: A bibliometric analysis

Q Liu, J Li, S Ye, Y Guo, S Wang - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The decomposition of forest litter is essential for maintaining forest ecosystem productivity
and improving soil fertility. Interdisciplinary collaboration plays a pivotal role in the study of …

Warmer temperature promotes the contribution of invertebrate fauna to litter components release in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

R Yin, W Qin, X Wang, H Zhao, Z Zhang, B Zhu - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
How warming and invertebrate fauna concurrently influence litter carbon and nutrient
turnover in alpine meadow is still poorly known. Using a litterbag technique, we evaluated …

Nitrogen availability and its related enzyme activities affect microbial residue nitrogen accumulation during Chinese fir plantation development

J Lei, P Dang, X Gao, Y Xu, T He, Z Liu, W Yan - Applied Soil Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial growth, metabolism, and reproductive activities have a significant role in the
generation, transformation, and storage of soil nitrogen (N). However, the time-integrated …

Soil arthropods promote litter enzyme activity by regulating microbial carbon limitation and ecoenzymatic stoichiometry in a subalpine forest

J Liu, C You, Z Xu, Y Liu, L Zhang, H Li, L Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil arthropods are crucial decomposers of litter at both global and local scales, yet their
functional roles in mediating microbial activity during litter decomposition remain poorly …

Tree species-mediated soil properties shape soil fauna community structure more strongly in the soil layer: Evidence from a common garden experiment

J Liu, A Wu, R Yin, Z Xu, C You, L Zhang, L Xu, H Xu… - Applied Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil fauna plays a crucial role in the soil biogeochemical cycles of forest ecosystems, with
tree species composition regulating their diversity and functionality through alterations in …

Metagenomics reveals the response of desert steppe microbial communities and carbon-nitrogen cycling functional genes to nitrogen deposition

H Ye, Y Zhao, S He, Z Wu, M Yue, M Hong - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Nitrogen (N) deposition seriously affects the function of carbon (C) and N
cycling in terrestrial ecosystems by altering soil microbial communities, especially in desert …

Responses of carbon and microbial community structure to soil nitrogen status vary between maize and potato residue decomposition

L Chen, P Zhao, C Ming, W Yu, R Xiang, M Fan… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant residue decomposition is a core process in the soil carbon (C) cycle. Soil nitrogen (N)
status regulates organic C chemical structure during crop residue decomposition and …

Responses of invertebrate traits to litter chemistry accelerate decomposition under nitrogen enrichment

J Sun, C Zhang, D Yu, X Yin, Y Cheng, X Chen… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) enrichment shapes litter chemistry, subsequently influencing soil invertebrates
and litter decomposition. However, there has been a lack of attention to how soil …

Soil fauna accelerated litter C and N release by improving litter quality across an elevational gradient

L Zhang, J Liu, R Yin, Z Xu, C You, H Li, L Wang… - Ecological …, 2023 - Springer
Background Soil fauna is an important driver of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) release from
decomposing litter in forest ecosystems. However, its role in C and N cycling concerning …