Our environment is essential for not only the quality, but also the persistence of life on Earth.
Three of the most pressing environmental issues facing modern society are climate change …

There is still a poor understanding of how changes in the organic composition of litter
contribute to slowing or even cessation of decomposition. Using 13 C nuclear magnetic …

Capacity of a wetland to remove nitrate through denitrification is controlled by its physico-
chemical and biological characteristics. Understanding these characteristics will help better …

The transformation of organic amendments (OA) in soil is in large part performed by soil
microbial communities. These processes are strongly affected by the carbon composition of …

The importance of soil organic matter (SOM) in the global carbon (C) cycle has been
highlighted by many studies, but the way in which SOM stabilization processes and …

Considerable mass of fine roots occurs in the organic (O) horizon, which features greater
availabilities of water and nutrients in forest ecosystems. Although global patterns of fine root …

Aims The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of precipitation changes on soil
organic carbon (SOC) fractions in subtropical forests where the precipitation pattern has …

Alpine ecosystems are important terrestrial carbon (C) pools, and microbial decomposers
play a key role in litter decomposition. Microbial metabolic limitations in these ecosystems …

Biochar is a promising addition for cadmium-contaminated soil in-situ remediation, but its
surface properties change after aging, cadmium adsorption is not well-documented, and …

Disease problems resulting from replanting alfalfa (Medicago sativa, MS) have been
associated both to autotoxicity of undecomposed plant residues and activity of soil-borne …