Microorganisms have a pivotal role in the functioning of ecosystems. Recent studies have
shown that microbial communities harbour keystone taxa, which drive community …

Continuous cropping (CC) is a common practice in agriculture, and usually causes serious
economic losses due to soil degeneration, decreased crop yield and quality, and increased …

Aims In the production of the natural medicinal plant American ginseng, replantation
typically fails due to continuous cropping obstacles. However, the cause is still not clear and …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination in agricultural soils poses serious
stress to the soil microbiome. With the broad application of biochar, however, the co-effects …

Plants acquire and recycle nutrients from soil organic matter, and these dynamics depend
on a highly diverse array of microorganisms in the rhizosphere. Although functions of many …

Soil extracellular enzyme activity (EEA) and enzymatic stoichiometry (ES) can provide a
good indication of changes in soil nutrient availability and microbial demands for energy and …

Water and salinity regulation measures have been widely taken to restore the ecological
structures and functions of degraded coastal wetlands. To investigate the effects of different …

Microbial communities in soils are generally considered to be limited by carbon (C), which
could be a crucial control for basic soil functions and responses of microbial heterotrophic …

Abstract Information about the seasonal changes in soil enzyme activity along altitudinal
gradients is key for understanding the responses of soil biochemical processes to ongoing …

The fractal characteristics of soil grain-size in thick loess profile are closely related to its
physical and hydrological characteristics. To reveal the relationship between loess grain …