Soil health is presented as an integrative property that reflects the capacity of soil to respond
to agricultural intervention, so that it continues to support both the agricultural production …

The fungi-to-bacteria ratio in soil ecological concepts and its application to explain the
effects of land use changes have gained increasing attention over the past decade. Four …

Although soil microorganisms play a central role in the soil processes that determine nutrient
availability and productivity of forest ecosystems, we are only beginning to understand how …

Microbial activities in Arctic and Antarctic soils are of particular interest due to uncertainty
surrounding the fate of the enormous polar soil organic matter (SOM) pools and the potential …

The aims of the study were to determine group specificity in microbial utilization of root‐
exudate compounds and whole rhizodeposition; quantify the proportions of carbon acquired …

The rate at which microorganisms grow and reproduce is fundamental to our understanding
of microbial physiology and ecology. While soil microbiologists routinely quantify soil …

Grasslands store about 34% of the global terrestrial carbon (C) and are vital for the provision
of various ecosystem services such as forage and climate regulation. About 89% of this …

Soil and rhizosphere microbial communities in agroecosystems may be affected by soil,
climate, plant species, and management. The management and environmental factors …

The effects of a dry-rewetting event (D/RW) on soil microbial properties and nutrient release
by leaching from two soils taken from adjacent grasslands with different histories of …

Summary 1 Plant species differ in their capacity to influence soil organic matter, soil nutrient
availability and the composition of soil microbial communities. Their influences on soil …