Until recently, the processes of litter decomposition and soil organic matter formation in
forests have been studied in isolation, which has hindered the development of a …

Intensive soil fertilization with mineral fertilizers has led to several issues such as high cost,
nitrate pollution and loss of soil carbon. Fertilization with organic matter such as compost …

Increasing soil carbon and nitrogen storage can help mitigate climate change and sustain
soil fertility,. A large number of biodiversity-manipulation experiments collectively suggest …

Despite their low carbon (C) content, most subsoil horizons contribute to more than half of
the total soil C stocks, and therefore need to be considered in the global C cycle. Until …

Paddy soils make up the largest anthropogenic wetlands on earth. They may originate from
any type of soil in pedological terms, but are highly modified by anthropogenic activities. The …

Roots promote the formation of slow‐cycling soil carbon (C), yet we have a limited
understanding of the magnitude and controls on this flux. We hypothesised arbuscular …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is defined as the organic matter fraction in solution that
passes through a 0.45 μm filter. Although DOM is ubiquitous in terrestrial and aquatic …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in soils plays an important role in the biogeochemistry of
carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, in pedogenesis, and in the transport of pollutants in soils …

Abstract Information on tree species effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks is scattered
and there have been few attempts to synthesize results for forest floor and mineral soil C …