Nutrient Resorption and Stoichiometric Characteristics of Wuyi Rock Tea Cultivars by Dehuang Zhu, Suhong Peng, Wenzhen Liu, Shengjie Yu, Dafeng Hui

“…Nutrient resorption is an important strategy for plants to retain critical nutrients from senesced leaves and plays important roles in nutrient cycling and ecosystem productivity. As a main economic crop and soil and water conservation species, Wuyi Rock tea has been widely planted in Fujian Province, China. …”
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Rapid bioerosion in a tropical upwelling coral reef. by André Wizemann, Sri D Nandini, Ines Stuhldreier, Celeste Sánchez-Noguera, Max Wisshak, Hildegard Westphal, Tim Rixen, Christian Wild, Claire E Reymond

“…Bioerosion (i.e. biodegradation of substrate) and encrustation (i.e. calcified overgrowth on substrate) influence the carbonate budget and the ecological functions of coral reefs, by substrate formation/consolidation/erosion, food availability and nutrient cycling. This study investigates settlement succession and carbonate budget change by bioeroding and encrusting calcifying organisms on experimentally deployed coral substrates (skeletal fragments of Stylophora pistillata branches). …”
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Potential for implementation of the development of integration concepts economics and ecology in the economic activity of social systems by Jolanta Pochopień

“…To improve the ecological balance, agricultural production should use the minimum amount of external resources, close nutrient cycles, reduce negative emissions into the external environment in the form of waste and greenhouse gas emissions, and also process or use agricultural waste. …”
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Dredged sediments contain potentially beneficial microorganisms for agriculture and little harmful cyanobacteria by Megan A. Rúa, Ashley N. Julian, Louise Stevenson

“…Conclusion Our work suggests that dredged sediments have the potential to improve soil function through the addition of microorganisms associated with nutrient cycling, but a cover crop is not necessary to incur these benefits.…”
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Species and functional responses of ants to inter-row tillage and vegetation in organic Mediterranean vineyards by Léo Rocher, Romane Blaya, Chloé Blaise, Armin Bischoff, Olivier Blight

“…Ants are arthropods providing crucial ecosystem services such as soil structuring, nutrient cycling, seed dispersal and pest predation. Thus, their abundance and diversity need to be considered in approaches to improve sustainability of land use such as Mediterranean viticulture. …”
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Epiphytic bryophyte biomass estimation on tree trunks and upscaling in tropical montane cloud forests by Guan-Yu Lai, Hung-Chi Liu, Ariel J. Kuo, Cho-ying Huang

“…Epiphytic bryophytes (EB) are some of the most commonly found plant species in tropical montane cloud forests, and they play a disproportionate role in influencing the terrestrial hydrological and nutrient cycles. However, it is difficult to estimate the abundance of EB due to the nature of their “epiphytic” habitat. …”
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Short-Term Litter Manipulations have Strong Impact on Soil Nitrogen Dynamics in <i>Larix gmelinii</i> Forest of Northeast China by Ruihan Xiao, Xiuling Man, Beixing Duan, Tijiu Cai

“…Changes in above-ground litterfall can influence below-ground biogeochemical processes in forests, which substantially impacts soil nitrogen (N) and nutrient cycling. However, how these soil processes respond to the litter manipulation is complex and poorly understood, especially in the N-limiting boreal forest. …”
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Comparison of Allometric Equation and Destructive Measurement of Carbon Storage of Naturally Regenerated Understory in a <i>Pinus rigida</i> Plantation in South Korea by Si Ho Han, Byung Bae Park

“…The forest understory plays an important role in the carbon and nutrient cycling and forest stability, but cost-efficient quantification of its biomass remains challenging. …”
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Fertilization as an ameliorative measure - examples of the research at the Faculty of Forestry and Environment CUA in Prague by V. V. Podrázský

“…At the direct fertilization, nutrients in the fertilizers increase and improve the nutrient cycles over the degraded or natural level. This causes an increase in the forest ecosystem production as the main aim of such a treatment. …”
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Distribution of six phenolic acids and soil nutrient relationships during litter decomposition in Rhododendron forests by Yumeng Zhao, Jian Lin, Wenxuan Quan, Chaochan Li

“…Litter decomposition is an essential process in nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Phenolic acids have an allelopathic effect on the natural regeneration of rhododendron forests, which was recently observed in rhododendron forests in Southwest China. …”
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Phylogenomics of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Atacama Desert by Lapo Ragionieri, Álvaro Zúñiga-Reinoso, Marcel Bläser, Reinhard Predel

“…In these ecosystems, they are significantly responsible for nutrient cycling and show remarkable morphological and physiological adaptations. …”
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Circulation of nutrients through bio-based fertilizer products: perspectives from farmers, suppliers, and civil society by Valborg Kvakkestad, Eva Brod, Bjørn E. Flø, Ola Hanserud, Hilde Helgesen

“…Closing nutrient cycles by bio-based fertilizer products (BFPs) can improve the environmental sustainability of food systems and facilitate a more circular economy. …”
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From Soil Amendments to Controlling Autophagy: Supporting Plant Metabolism under Conditions of Water Shortage and Salinity by Hans-Werner Koyro, Bernhard Huchzermeyer

“…The globally increasing land degradation and desertification enhance the demand on management practices to balance both food and environmental objectives, including strategies that tighten nutrient cycles and maintain yields. Agriculture needs to provide, among other things, future additional ecosystem services, such as water quantity and quality, runoff control, soil fertility maintenance, carbon storage, climate regulation, and biodiversity. …”
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Differences in leaf and root litter decomposition in tropical montane rainforests are mediated by soil microorganisms not by decomposer microarthropods by Laura M. Sánchez-Galindo, Dorothee Sandmann, Franca Marian, Tobias Lauermann, Mark Maraun, Stefan Scheu

“…Background Plant litter decomposition is a key process in carbon and nutrient cycling. Among the factors determining litter decomposition rates, the role of soil biota in the decomposition of different plant litter types and its modification by variations in climatic conditions is not well understood. …”
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What evidence exists for the effectiveness of on-farm conservation land management strategies for preserving ecosystem services in developing countries? A systematic map by Thorn, J, Friedman, R, Benz, D, Willis, K, Petrokofsky, G

“…Ecosystem services most commonly studied were supporting (55 %) and regulating (33 %), particularly carbon sequestration/storage, nutrient cycling and soil/water regulation/supply. Key data gaps identified included the absence of long-term records (with datasets spanning &gt;20 years), studies located in North and Central Africa, research that focuses on smallholder landscapes, and studies that span different scales (regional and landscape levels). …”

Litterfall production in a tropical mangrove of Sarawak, Malaysia by Mustafa Kamal, Abu Hena, Idris, Mohd Hanafi, Haruna, Ahmed Osumanu, Hoque, Mohammed Muzammel, Hoque, A. T. M. Rafiqul, Billah, Md. Masum

“…Assessment of litterfall production is essential to ascertain the status of nutrient cycling and forest health. Sarawak, Malaysia, is endowed with numerous pristine and estuarine mangroves; however, research on primary productivity of these forests is scanty. …”
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Decomposition of Rhizophora apiculata (Blume) and Xylocarpus granatum (Koenig) litter components in tropical Sarawak mangrove, Malaysia by Mustafa Kamal, Abu Hena, Idris, Mohd Hanafi

“…This suggests that the non-leafy components play significant roles in nutrient cycling processes at later stages in the mangrove ecosystems, especially when the leaf litters are either being decomposed rapidly and/or washed away via tidal flush and river runoff.…”
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Extractable Bray-1 phosphorus and crop yields as influenced by addition of phosphatic fertilizers of various solubilities integrated with manure in an acid soil by Gikonyo, Esther Wakiuru, Abdul Rahman, Zaharah, Musa, Mohamed Hanafi, Abd Rahim, Anuar

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Conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm cultivation reduces the diversity and abundance of macrofungi by Rajihan, Siti Noor Shuhada, Salim, Sabiha, Nobilly, Frisco, Lechner, Alex Mark, Md Sharif, Badrul Azhar

“…Within forest ecosystems, macrofungi play a vital role, including wood decomposition and nutrient cycles. To reveal the effects of deforestation and land cover conversion on macrofungi in Southeast Asian tropical forests we assessed the relationship between environmental variables such as air temperature, relative air humidity, soil pH, soil moisture, canopy cover, canopy closure, habitat type (i.e., peat swamp forest, large-scale plantation, monoculture smallholding, and polyculture smallholding) and available substrata with macrofungal species richness and abundance. …”
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Tradeoffs and synergies in tropical forest root traits and dynamics for nutrient and water acquisition: field and modeling advances by Cusack, Daniela Francis, Addo-Danso, Shalom D., Agee, Elizabeth A., Andersen, Kelly M., Arnaud, Marie, Batterman, Sarah A., Brearley, Francis Q., Ciochina, Mark I., Cordeiro, Amanda L., Dallstream, Caroline, Diaz-Toribio, Milton H., Dietterich, Lee H., Fisher, Joshua B., Fleischer, Katrin, Fortunel, Claire, Fuchslueger, Lucia, Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly R., Kotowska, Martyna M., Lugli, Laynara Figueiredo, Marín, Cesar, McCulloch, Lindsay A., Maeght, Jean-Luc, Metcalfe, Dan, Norby, Richard J., Oliveira, Rafael S., Powers, Jennifer S., Reichert, Tatiana, Smith, Stuart William, Smith-Martin, Chris M., Soper, Fiona M., Toro, Laura, Umaña, Maria N., Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar, Weemstra, Monique, Werden, Leland K., Wong, Michelle, Wright, Cynthia L., Wright, Stuart Joseph, Yaffar, Daniela

“…While tropical forests play a central role in global water, carbon, and nutrient cycling, we know very little about tradeoffs and synergies in root traits that respond to resource scarcity. …”
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