Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Extracellular Soil Enzyme Responses to Different Land Use by Yvonne Uwituze, Yvonne Uwituze, Judith Nyiraneza, Tandra D. Fraser, Jacynthe Dessureaut-Rompré, Noura Ziadi, Jean Lafond

“…Extracellular soil enzymes play a key role in soil organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling. However, it is not fully understood how these enzymes respond to different land use. …”
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Metagenomic assembled genomes indicated the potential application of hypersaline microbiome for plant growth promotion and stress alleviation in salinized soils by Kiran Dindhoria, Raghawendra Kumar, Bhavya Bhargava, Rakshak Kumar

“…Enhanced understanding of these microbial communities can lead to more efficient nutrient cycling, pest control, and soil health maintenance. …”
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Microbial community structural and functional differentiation in capped thickened oil sands tailings planted with native boreal species by Abdul Samad, Dani Degenhardt, Armand Séguin, Marie-Josée Morency, Patrick Gagné, Christine Martineau

“…Microorganisms play a central role in nutrient cycling during the reclamation of disturbed landscapes, contributing to successful vegetation restoration and long-term sustainability. …”
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Rewilding soil and litter invertebrates and fungi increases decomposition rates and alters detritivore communities by Peter Contos, Nicholas P. Murphy, Zachary J. Kayll, Tamara Morgan, Joshua J. Vido, Orsi Decker, Heloise Gibb

“…Few projects focus on restoring decomposition efficiency, despite the pivotal role decomposition plays in global carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling. Here, we tested whether rewilding entire communities of detritivorous invertebrates and fungi can improve litter decomposition efficiency and restore detritivore communities during ecological restoration. …”
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Landscape position and cover crops affects crop yields in a terrace-tiled field by Harpreet Kaur, Kelly A. Nelson, Gurbir Singh, Gurpreet Kaur, Katherine Grote

“…Cover crops (CC) provide soil ecosystem benefits including reduced soil erosion, improved soil health, and nutrient cycling. However, the effect of CCs on rotational commodity crop grain yields and nutrient uptake may vary at different landscape positions and under different soil moisture dynamics. …”
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Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Suitability Mapping of Termite Habitat in the African Savanna: A Case Study of the Lowveld in Kruger National Park by Emre Ozsahin, Mehmet Ozdes, Audrey C. Smith, Di Yang

“…These insects function as essential ecosystem engineers that facilitate nutrient cycling, especially in the regulation of the physical and chemical properties of soil and the decomposition of organic matter that maintains heterogeneity in tropical and subtropical ecosystems. …”
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Effects of Plastic Film Mulching on Soil Enzyme Activities and Stoichiometry in Dryland Agroecosystems by Meixia Liu, Xueqing Zhao, Md Elias Hossain, Shangwen Wang, Wenyi Dong, Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan, Enke Liu

“…Soil extracellular enzymes are pivotal for microbial nutrient cycling in the ecosystem. In order to study the effects of different nitrogen application rates under plastic film mulching on soil extracellular enzyme activities and stoichiometry, five nitrogen application levels (i.e., 0, 90, 150, 225 and 300 kg·hm⁻²) were set based on two treatments: plastic film mulching (PM) and no film mulching (LD). …”
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Environmental horticulture for domestic and community gardens—An integrated and applied research approach by Mark B. Gush, Tijana Blanuša, Lauriane S. Chalmin‐Pui, Alistair Griffiths, Elisabeth K. Larsen, Raghavendra Prasad, Marc Redmile‐Gordon, Chloe Sutcliffe

“…They impact the effectiveness with which water and nutrient cycling takes place, the extent to which ecosystem services may be delivered, and the resultant capacity of gardens and gardening to provide environmental and human health benefits.…”
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Total Carbon Content Assessed by UAS Near-Infrared Imagery as a New Fire Severity Metric by Anna Brook, Seham Hamzi, Dar Roberts, Charles Ichoku, Nurit Shtober-Zisu, Lea Wittenberg

“…Amounts of ash and char are used to roughly evaluate the impacts of a fire on nutrient cycling and ecosystem recovery. Numerous studies have suggested that fire severity can be assessed by measuring changes in ash characteristics. …”
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Nitrogen and Phosphorus Resorption in Planted Forests Worldwide by Dalong Jiang, Qinghong Geng, Qian Li, Yiqi Luo, Jason Vogel, Zheng Shi, Honghua Ruan, Xia Xu

“…Parameters associated with resorption are important nutrient-cycling constraints for accurate predictions of long-term primary productivity in forest ecosystems. …”
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Annual Weeds Suppression and Oat Forage Yield Responses to Crop Density Management in an Oat-Cultivated Grassland: A Case Study in Eastern China by Wei Tang, Ziguang Li, Haipeng Guo, Boyu Chen, Tingru Wang, Fuhong Miao, Chao Yang, Wangdan Xiong, Juan Sun

“…Soil bacterial community assay showed that the composition of microbial communities of the two grass weeds were shaped by the presence of oat competition, which also considerably depleted several important functional microbes associated with nutrient cycling in the weeds’ rhizosphere. These results highlight that increased crop density significantly improves the crop competitive advantage over weeds through increased shading, reduced elemental balance, and beneficial microorganisms of weeds, thereby reducing the need for herbicides or physical weed control in oat cropping system.…”
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The pervasive impact of global climate change on plant-nematode interaction continuum by Tushar K. Dutta, Victor Phani

“…In parallel, their herbivory also accredit to diverse ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, allocation and turnover of plant biomass, shaping of vegetation community, and alteration of rhizospheric microorganism consortium by modifying the root exudation pattern. …”
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Responses of Soil Microbial Survival Strategies and Functional Changes to Wet–Dry Cycle Events by Yaqi Zhang, Chunyi Mo, Yaqing Pan, Pengbin Yang, Xiaodong Ding, Qian Lei, Peng Kang

“…Based on the functional predictions of microorganisms, wet–dry conversion altered the functions of bacteria and fungi and led to a more significant correlation between soil nutrient cycling taxa and environmental changes. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of microbial functional groups while helping to further our understanding of the potential functions of soil microbial functional groups in soil ecosystems.…”
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Inconsistent Response of Abundant and Rare Bacterial Communities to the Developmental Chronosequence of <i>Pinus massoniana</i> by Qianbin Cao, Yunchao Zhou, Hui Zhao, Yunxing Bai

“…There are differences in the environmental adaptability and regulation of nutrient cycling between abundant and rare bacterial communities during the development of planted forest ecosystems. …”
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Effects of species mixture on understory vegetation, soil properties and bacterial diversity of Acacia cincinnata, Eucalyptus robusta and Acacia mangium plantations in Southeastern... by Taijun Li, Yangyang Sun, Liyan Wang, Rui Xu, Mulualem Tigabu, Ming Li, Dahui Wang

“…In general, the study revealed that the establishment of mixed-species forest enhances the diversity and composition of understory vegetation, soil physicochemical and soils bacterial community; thereby increasing biodiversity, nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration in the biomass and soil. …”
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Litter Decomposition of Qinghai Spruce (<i>Picea crassifolia</i>) Is Dependent on Mn Concentration in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China by Jixiong Gu, Bilian Zhou, Chuanyan Zhao, Yuan Tang, Junkai Tian, Xinning Zhao

“…The factors determining litter decomposition incorporated into C and nutrient cycles were examined as part of a broader study investigating the biogeochemical cycle in forest ecosystems. …”
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Soil qualities and change rules of Eucalyptus grandis × Eucalyptus urophylla plantation with different slash disposals by Lin Zhang, Zongfu Chen, Qinzhan Wu, Kangting Huang, Jianke Wen, Hui Li, Lingyue Zhu, Yabin Tang, Lijun Chen, Lichao Wu

“…Abstract Slash disposal changes soil quality by affecting soil properties and nutrient cycling, and the appropriate disposal approaches remain controversial. …”
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Chemical Stoichiometry and Enzyme Activity Changes during Mixed Decomposition of <i>Camellia sinensis</i> Pruning Residues and Companion Tree Species Litter by Hongjiu Zhao, Rui Yang, Congjun Yuan, Shaqian Liu, Chunlan Hou, Haodong Wang

“…The decomposition of litter plays a crucial role in regulating nutrient cycling in tea garden ecosystems. (2) Methods: This study employed the litterbag method to investigate chemical stoichiometry characteristics and enzyme activity changes during the decomposition process of pruned and fallen <i>Camellia sinensis</i> leaves from companion tree species in an ecological tea garden located in central Guizhou Province. (3) Results: With decomposition duration, the general trend of changes in the C/N and C/P ratios showed a decrease in the activity of UE (urease), AP (acid phosphatase), and PPO (polyphenol oxidase) followed by an increase, while CAT (catalase) and CEL (cellulase) activity decreased, then increased, and then decreased again. …”
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Interactive influences of salinity and sodicity levels on depth-wise soil organic matter and micronutrient elements in Thailand by Napaporn Phankamolsil, Tanutnan Tengprasert, Irb Kheoruenromne, Yutthana Phankamolsil, Robert J Gilkes, Kiattisak Sonsri

“…Soil salinity and sodicity are the major environmental issues that lead to the deterioration of soil properties, nutrient cycling, and soil ecosystems around the globe. …”
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Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Regulating Growth, Enhancing Productivity, and Potentially Influencing Ecosystems under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses by Abdul Wahab, Murad Muhammad, Asma Munir, Gholamreza Abdi, Wajid Zaman, Asma Ayaz, Chandni Khizar, Sneha Priya Pappula Reddy

“…As a result of its positive effects on soil structure, nutrient cycling, and carbon sequestration, AMF contributes to the maintenance of resilient ecosystems. …”
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