Large-scale experimental warming reduces soil faunal biodiversity through peatland drying by Carlos Barreto, Carlos Barreto, Pedro Henrique Silva Conceição, Estevam Cipriano Araujo de Lima, Luís Carlos Stievano, Douglas Zeppelini, Randall K. Kolka, Paul J. Hanson, Zoë Lindo

“…In high-carbon storage systems like peatlands, soil faunal communities are responsible for secondary decomposition of organic matter and nutrient cycling, which suggests they play an important role in the carbon cycle. …”
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Soil water retention capacity surpasses climate humidity in determining soil organic carbon content but not plant production in the steppe zone of Northern China by Kuanyan Tang, Frank Yonghong Li, Saihanna Jaesong, Yang Liu, Tingyu Sun, Jiayue Liu, Xiaotian Gao, Yuqing Wang

“…Soil water retention parameters, such as saturation water content (SAT), water drained upper limit (DUL) and lower limit (DLL), characterize soil water-holding capacity, thus are important for plant growth and carbon and nutrient cycling in grassland ecosystem. However, we are still unclear to what a content these soil water retention parameters may regulate plant production and soil organic matter content in natural ecosystems in semi-arid grassland environment. …”
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Response of soil phosphorus fractions to land use change in the subalpine ecosystems of Southeast margin of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Southwest China by Belayneh Azene, Peng Qiu, Renhuan Zhu, Kaiwen Pan, Xiaoming Sun, Yalemzewd Nigussie, Belayneh Yigez, Piotr Gruba, Xiaogang Wu, Lin Zhang

“…Land use change has a significant effect on soil nutrient cycling. However, data on soil phosphorus (P) fractions following land use change are scarce, especially in the subalpine ecosystem of China. …”
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Carbon and nitrogen stock in soils of subtropical urban forests: Isotopic δ13C and δ15N indicators for nature-based solutions in a megacity by Mauro Ramon, Raffaele Lafortezza, Andreza Portella Ribeiro, Plínio Barbosa de Camargo, Marisa Domingos, Eduardo Pereira Cabral Gomes, Armando dos Reis Tavares, António Guerner Dias, Claudia Terezinha Kniess, Maurício Lamano Ferreira

“…The integration not only promotes carbon sequestration and efficient nutrient cycling in the soil but also fosters sustainable practices, contributing to a more resilient urban landscape.…”
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Microbial degradation of pyridine: a proposed nitrogen metabolism pathway deciphered in marine mangrove Bacillus aryabhattai strain NM1-A2 by Muhammad Kashif, Lirong Bai, Jianwen Xiong, Shuming Mo, Yimeng Sang, Kunmei Huang, Jingjing Song, Syed Jalil Shah, Sohail Khan, Taj Malook Khan, Chengjian Jiang

“…Bacteria have a crucial role in the nutrient cycling of carbon and nitrogen etc., to understand their functional involvement with environmental factors or ecosystem functioning as well as the species invasion and domestic or agriculture pyridine degradation pollution activities that threaten the mangrove ecosystem. …”
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Mapping the Leaf Economic Spectrum across West African Tropical Forests Using UAV-Acquired Hyperspectral Imagery by Eleanor R. Thomson, Yadvinder Malhi, Harm Bartholomeus, Imma Oliveras, Agne Gvozdevaite, Theresa Peprah, Juha Suomalainen, John Quansah, John Seidu, Christian Adonteng, Andrew J. Abraham, Martin Herold, Stephen Adu-Bredu, Christopher E. Doughty

“…The leaf economic spectrum (LES) describes a set of universal trade-offs between leaf mass per area (LMA), leaf nitrogen (N), leaf phosphorus (P) and leaf photosynthesis that influence patterns of primary productivity and nutrient cycling. Many questions regarding vegetation-climate feedbacks can be addressed with a better understanding of LES traits and their controls. …”
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Metal cation concentrations improve understanding of controls on soil organic carbon across a precipitation by vegetation gradient in the Patagonian Andes by Caitlin Hodges, Patricia I. Araujo, Laura J.T. Hess, Lucía Vivanco, Jason Kaye, Amy T. Austin

“…Our results show that the chemistry of these young tephra soils is dynamic, responding to both precipitation and afforestation in distinct ways with potential long-term impacts on nutrient cycling and C storage.…”
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High Ammonium Addition Changes the Diversity and Structure of Bacterial Communities in Temperate Wetland Soils of Northeastern China by Xiaohong Weng, Mingyu Wang, Xin Sui, Beat Frey, Yingnan Liu, Rongtao Zhang, Hongwei Ni, Maihe Li

“…The soil microbiome is an important component of wetland ecosystems and plays a pivotal role in nutrient cycling and climate regulation. Nitrogen (N) addition influences the soil’s microbial diversity, composition, and function by affecting the soil’s nutrient status. …”
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Investigation of machine learning algorithms for taxonomic classification of marine metagenomes by Helen Park, Shen Jean Lim, Jonathan Cosme, Kyle O'Connell, Jilla Sandeep, Felimon Gayanilo, George R. Cutter Jr., Enrique Montes, Chotinan Nitikitpaiboon, Sam Fisher, Hassan Moustahfid, Luke R. Thompson

“…ABSTRACT Microbial communities play key roles in ocean ecosystems through regulation of biogeochemical processes such as carbon and nutrient cycling, food web dynamics, and gut microbiomes of invertebrates, fish, reptiles, and mammals. …”
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Living grass mulching improves soil enzyme activities through enhanced available nutrients in citrus orchards in subtropical China by Na Wang, Le Li, Mengmeng Gou, Mengmeng Gou, Zunji Jian, Jianwen Hu, Huiling Chen, Wenfa Xiao, Wenfa Xiao, Changfu Liu, Changfu Liu

“…Although LGM can effectively enhance soil nutrient availability and fertility, its effects on microbial-mediated soil nutrient cycling and main drivers are unclear. Meanwhile, the variation of enzyme activities and soil nutrient availability with LGM duration have been rarely studied. …”
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Effect of Stand Density on Soil Organic Carbon Storage and Extracellular Enzymes Activity of Larch Plantation in Northeast China by Xudong Sun, Hailong Sun, Juan Chen, Guoqiang Gao, Rui Li, Jinfang Li, Yang Li, Xiaoyang Sun, Yandong Zhang

“…An incubation experiment with ¹⁴C-labeled cellulose addition was subsequently conducted to study the decomposition of SOC and cellulose, as well as the enzymes activity involved in C and nutrients cycle. The results showed that SOC storage increased with increasing stand density in larch plantations, which was due to the higher C stored in heavy fraction instead of light fraction in higher density. …”
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HT-SIP: a semi-automated stable isotope probing pipeline identifies cross-kingdom interactions in the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by Erin E. Nuccio, Steven J. Blazewicz, Marissa Lafler, Ashley N. Campbell, Anne Kakouridis, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Jessica Wollard, Dariia Vyshenska, Robert Riley, Andy Tomatsu, Rachel Hestrin, Rex R. Malmstrom, Mary Firestone, Jennifer Pett-Ridge

“…The MAGs’ phylogenetic composition and gene content suggest predation, decomposition, and ammonia oxidation may be key processes in hyphosphere nutrient cycling. Video Abstract…”
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Linking Anthropogenic Landscape Perturbation to Herbivory and Pathogen Leaf Damage in Tropical Tree Communities by José Luis Pablo-Rodríguez, Ángel E. Bravo-Monzón, Cristina Montiel-González, Julieta Benítez-Malvido, Sandra Álvarez-Betancourt, Oriana Ramírez-Sánchez, Ken Oyama, María Leticia Arena-Ortiz, Mariana Yólotl Alvarez-Añorve, Luis Daniel Avila-Cabadilla

“…Anthropogenic disturbance of tropical humid forests leads to habitat loss, biodiversity decline, landscape fragmentation, altered nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration, soil erosion, pest/pathogen outbreaks, among others. …”
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Effects of alpine meadows with different degradation gradients on the stability of the soil micro-foodweb in the Tibetan Plateau by Lili Nian, Xiaoning Zhang, Liangliang Li, Shu-Yi-Dan Zhou, Xingyu Liu, Xiaodan Li, Xiaoyu Liu, Qiqi Zhao, Yingying Wu, Fasih Ullah Haider, Xuelu Liu, Yingbo Yang

“…However, the knowledge about soil bacteria-fungi-nematode interactions in ecosystem function and nutrient cycling must be highlighted properly, especially in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. …”
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The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on biological activity and biochemical properties of soil under vetch growing conditions in calcareous soils by Kader Burak, İbrahim Halil Yanardağ, María Dolores Gómez-López, Ángel Faz, Hamza Yalçin, Erdal Sakin, Emrah Ramazanoğlu, Aysel Bars Orak, Asuman Yanardağ

“…In this context, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have great potential to reduce fertilizer use by mediating soil nutrient cycles. However, little is known about studies of AMF inoculum on microbial biomass carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) cycling during vetch plant vegetation in calcareous areas. …”
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LAND-USE INTENSIFICATION TRENDS IN THE RIO DE LA PLATA REGION OF SOUTH AMERICA: TOWARD SPECIALIZATION OR RECOUPLING CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION by Paulo César DE FACCIO CARVALHO, Jean Víctor SAVIAN, Tomas DELLA CHIESA, William DE SOUZA FILHO, José Alfredo TERRA, Priscila PINTO, Amanda POSSELT MARTINS, Sebastian VILLARINO, Júlio Kuhn DA TRINDADE, Pedro Arthur DE ALBUQUERQUE NUNES, Gervasio PIÑEIRO

“…Recent data provide evidence that recoupling crop and animal production increases the resilience of nutrient cycling functions and economic indicators to external stressors, enabling these systems to face climate-market uncertainty and reconcile food production with the provision of diverse ecosystem services. …”
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Earthworms reduce nutrient loss from loess soil slopes under simulated rain by Shuhai Wen, Jiao Wang, Yanpei Li, Yu-Rong Liu, Ming'an Shao

“…Burrowing, feeding, and casting activities of earthworms affect nutrient cycling and hydrological processes that take place in sloping lands. …”
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Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management’s influence on soil food web community structure for: increasing pasture forage production, soil organic carbon, and reducing soil respira... by David C. Johnson, Richard Teague, Steven Apfelbaum, Ry Thompson, Peter Byck

“…Rancher conversion to AMP grazing strategies would appear to regenerate soil food web population, structure, diversity and biological functionality helping to improve: carbon flow into plant biomass, buildup of soil carbon, predator/prey nutrient cycling and soil microbial respiration efficiency while offering improved climate resilience and a strategy to increase the capture and storage of atmospheric CO2 in soils of the world’s rangeland.…”
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Plant domestication shapes rhizosphere microbiome assembly and metabolic functions by Hong Yue, Wenjie Yue, Shuo Jiao, Hyun Kim, Yong-Hwan Lee, Gehong Wei, Weining Song, Duntao Shu

“…Conclusions Our results indicate that plant domestication profoundly influences rhizosphere microbiome assembly and metabolic functions and provide evidence that host plants are able to harness a differentiated ecological role of root-associated keystone microbiomes through the release of root exudates to sustain belowground multi-nutrient cycles and plant growth. These findings provide valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying plant-microbiome interactions and how to harness the rhizosphere microbiome for crop improvement in sustainable agriculture. …”
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Growth Response of Wheat and Maize to Different Nitrogen Supply Forms under the Enrichment of Atmospheric CO₂ Concentrations by Libing Dong, Yingchun Li, Ping Li, Ying Liu, Fen Ma, Xingyu Hao, Liping Guo

“…Elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentrations (eCO₂) has become the main feature and cause of global change that could affect crop growth in many aspects, including physiological processes and morphological development in plants and nutrient cycling and nutrient uptake from the soil. Studying the responses of crop growth to different nitrogen (N) supply forms under elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentrations can guide nutrient management strategies for agricultural production under future climate change scenarios. …”
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