Quantitative Carbon Changes of Selected Organic Fractions during the Aerobic Biological Recycling of Biodegradable Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as a Potential Soil Environment Impro... by Jakub Bekier, Elżbieta Jamroz, Magdalena Dębicka, Irmina Ćwieląg-Piasecka, Andrzej Kocowicz

“…The investigated compost met legal, ecological and economic criteria for products of biological recycling, thus can be used as a good organic amendment to improve the soil organic matter balance, stimulate the soil biodiversity and carbon sequestration.…”
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Listening to tropical forest soils by Oliver C. Metcalf, Fabricio Baccaro, Jos Barlow, Erika Berenguer, Tom Bradfer-Lawrence, Liana Chesini Rossi, Érica Marinho do Vale, Alexander C. Lees

“…We found significant differences in acoustic index values between burnt and unburnt forests and the first indications of a diel cycle in soil soundscapes.These promising results and methodological advances highlight the potential of passive acoustic monitoring for large-scale and long-term monitoring of soil biodiversity. We use the results to discuss research priorities, including relating soil biophony to community structure and ecosystem function, and the use of appropriate hardware and analytical techniques.…”
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Seasonal fluctuations of litter and soil Collembola and their drivers in rainforest and plantation systems by Winda Ika Susanti, Valentyna Krashevska, Rahayu Widyastuti, Christian Stiegler, Dodo Gunawan, Stefan Scheu, Anton M. Potapov

“…Overall, the results document the sensitivity of tropical soil invertebrate communities to seasonal climatic variations, which intensifies the effects of the conversion of rainforest into plantation systems on soil biodiversity.…”
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<i>Allium cepa</i> L. Inoculation with a Consortium of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Effects on Plant Growth and Development and Soil Fertility Status and Microbial Community by Marika Pellegrini, Daniela M. Spera, Claudia Ercole, Maddalena del Gallo

“…The present work allowed to remark the effective use of plant growth-promoting bacteria as a valid fertilization strategy to improve yield in productive landscapes, whilst safeguarding soil biodiversity.…”
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Investigation of Flora, Soil, and Biodiversity of Ecosystems in Arid Eastern Moroccan Rangelands by Hachmi Azeddine, Zbiri Asmae, El Alaoui-Faris Fatima Ezzahrae

“…The main objective of this research is to prove that the Moroccan pastoral ecosystem is very rich in terms of soil biodiversity and plant formations. In such areas, some pastoral plants maintain the physicochemical characteristics of soil. …”
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Stand structure is more important for forest productivity stability than tree, understory plant and soil biota species diversity by Tao Wang, Lingbo Dong, Zhaogang Liu

“…However, the majority of these studies have focused solely on tree diversity and have neglected the potentially important role of understory plant and soil biodiversity.MethodsIn this study, we explain the effect of tree, understory woody and herbaceous plant, and soil biota (fauna, fungi, and bacteria) species diversity on forest productivity and its stability over time (2000–2020) across an area of Northeast China covering 145 million hectares. …”
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Earthworm Abundance Changes Depending on Soil Management Practices in Slovenian Vineyards by Stanko Vršič, Marko Breznik, Borut Pulko, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino

“…In contrast, shallow tillage showed a similar trend of declining earthworm abundance, which could indicate a deterioration of soil biodiversity conditions. We concluded that different soil management practices greatly affect the soil’s environmental conditions (temperature and humidity), especially in the upper soil layer (up to 15 cm deep), which affects the abundance of the earthworm community. …”
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Analysis of Major Bacteria and Diversity of Surface Soil to Discover Biomarkers Related to Soil Health by Heejung Kim, Yong-Ha Park, Jae E. Yang, Hyuck-Soo Kim, Sung-Chul Kim, Eun-Ji Oh, Jinah Moon, Wonsil Cho, Wonsik Shin, Chaerim Yu

“…Next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based molecular-biological methods have revealed information on soil biodiversity; however, whether this biodiversity is related to soil health remains unclear. …”
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Biodiversity of network modules drives ecosystem functioning in biochar-amended paddy soil by Yu Xiao, Yu Xiao, Guixiang Zhou, Xiuwen Qiu, Fangming Liu, Fangming Liu, Lin Chen, Jiabao Zhang

“…Despite biochar application has been reported to enhance soil biodiversity, its impacts on soil multifunctionality and the relationships between soil taxonomic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning remain controversial in paddy soil.MethodsHerein, we characterized the biodiversity information on soil communities, including bacteria, fungi, protists, and nematodes, and tested their effects on twelve ecosystem metrics (including functions related to enzyme activities, nutrient provisioning, and element cycling) in biochar-amended paddy soil.ResultsThe biochar amendment augmented soil multifunctionality by 20.1 and 35.7% in the early stage, while the effects were diminished in the late stage. …”
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Soil Constraints in an Arid Environment—Challenges, Prospects, and Implications by Anandkumar Naorem, Somasundaram Jayaraman, Yash P. Dang, Ram C. Dalal, Nishant K. Sinha, Ch. Srinivasa Rao, Ashok K. Patra

“…One of the primary agricultural constraints, particularly in arid locations, is water scarcity, due to which arid soils are characterized by sparse vegetation cover, low soil organic carbon, poor soil structure, reduced soil biodiversity, and a high rate of soil erosion via wind. …”
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Peningkatan Pengetahuan Petani melalui Pelatihan Pembuatan Pupuk Organik Cair di Desa Karangrejo, Gumukmas, Kabupaten Jember. by Sugeng Winarso, Rendy Anggriawan, Laily Mutmainnah, Tri Candra Setiawati

“…The community service activities were carried out by the SBF (Soil Biodiversity and Fertility) team of the Jember University Soil Science study program in Karangrejo Village, Gumukmas District, Jember Regency. …”
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Rainforest conversion to rubber plantation may not result in lower soil diversity of bacteria, fungi, and nematodes by Kerfahi, Dorsaf, Tripathi, Binu Mani, Dong, Ke, Go, Rusea, Adams, Jonathan M.

“…Large areas of rainforest in Asia have been converted to plantations, with uncertain effects on soil biodiversity. Using standard metagenetic methods, we compared the soil biota of bacteria, fungi, and nematodes at three rainforest sites in Malaysia with two rubber plantation sites with similar soils and geology. …”
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Soil macrofauna communities in Brazilian land-use systems by George Brown, Wilian Demetrio, Quentin Gabriac, Amarildo Pasini, Vanesca Korasaki, Lenita Oliveira, Julio dos Santos, Eleno Torres, Paulo Galerani, Dionisio Gazziero, Norton Benito, Daiane Nunes, Alessandra Santos, Talita Ferreira, Herlon Nadolny, Marie Bartz, Wagner Maschio, Rafaela Dudas, Mauricio Zagatto, Cintia Niva, Lina Clasen, Klaus Sautter, Luis Froufe, Carlos Eduardo Seoane, Aníbal de Moraes, Samuel James, Odair Alberton, Osvaldino Brandão Júnior, Odilon Saraiva, Antonio Garcia, Elma Oliveira, Raul César, Beatriz Corrêa-Ferreira, Lilianne Bruz, Elodie Silva, Gilherme Cardoso, Patrick Lavelle, Elena Velásquez, Marcus Cremonesi, Lucília Parron, Amilton Baggio, Edinelson Neves, Mariangela Hungria, Thiago Campos, Vagner da Silva, Carlos Reissmann, Ana Conrado, Jean-Pierre Bouillet, José Gonçalves, Carolina Brandani, Ricardo Viani, Ranieri Paula, Jean-Paul Laclau, Clara Peña-Venegas, Carlos Peres, Thibaud Decaëns, Benjamin Pey, Nico Eisenhauer, Miguel Cooper, Jérôme Mathieu

“…As part of ongoing efforts to synthesise the global soil macrofauna communities and to increase the amount of openly-accessible data in GBIF and other repositories related to soil biodiversity, the present paper provides links to 29 soil macroinvertebrate datasets covering 42 soil fauna taxa, collected in various land-use systems in Brazil. …”
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Responses of diversity and morphometric traits of ground beetles to soil chemical properties in industrial city of China by Xiaojie Sun, Manhou Xu, Lizhi Jia

“…Soil health management is prerequisites that contribute to conserve soil biodiversity and function in industrial areas.…”
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Soil Metaproteomics as a Tool for Environmental Monitoring of Minelands by Felipe Costa Trindade, Markus Gastauer, Silvio Junio Ramos, Cecílio Frois Caldeira, Josiney Farias de Araújo, Guilherme Oliveira, Rafael Borges da Silva Valadares

“…For this purpose, metaproteomics may be a useful tool due to its capacity to shed light on both taxonomic and functional overviews of soil biodiversity, allowing the linkage between proteins found in soil and ecosystem functioning. …”
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Responses of weed community, soil nutrients, and microbes to different weed management practices in a fallow field in Northern China by Xian Gu, Yu Cen, Liyue Guo, Caihong Li, Han Yuan, Ziwen Xu, Gaoming Jiang

“…The long-term use of herbicides to remove weeds in fallow croplands can impair soil biodiversity, affect the quality of agricultural products, and threaten human health. …”
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Cover Crops for Sustainable Cropping Systems: A Review by Valentina Quintarelli, Emanuele Radicetti, Enrica Allevato, Silvia Rita Stazi, Ghulam Haider, Zainul Abideen, Safia Bibi, Aftab Jamal, Roberto Mancinelli

“…Indeed, cover crops (CCs) may regulate several ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, soil fertility, moderation of extreme meteorological events, pollination, and climate and water regulation; in addition, CCs are also used as forage crops and have considerable effects on plant and soil biodiversity. However, to achieve the desired effects on agro-ecosystems, cover cropping should be carefully adopted by considering the specie choice, period of cultivation, and termination method based on site, farm, or purpose-specific. …”
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New Insights Into Nematode DNA-metabarcoding as Revealed by the Characterization of Artificial and Spiked Nematode Communities by Lieven Waeyenberge, Nancy de Sutter, Nicole Viaene, Annelies Haegeman

“…Nematodes are ideal biological indicators to monitor soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. For this reason, they have been receiving increasing attention from a broad range of scientists. …”
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Biodiversity of Nematode Communities Associated with Wheat (<i>Triticum</i><i> aestivum</i> L.) in Southern Morocco and Their Contribution as Soil Health Bioindicators by Salah-Eddine Laasli, Fouad Mokrini, Rachid Lahlali, Tadesse Wuletaw, Timothy Paulitz, Abdelfattah A. Dababat

“…However, they are a crucial part of soil biodiversity. Due to the limited data available regarding nematode biodiversity associated with cereal crops in Morocco, a survey was conducted in 2019 across 80 wheat fields. …”
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The Long-Term Experiment Platform for the Study of Agronomical and Environmental Effects of the Biochar: Methodological Framework by Diego Marazza, Simone Pesce, Nicolas Greggio, Francesco Primo Vaccari, Enrico Balugani, Alessandro Buscaroli

“…This serves to introduce a specific platform of experiments regarding biochar application to soil (LTEP-BIOCHAR) and its use for agronomic and environmental purposes (e.g., carbon sequestration, soil erosion, soil biodiversity) in real conditions and over a significative timeframe for pedosphere dynamics. …”
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