{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10.1006/jare.1998.0475", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:14:45Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2002-10-07", "title": "Effects Of Livestock Grazing On Physical And Chemical Properties Of Sandy Soils In Sahelian Rangelands", "description": "The effects of grazing by livestock on soil surface features, bulk density and chemical properties were studied at the completion of a 4-year grazing experiment carried out in SadoreH, Niger. Grazing treatments were a factorial arrangement of two stocking rates (62\u00b75 and 125 kg live weight ha~1) and four sheep:goat ratios (0:6, 2:4, 4:2 and 6:0 animals per pasture), with two pastures per treatment and two ungrazed controls. Observations were also made in a fallow subjected to 9 years of intense and uncontrolled mixed grazing, and in a site that had been protected from grazing for 15 years. The topsoil was sampled (at depths of 0\u20132, 2\u20136, 6\u201314 and 14\u201330 cm) below shrub canopy in herbaceous vegetation and in bare soil patches within each of 20 paddocks for determination of pH, organic C, and total N and P concentrations. Soil bulk density was measured in a subset of soil profiles. The areal extent of different types of soil crusts and other soil surface features was assessed in one-half of the paddocks. Grazing resulted in a reduction (p(0\u00b701) and fragmentation of the area of crusted soils. However, this trend was partially compensated for by an increase of newly formed crusts. As a result, the soil infiltration index slightly increased with moderate grazing, but decreased at higher stocking rates. Compaction due to trampling was observed in the topsoil beneath the shrub canopy and also in vegetated patches, but only under intense grazing pressure. Soil bulk density was not affected by grazing except for an increase observed below 10 cm depth at the understorey of shrubs which is therefore unlikely due to trampling. When compared to the ungrazed control, pH, organic C and N concentrations, and to lesser extent P concentration, decreased after 4 years of grazing. Soil P and pH further decreased after 9 years of very high grazing pressure. However, neither N nor organic C decreased further.", "keywords": ["Technology", "570", "Economics", "PH", "630", "PROPRIETE CHIMIQUE", "AZOTE", "sandy soils", "grazing", "2. Zero hunger", "DENSITE", "SURFACE DU SOL", "MATIERE ORGANIQUE", "PATURAGE", "PHOSPHORE", "Production", "ETUDE D'IMPACT", "Agriculture-Farming", "CYCLE D'ELEMENT", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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We tested whether invasion by early goldenrod (Solidago gigantea, Asteraceae) modifies soil phosphorus pools at three sites in Belgium. Aboveground phytomass and soil samples (0\u201310 cm) were collected in early goldenrod patches and in adjacent, uninvaded, grassland vegetation. Soil P fractions varied between the three sites in line with corresponding differences in organic matter, carbonate and clay contents. In addition to site-specific impacts, plots invaded by goldenrods generally had higher concentrations of labile P [i.e. resin-extractable inorganic P (Pi) and bicarbonate-extractable Pi and organic P]. Soil CO2 release and alkaline and acid phosphomonoesterase activities were also higher in invaded plots, suggesting that the increase in labile Pi was due to enhanced mineralization. Phosphorus uptake by vegetation was 1.7\u20132.1 times higher in invaded plots, mostly due to the higher annual yield of S. gigantea. Altogether, the results indicate that S. gigantea enhances P turnover rates in invaded ecosystems.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "ESPECE ALLOGENE", "SOL", "INVASION", "PHOSPHORE", "MINERALISATION", "INTRODUCTION D'ESPECES", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Sciences bio-m\u00e9dicales et agricoles", "PLANTE", "15. 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Via selection for high quality plant species and input of dung and urine, large herbivores have been shown to speed up nitrogen cycling in fertile grassland soils while slowing down nitrogen cycling in unfertile soils. However, recent studies show that large herbivores can reduce nitrogen mineralization in some temperate fertile soils, but not in others. To explain this, we hypothesize that large herbivores can reduce nitrogen mineralization in loamy or clay soils through soil compaction, but not in sandy soils. Especially under wet conditions, strong compaction in clay soils can lead to periods of soil anoxia, which reduces decomposition of soil organic matter and, hence, N mineralization. In this study, we use a long-term (37-year) field experiment on a salt marsh to investigate the hypothesis that the effect of large herbivores on nitrogen mineralization depends on soil texture. Our results confirm that the presence of large herbivores decreased nitrogen mineralization rate in a clay soil, but not in a sandy soil. By comparing a hand-mown treatment with a herbivore-grazed treatment, we show that these differences can be attributed to herbivore-induced changes in soil physical properties rather than to above-ground biomass removal. On clay soil, we find that large herbivores increase the soil water-filled porosity, induce more negative soil redox potentials, reduce soil macrofauna abundance, and reduce decomposition activity. On sandy soil, we observe no changes in these variables in response to grazing. We conclude that effects of large herbivores on nitrogen mineralization cannot be understood without taking soil texture, soil moisture, and feedbacks through soil macrofauna into account.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "IMPACT", "Nitrogen", "01 natural sciences", "Soil fauna", "COMPACTION", "Soil", "SOIL PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES", "SALT-MARSH", "Large herbivores", "Soil texture", "Animals", "Biomass", "Herbivory", "Soil compaction", "Ecosystem", "2. Zero hunger", "UNGULATE", "national", "Water", "DENITRIFICATION", "Nitrogen Cycle", "15. Life on land", "N cycling", "YELLOWSTONE-NATIONAL-PARK", "PLANT-GROWTH", "13. 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We investigated this in the 20\u00a0cm depth along a chronosequence of sites from native forest to three successively older pastures. We performed a physicochemical fractionation of bulk soil samples to better understand the mechanisms by which soil C is stabilized and evaluate the contribution of each C fraction to total soil C. Additionally, we used a two-pool model to estimate the mean residence time (MRT) for the slow and active pool C in each fraction. Soil C increased with conversion from forest-to-pasture in the particulate organic matter (>250\u00a0\u03bcm), microaggregate (53\u2013250\u00a0\u03bcm), and d-clay (<2\u00a0\u03bcm) fractions. The microaggregate comprised the highest soil C content after the conversion from forest-to-pasture. The C content of the d-silt fraction decreased with time since conversion to pasture. Forest-derived C remained in all fractions with the highest concentration in the finest fractions, with the largest proportion of forest-derived soil C associated with clay minerals. Results from this work indicate that microaggregate formation is sensitive to changes in management and might serve as an indicator for management-induced soil carbon changes, and the soil C changes in the fractions are dependent on soil texture.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "tropical land-use change", "soil physical fractionation", "deforestation", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "soil carbon", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.qut.edu.au/37758/1/lisb7891.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-009-9288-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecosystems", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10021-009-9288-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10021-009-9288-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10021-009-9288-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-10-17T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10533-015-0169-1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:15:20Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-12-09", "title": "Elevated Co2 Increased Phosphorous Loss From Decomposing Litter And Soil Organic Matter At Two Face Experiments With Trees", "description": "Sustained increased productivity of trees growing in elevated CO2 depends in part on their stoichiometric flexibility, i.e., increasing their nutrient use efficiency, or on increased nutrient uptake from the soil. Phosphorus (P) may be a nutrient as limiting as nitrogen (N) in terrestrial ecosystems and may play a key-process in global terrestrial C storage. For this study archived litter and soil samples of two free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments were analyzed for C, N and P. Populus euramericana, nigra and alba and Betula pendula, Alnus glutinosa and Fagus sylvatica were grown in ambient and elevated CO2 at respectively the Euro- and BangorFACE experiments. At EuroFACE, aboveground litter accumulated in L, F and H layers, while at BangorFACE almost all aboveground litter was incorporated into the mineral soil due to bioturbation. At EuroFACE, more P was lost from the F and H litter layers due to trees growing in elevated CO2, while at BangorFACE more P was lost from the mineral soil. Results of this study imply that trees growing in elevated CO2 were P limited at both experiments. Therefore, with increasing atmospheric CO2, P may play a more pronounced role than previous thought in regulating secondary forest growth. Moreover, increased atmospheric CO2 and ample N may allow a larger pool of P to become available for uptake due to, for instance, increased phosphatase activity resulting in increased organic matter turnover and biogenic weathering. Therefore, it may be postulated that under non-N-limited conditions, e.g., during regrowth, under high N deposition or in systems with high N2-fixation, increased P availability and uptake may allow P-limited forests to sustain increased growth under increasing atmospheric CO2.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "4. Education", "Litter and soil stoichiometry", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil phosphorous", "01 natural sciences", "Secondary forest growth", "13. Climate action", "Elevated CO", "Environmental Chemistry", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "FACE experiment", "Earth-Surface Processes", "Water Science and Technology"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Hoosbeek, Marcel R.", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-015-0169-1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biogeochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10533-015-0169-1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10533-015-0169-1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10533-015-0169-1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-12-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-004-0599-3", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:15:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-05-31", "title": "Senna Siamea Trees Recycle Ca From A Ca-Rich Subsoil And Increase The Topsoil Ph In Agroforestry Systems In The West African Derived Savanna Zone", "description": "The functioning of trees as a safety-net for capturing nutrients leached beyond the reach of crop roots was evaluated by investigating changes in exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, and K) and pH in a wide range of medium to long term alley cropping trials in the derived savanna of West Africa, compared to no-tree control plots. Topsoil Ca content, effective cation exchange capacity, and pH were substantially higher under Sennasiamea than under Leucaena leucocephala, Gliricidia sepium, or the no-tree control plots in sites with a Bt horizon rich in exchangeable Ca. This was shown to be largely related to the recovery of Ca from the subsoil under Senna trees. The increase of the Ca content of the topsoil under Senna relative to the no-tree control treatment was related to the total amount of dry matter applied since trial establishment. The lack of increase in Ca accumulation under the other species was related to potential recovery of Ca from the topsoil itself and/or substantial Ca leaching. The accumulation of Ca in the topsoil under Senna had a marked effect on the topsoil pH, the latter increasing significantly compared with the Leucaena, Gliridia, and no-tree control treatments. In conclusion, the current work shows that the functioning of the often hypothesized \u2018safety-net\u2019 of trees in a cropping system depends on (i) the tree species and on (ii) the presence of a subsoil of suitable quality, i.e., clay enriched and with high Ca saturation.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "senna siamea", "topsoil", "01 natural sciences", "savannas", "agroforestry", "plant litter", "calcio", "subsoil", "top soil", "sabanas", "2. Zero hunger", "calcium", "biomass", "cerca viva", "capa arable del suelo", "litterfall prunings", "ph del suelo", "hojarasca", "trees", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "subsoil ca content", "soil ph", "gliricidia sepium", "leucaena leucocephala", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "hedges", "agroforesteria", "leucaena lecocephala"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-004-0599-3"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-004-0599-3", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-004-0599-3", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-004-0599-3"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2004.08.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:17:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-09-29", "title": "Land-Use Effects On Organic Matter And Physical Properties Of Soil In A Southern Mediterranean Highland Of Turkey", "description": "Abstract   Forest and grassland soils in highlands of southern Mediterranean Turkey are being seriously degraded and destructed due to extensive agricultural activities. This study investigated the effects of changes in land-use type on some soil properties in a Mediterranean plateau. Three adjacent land-use types included the cultivated lands, which have been converted from pastures for 12 years, fragmented forests, and unaltered pastures lands. Disturbed and undisturbed soil samples were collected from four sites at each of the three different land-use types from depths of 0\u201310\u00a0cm and 10\u201320\u00a0cm in Typic Haploxeroll soils with an elevation of about 1400\u00a0m. When the pasture was converted into cultivation, soil organic matter (SOM) pool of cultivated lands for a depth of 0\u201320\u00a0cm were significantly reduced by, on average 49% relative to SOM content of the pasture lands. There was no significant difference in SOM between the depths in each land-use type, and SOM values of the forest and pasture lands were almost similar. There was also a significant change in soil bulk density (BD) among cultivation (1.33\u00a0Mg\u00a0m\u22123), pasture (1.19\u00a0Mg\u00a0m\u22123), and forest (1.25\u00a0Mg\u00a0m\u22123) soils at depth of 0\u201320\u00a0cm. Only for the pasture, BD of the depth of 0\u201310\u00a0cm was significantly different from that of 10\u201320\u00a0cm. Depending upon the increases in BD and disruption of pores by cultivation, total porosity decreased accordingly. Cultivation of the unaltered pasture obviously increased the soil erodibility measured by USLE-K factor for each soil depth, and USLE-K factor was approximately two times greater in the cultivated land than in the pasture indicating the vulnerability of the cultivated land to water erosion. The mean weight diameter (MWD) and water-stable aggregation (WSA) were greater in the pasture and forest soils compared to the cultivated soils, and didn\u2019t change with the depth for each land-use type. Aggregates of >4.0\u00a0mm size were dominant in the pasture and forest soils, whereas the cultivated soils comprised aggregates of the size \u22640.5\u00a0mm. I found that samples collected from cultivated land gave the lowest saturated hydraulic conductivity values regardless of soil depths, whereas the highest values were measured on samples from forest soils. In conclusion, the results showed that the cultivation of the pastures degraded the soil physical properties, leaving soils more susceptible to the erosion. This suggests that land disturbances should be strictly avoided in the pastures with the limited soil depth in the southern Mediterranean highlands.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Mediterranean highlands", "Turkey", "Soil physical properties", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Land uses", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil degradation"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Celik I.", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2004.08.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2004.08.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2004.08.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2004.08.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:15:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-08-25", "title": "Tire abrasion particles negatively affect plant growth even at low concentrations and alter soil biogeochemical cycling", "description": "Abstract<p>Tire particles (TPs) are a major source of microplastic on land, and considering their chemical composition, they represent a potential hazard for the terrestrial environment. We studied the effects of TPs at environmentally relevant concentrations along a wide concentration gradient (0\uffe2\uff80\uff93160 mg g\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and tested the effects on plant growth, soil pH and the key ecosystem process of litter decomposition and soil respiration. The addition of TPs negatively affected shoot and root growth already at low concentrations. Tea litter decomposition slightly increased with lower additions of TPs but decreased later on. Soil pH increased until a TP concentration of 80 mg g\uffe2\uff88\uff921 and leveled off afterwards. Soil respiration clearly increased with increasing concentration of added TPs. Plant growth was likely reduced with starting contamination and stopped when contamination reached a certain level in the soil. The presence of TPs altered a number of biogeochemical soil parameters that can have further effects on plant performance. Considering the quantities of yearly produced TPs, their persistence, and toxic potential, we assume that these particles will eventually have a significant impact on terrestrial ecosystems.</p>", "keywords": ["570", "Soil respiration ; Soil pH ; Litter decomposition ; Microplastic pollution ; Tire particles ; Soil Pollution", " Control", " and Remediation ; Research Article ; Plant growth", "Litter decomposition", "Soil respiration", "Soil pH", "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Microplastic pollution", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "13. 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In the LUCAS 2018 survey, bulk density has been analysed for three depths, i.e., 0\u201310\u202fcm = 6140 sites; 10\u201320\u202fcm = 5684 sites and 20\u201330\u202fcm =139 sites. The laboratory analysis and the assessment of the results conclude that the bulk density at 10\u201320\u202fcm is 5\u201310% higher compared to 0\u201310\u202fcm for all land uses except woodlands (20%). In the 0\u201320\u202fcm depth, croplands have 1.5 times higher bulk density (mean: 1.26\u202fg\u202fcm\u22123) compared to woodlands (mean: 0.83\u202fg\u202fcm\u22123). The main driver for bulk density variation is the land use which implies that many existing pedotransfer rules have to be developed based on land use. This study applied a methodological framework using an advanced Cubist rule-based regression model to optimize the spatial prediction of bulk density in Europe. We spatialised the circa 6000 LUCAS samples and developed the high-resolution map (100\u202fm) of bulk density for the 0\u201320\u202fcm depth and the maps at 0\u201310 and 10\u201320\u202fcm depth. The modelling results showed a very good prediction (R2: 0.66) of bulk density for the 0\u201320\u202fcm depth which outperforms previous assessments. The bulk density maps can be used to estimate packing density which is a proxy to estimate\u00a0soil compaction. Therefore, this work contributes to monitoring soil health and refine estimates on carbon and nutrients stocks in the EU\u00a0topsoil.", "keywords": ["550", "Packing density; Soil physics; Texture; Soil health; LUCAS; Soil compaction", "630"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Panagos, Panos, De Rosa, Daniele, Liakos, Leonidas, Labouyrie, Maeva, Borrelli, Pasquale, Ballabio, Cristiano,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:16:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-04-26", "title": "Seasonal Dynamics Of The Physicochemical And Biological Properties Of Soils In Naturally Regenerating, Unmanaged And Clear-Cut Beech Stands In Northern Spain", "description": "The physicochemical and biological properties of soils within an unmanaged beech stand and two stands clear-cut in 2001 or 1996 were studied and compared across the year 2008. The clear-cut stands were left to naturally regenerate and exhibited very different levels of tree density. Soil from the stand clear-cut in 2001 had the lowest contents of organic matter and nitrogen, showed high resistance to penetration and the pH varied throughout the seasons. Basal respiration achieved minimum values in summer in both the unmanaged stand and the stand clear-cut in 1996. However, basal respiration slightly fluctuated from spring to autumn in the stand clear-cut in 2001. The seasonal dynamics of protease and phosphatase activities were similar within the three stands: the maximum protease activity was detected in spring and the highest phophatase activity in winter. \u03b2-Glucosidase activity in autumn and dehydrogenase in winter were greater in the unmanaged than in the clear-cut stands. Moreover, dehydrogenase activity was extremely low in the stand clear-cut in 1996. Microclimatic parameters within the stands were significantly correlated with several biological properties of soils, with microclimate being strongly determined by the density of trees. Results also suggested that ectomycorrhizal fungi would be key components of the soil microflora in the beech forests.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Clear-cutting", "Beech forests", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Ectomycorrhizas", "Soil basal respiration", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Soil enzymatic activities", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Soil physicochemical properties"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.01.018", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:16:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-03-21", "title": "Physical Properties And Organic Matter Of Fluvisols Under Forest, Grassland, And 100 Years Of Conventional Tillage", "description": "Abstract   Although a large number of papers deal with effects of land-use change on soil properties, less attention is directed to the long-term effects of different land-use types on soil physical properties and organic matter in the lowland ecosystems.  The objective of this study is to assess the long-term cumulative effects of change in land-use type on some soil properties in the continental lowland ecosystems of Western Serbia. Three adjacent land-use types (deciduous forest, natural grassland and arable soils that have been converted from forests for more than 100\u00a0years) were chosen for the study. Disturbed and undisturbed soil samples were collected from nine sites at each of the three different land-use types from the depths of 0\u201310, 10\u201320 and 20\u201330\u00a0cm in noncarbonated Fluvisol. Conversion of forest to grassland and arable soil has led to significant decrease in total porosity (TP), infiltration rate (IR) and soil organic matter (SOM). The bulk density (BD) was lower in forest compared to the adjacent grassland and arable (ex-forest) soils. In addition, microaggregate stability, determined by the clay dispersion ratio (CDR) and aggregated silt and clay (ASC) indices, was significantly higher in forest than in grassland and arable soil. In conclusion, the results of this study indicate that removal of permanent vegetation in the conversion process from forest and grassland areas to cultivated land may lead to loss of soil productivity and serious soil degradation. Obviously, there is a need for greater attention to developing sustainable land use practices in management of these ecosystems to prevent further degradation of soils in the region.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil organic matter", "Continental lowland ecosystems", "Soil physical properties", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Fluvisols", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Land use change", "Soil degradation"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Gaji\u0107, Bo\u0161ko", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.01.018"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.01.018", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.01.018", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.01.018"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117299", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:17:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-04-19", "title": "Synchrotron-based 3D X-ray computed tomography reveals root system architecture: Plastic responses to phosphorus placement", "description": "We used synchrotron-based X-ray computed tomography (SRXCT) to visualize root distribution in soil cores. X-ray CT is emerging as a leading technique to study plant roots, but SRXCT offers potential advantages compared with conventional X-ray sources, including producing X-rays of higher intensity that are collimated, monochromatic and tuneable; delivering high-resolution data whilst avoiding issues such as beam-hardening and source divergence. We demonstrate the suitability of SRXCT for observing the root system of wheat plants growing in two soils (Calcisol and Ultisol) in response to placement of different phosphorus fertilisers. To optimize scanning quality, we tested the use of an inverse \u2018mask\u2019 in front of the soil cores to achieve a more uniform attenuation along the sample, thereby avoiding saturation of the detector along the thinnest parts of the soil cores. Secondly, we developed a deep learning approach for segmentation and quantification of root length and diameter. Our results demonstrate the use of SRXCT as a tool for studying root system architecture in soil at high spatial resolution. The SRXCT method marks a new stride towards advancing our understanding of root structures in unprecedented detail, opening further avenues for exploring plant-soil interactions.", "keywords": ["X-ray computed tomography", "Image segmentation", "Plant roots", "Root system architecture", "Soil phosphorus", "Science", "Q", "Root distribution", "Synchrotron"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117299"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117299", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117299", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117299"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135592", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:17:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-08-22", "title": "Microplastics originated from agricultural mulching films affect enchytraeid multigeneration reproduction and soil properties", "description": "Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly entering agricultural soils, often from the breakdown of agricultural plastics (e.g., mulching films). This study investigates the effects of realistic MPs from different mulching films: two conventional polyethylene (PE-1 and PE-2) and two biodegradable (starch-blended polybutylene adipate co-terephthalate; PBAT-BD-1 and PBAT-BD-2). MPs were mixed into Lufa 2.2 soil at a concentration range from 0.005\u00a0% to 5\u00a0% (w/w dry soil), wide enough to reflect both realistic environmental levels and 'worst-case scenarios'. Effects on Enchytraeus crypticus reproduction over two generations and six important soil properties were studied. PBAT MPs notably reduced enchytraeid reproduction in the F0 generation, with a maximum decrease of 35.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a09.6\u00a0% at 0.5\u00a0% concentration. F1 generation was unaffected by PBAT contamination. PE MPs had a more substantial reproductive impact, with up to a 55.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a09.7\u00a0% decrease at 5\u00a0% PE-1 concentration compared to the control, showing a dose-related effect except for 1\u00a0%. Both MP types also significantly affected soil water holding capacity, pH, and total carbon. Other soil properties remained unaffected. Our results highlight the potential negative impacts of MPs originating from real agricultural plastics on soil health and raise concerns about the role of agricultural plastics in sustainable agriculture and food safety.", "keywords": ["Soil invertebrates", "soil ecotoxicology", "Microplastics", "Polyesters", "Soil pH", "realistic soil pollution", "Agricultural plastics; Realistic soil pollution; Soil ecotoxicology; Soil invertebrates; Soil pH; water holding capacity; total carbon", "01 natural sciences", "soil pH", "Soil", "Soil Pollutants", "Animals", "Oligochaeta", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "total carbon", "Soil ecotoxicology", "Realistic soil pollution", "water holding capacity", "Reproduction", "Agriculture", "Starch", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "soil invertebrates", "Polyethylene", "Agricultural plastics", "agricultural plastics", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Plastics"], "contacts": [{"organization": "\u0160m\u00eddov\u00e1 Kl\u00e1ra, Selonen Salla, van Gestel Cornelis A. M., Fleissig Petr, Hofman Jakub,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135592"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Hazardous%20Materials", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135592", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135592", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135592"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2004.02.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:17:42Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-04-09", "title": "Effects Of Compost, Mycorrhiza, Manure And Fertilizer On Some Physical Properties Of A Chromoxerert Soil", "description": "Abstract   Addition of organic materials of various origins to soil has been one of the most common rehabilitation practices to improve soil physical properties. Mycorrhiza has been known to play a significant role in forming stable soil aggregates. In this study, a 5-year field experiment was conducted to explore the role of mycorrhizal inoculation and organic fertilizers on the alteration of physical properties of a semi-arid Mediterranean soil (Entic Chromoxerert, Arik clay-loam soil). From 1995 to 1999, wheat ( Triticum aestivum  L.), pepper ( Capsicum annuum  L.), maize ( Zea mays  L.) and wheat were sequentially planted with one of five fertilizers: (1) control, (2) inorganic (160\u201326\u201383\u00a0kg N\u2013P\u2013K\u00a0ha \u22121 ), (3) compost at 25\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 , (4) farm manure at 25\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121  and (5) mycorrhiza-inoculated compost at 10\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 . Soil physical properties were significantly affected by organic fertilizers. For soil depths of 0\u201315 and 15\u201330\u00a0cm, mean weight diameter (MWD) was highest under the manure treatment while total porosity and saturated hydraulic conductivity were highest under the compost treatment. For a soil depth of 0\u201315\u00a0cm, the compost and manure-treated plots significantly decreased soil bulk density and increased soil organic matter concentration compared with other treatments. Compost and manure treatments increased available water content (AWC) of soils by 86 and 56%, respectively. The effect of inorganic fertilizer treatment on most soil physical properties was insignificant ( P >0.05) compared with the control. Mycorrhizal inoculation+compost was more effective in improving soil physical properties than the inorganic treatment. Organic fertilizer sources were shown to have major positive effects on soil physical properties.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil organic matter", "Mineral fertilization", "Soil physical properties", "Compost", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Manure", "Soil aggregation", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Mycorrhiza", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Celik I., Ortas I., Kilic S.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2004.02.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2004.02.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2004.02.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2004.02.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:17:47Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-01-08", "title": "Soil Organic Carbon And Fertility Interactions Affected By A Tillage Chronosequence In A Brazilian Oxisol", "description": "Abstract   No-till (NT) adoption is an essential tool for development of sustainable agricultural systems, and how NT affects the soil organic C (SOC) dynamics is a key component of these systems. The effect of a plow tillage (PT) and NT age chronosequence on SOC concentration and interactions with soil fertility were assessed in a variable charge Oxisol, located in the South Center quadrant of Parana State, Brazil (50\u00b023\u2019W and 24\u00b036'S). The chronosequence consisted of the following six sites: (i) native field (NF); (ii) PT of the native field (PNF-1) involving conversion of natural vegetation to cropland; (iii) NT for 10 years (NT-10); (iv) NT for 20 years (NT-20); (v) NT for 22 years (NT-22); and (vi) conventional tillage for 22 years (CT-22) involving PT with one disking after summer harvest and one after winter harvest to 20\u00a0cm depth plus two harrow disking. Soil samples were collected from five depths (0\u20132.5; 2.5\u20135; 5\u201310; 10\u201320; and 20\u201340\u00a0cm) and SOC, pH (in H 2 O and KCl), \u0394pH, potential acidity, exchangeable bases, and cation exchangeable capacity (CEC) were measured. An increase in SOC concentration positively affected the pH, the negative charge and the CEC and negatively impacted potential acidity. Regression analyses indicated a close relationship between the SOC concentration and other parameters measured in this study. The regression fitted between SOC concentration and CEC showed a close relationship. There was an increase in negative charge and CEC with increase in SOC concentration: CEC increased by 0.37\u00a0cmol c \u00a0kg \u22121  for every g of C\u00a0kg \u22121  soil. The ratio of ECEC:SOC was 0.23\u00a0cmol c \u00a0kg \u22121  for NF and increased to 0.49\u00a0cmol c \u00a0kg \u22121  for NT-22. The rates of P and K for 0\u201310\u00a0cm depth increased by 9.66\u00a0kg\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0yr \u22121  and 17.93\u00a0kg\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0yr \u22121 , respectively, with NF as a base line. The data presented support the conclusion that long-term NT is a useful strategy for improving fertility of soils with variable charge.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil management", "Soil organic matter", "Root depth", "Crop residues", "Cation exchange capacity (CEC)", "Conservation agriculture", "Chronosequence", "Acidity", "Sustainable agriculture", "No-till", "Soil ph", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil fertility", "Soil quality", "Tillage", "Variable charge", "Soil analysis", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Oxisols", "Field Scale"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2008.11.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1017/s1742170511000317", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:18:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-07-22", "title": "Soil Fertility And Crop Yields In Long-Term Organic And Conventional Cropping Systems In Eastern Nebraska", "description": "Abstract<p>Organic agriculture aims to build soil quality and provide long-term benefits to people and the environment; however, organic practices may reduce crop yields. This long-term study near Mead, NE was conducted to determine differences in soil fertility and crop yields among conventional and organic cropping systems between 1996 and 2007. The conventional system (CR) consisted of corn (Zea maysL.) or sorghum (Sorghum bicolor(L.) Moench)\uffe2\uff80\uff93soybean (Glycine max(L.) Merr.)\uffe2\uff80\uff93sorghum or corn\uffe2\uff80\uff93soybean, whereas the diversified conventional system (DIR) consisted of corn or sorghum\uffe2\uff80\uff93sorghum or corn\uffe2\uff80\uff93soybean\uffe2\uff80\uff93winter wheat (wheat,Triticum aestivumL.). The animal manure-based organic system (OAM) consisted of soybean\uffe2\uff80\uff93corn or sorghum\uffe2\uff80\uff93soybean\uffe2\uff80\uff93wheat, while the forage-based organic system (OFG) consisted of alfalfa (Medicago sativaL.)\uffe2\uff80\uff93alfalfa\uffe2\uff80\uff93corn or sorghum\uffe2\uff80\uff93wheat. Averaged across sampling years, soil organic matter content (OMC), P, pH, Ca, K, Mg and Zn in the top 15 cm of soil were greatest in the OAM system. However, by 2008 OMC was not different between the two organic systems despite almost two times greater carbon inputs in the OAM system. Corn, sorghum and soybean average annual yields were greatest in either of the two conventional systems (7.65, 6.36 and 2.60 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921, respectively), whereas wheat yields were greatest in the OAM system (3.07 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921). Relative to the mean of the conventional systems, corn yields were reduced by 13 and 33% in the OAM and OFG systems, respectively. Similarly, sorghum yields in the OAM and OFG systems were reduced by 16 and 27%, respectively. Soybean yields were 20% greater in the conventional systems compared with the OAM system. However, wheat yields were 10% greater in the OAM system compared with the conventional DIR system and 23% greater than yield in the OFG system. Alfalfa in the OFG system yielded an average of 7.41 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921annually. Competitive yields of organic wheat and alfalfa along with the soil fertility benefits associated with animal manure and perennial forage suggest that aspects of the two organic systems be combined to maximize the productivity and sustainability of organic cropping systems.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Organic matter content", "Organic farming", "Animal manure", "Soil phosphorus", "Plant Sciences", "Botany", "Plant Biology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Horticulture", "15. Life on land", "Perennial forage", "Nutrient budgets", "630", "6. Clean water", "Agronomy and Crop Sciences", "Long-term crop rotations", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agricultural Science"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Wortman, Samuel E., Galusha, Tomie D., Mason, Stephen C., Francis, Charles A.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1017/s1742170511000317"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Renewable%20Agriculture%20and%20Food%20Systems", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1017/s1742170511000317", "name": "item", "description": "10.1017/s1742170511000317", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1017/s1742170511000317"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-07-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s41597-023-02751-6", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:18:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-01-02", "title": "A global dataset on phosphorus in agricultural soils", "description": "Abstract<p>Numerous drivers such as farming practices, erosion, land-use change, and soil biogeochemical background, determine the global spatial distribution of phosphorus (P) in agricultural soils. Here, we revised an approach published earlier (called here GPASOIL-v0), in which several global datasets describing these drivers were combined with a process model for soil P dynamics to reconstruct the past and current distribution of P in cropland and grassland soils. The objective of the present update, called GPASOIL-v1, is to incorporate recent advances in process understanding about soil inorganic P dynamics, in datasets to describe the different drivers, and in regional soil P measurements for benchmarking. We trace the impact of the update on the reconstructed soil P. After the update we estimate a global averaged inorganic labile P of 187 kgP ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 for cropland and 91 kgP ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 for grassland in 2018 for the top 0\uffe2\uff80\uff930.3\uffe2\uff80\uff89m soil layer, but these values are sensitive to the mineralization rates chosen for the organic P pools. Uncertainty in the driver estimates lead to coefficients of variation of 0.22 and 0.54 for cropland and grassland, respectively. This work makes the methods for simulating the agricultural soil P maps more transparent and reproducible than previous estimates, and increases the confidence in the new estimates, while the evaluation against regional dataset still suggests rooms for further improvement.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", "Data Descriptor", "550", "Atmosphere", "[SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", " Atmosphere", "Science", "Q", "ANZSRC::410603 Soil biology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "[SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", " environment", "ANZSRC::300801 Field organic and low chemical input horticulture", "03 medical and health sciences", "ANZSRC::410605 Soil physics", "Life Science", "ANZSRC::410604 Soil chemistry and soil carbon sequestration (excl. carbon sequestration science)", "[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", "environment", "ANZSRC::300101 Agricultural biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors)", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02751-6.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02751-6"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Scientific%20Data", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41597-023-02751-6", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41597-023-02751-6", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41597-023-02751-6"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s41893-019-0469-x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:18:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-01-20", "title": "Potential yield challenges to scale-up of zero budget natural farming", "description": "Under current trends, 60% of India's population (>10% of people on Earth) will experience severe food deficiencies by 2050. Increased production is urgently needed, but high costs and volatile prices are driving farmers into debt. Zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) is a grassroots movement that aims to improve farm viability by reducing costs. In Andhra Pradesh alone, 523,000 farmers have converted 13% of productive agricultural area to ZBNF. However, sustainability of ZBNF is questioned because external nutrient inputs are limited, which could cause a crash in food production. Here, we show that ZBNF is likely to reduce soil degradation and could provide yield benefits for low-input farmers. Nitrogen fixation, either by free-living nitrogen fixers in soil or symbiotic nitrogen fixers in legumes, is likely to provide the major portion of nitrogen available to crops. However, even with maximum potential nitrogen fixation and release, only 52-80% of the national average nitrogen applied as fertilizer is expected to be supplied. Therefore, in higher-input systems, yield penalties are likely. Since biological fixation from the atmosphere is possible only with nitrogen, ZBNF could limit the supply of other nutrients. Further research is needed in higher-input systems to ensure that mass conversion to ZBNF does not limit India's capacity to feed itself.", "keywords": ["Monitoring", "IEAS/POO2501/1", "NE/S009019/1", "330", "Supplementary Data", "QH301 Biology", "NE/P004830/1", "WHEAT", "01 natural sciences", "630", "12. Responsible consumption", "QH301", "NE/M021327/1", "SOIL PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES", "SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy", "FERTILIZER", "Renewable Energy", "Wellcome Trust", "SDG 2 - Zero Hunger", "Nature and Landscape Conservation", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Planning and Development", "2. Zero hunger", "Global and Planetary Change", "Geography", "Policy and Law", "Ecology", "Sustainability and the Environment", "Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)", "Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS)", "NE/P019455/1", "1. No poverty", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Management", "NITROGEN", "Urban Studies", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "INDIA", "Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)", "Food Science"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0469-x.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0469-x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Nature%20Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41893-019-0469-x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41893-019-0469-x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41893-019-0469-x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-01-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.16042", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-12-19", "title": "Stimulation of ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier abundances by nitrogen loading: Poor predictability for increased soil N2O emission", "description": "Abstract<p>Unprecedented nitrogen (N) inputs into terrestrial ecosystems have profoundly altered soil N cycling. Ammonia oxidizers and denitrifiers are the main producers of nitrous oxide (N2O), but it remains unclear how ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier abundances will respond to N loading and whether their responses can predict N\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced changes in soil N2O emission. By synthesizing 101 field studies worldwide, we showed that N loading significantly increased ammonia oxidizer abundance by 107% and denitrifier abundance by 45%. The increases in both ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier abundances were primarily explained by N loading form, and more specifically, organic N loading had stronger effects on their abundances than mineral N loading. Nitrogen loading increased soil N2O emission by 261%, whereas there was no clear relationship between changes in soil N2O emission and shifts in ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier abundances. Our field\uffe2\uff80\uff90based results challenge the laboratory\uffe2\uff80\uff90based hypothesis that increased ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier abundances by N loading would directly cause higher soil N2O emission. Instead, key abiotic factors (mean annual precipitation, soil pH, soil C:N ratio, and ecosystem type) explained N\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced changes in soil N2O emission. Altogether, these findings highlight the need for considering the roles of key abiotic factors in regulating soil N transformations under N loading to better understand the microbially mediated soil N2O emission.</p", "keywords": ["IMPACTS", "0301 basic medicine", "570", "GENES", "Nitrogen", "REGIMES", "Nitrous Oxide", "Precipitation", "Soil pH", "precipitation", "NITRIFICATION", "nitrogen addition", "01 natural sciences", "630", "OXIDE EMISSIONS", "Nitrogen/analysis", "soil pH", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Ammonia", "FERTILIZATION", "MANAGEMENT", "Nitrous Oxide/analysis", "Biological and chemical processes", "METAANALYSIS", "Research Articles", "Ecosystem", "Soil Microbiology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Microbial gene abundance", "2. Zero hunger", "biological and chemical processes", "Nitrogen addition", "0303 health sciences", "denitrification", "Nitrous oxide", "nitrous oxide", "15. Life on land", "Nitrification", "nitrification", "6. Clean water", "microbial gene abundance", "13. Climate action", "Denitrification", "COMMUNITIES", "GRASSLANDS"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16042"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.16042", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.16042", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.16042"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-12-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1071/sr07193", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:18:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-12-02", "title": "Traffic And Tillage Effects On Wheat Production On The Loess Plateau Of China: 2. Soil Physical Properties", "description": "<p>  Controlled traffic zero and minimum tillage management with residue cover has been proposed as a solution to erosion and other soil degradation challenges to the sustainability of dryland farming on the Loess Plateau of China. This was assessed between 1998 and 2007 in a field experiment involving a conventional tillage treatment, and 2 controlled traffic treatments, no tillage and shallow tillage, with full straw cover in both cases. This paper reports the soil physical properties after 9 years of dryland wheat production under these treatments, and the substantial improvements seen in soils under controlled traffic. Compared with conventional tillage, controlled traffic significantly reduced soil bulk density in the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff930.15\uffe2\uff80\uff89m soil layer, and increased total porosity in the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff930.60\uffe2\uff80\uff89m soil layer, where macroporosity (&gt;60\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb5m) and mesoporosity (0.2\uffe2\uff80\uff9360\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb5m) increased at the expense of microporosity (&lt;0.2\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb5m). Readily available water content and saturated hydraulic conductivity were greater in controlled traffic treatments. Controlled traffic farming appears to be an improvement on current farming systems on the Loess Plateau, and valuable for the sustainable development agriculture in this region. </p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Controlled traffic", "Soil physical properties", "2304 Environmental Chemistry", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "1111 Soil Science", "630", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1071/sr07193"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1071/sr07193", "name": "item", "description": "10.1071/sr07193", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1071/sr07193"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.15218", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-06-12", "title": "Long\u2010term nitrogen loading alleviates phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems", "description": "Abstract<p>Increased human\uffe2\uff80\uff90derived nitrogen (N) deposition to terrestrial ecosystems has resulted in widespread phosphorus (P) limitation of net primary productivity. However, it remains unclear if and how N\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced P limitation varies over time. Soil extracellular phosphatases catalyze the hydrolysis of P from soil organic matter, an important adaptive mechanism for ecosystems to cope with N\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced P limitation. Here we show, using a meta\uffe2\uff80\uff90analysis of 140 studies and 668 observations worldwide, that N stimulation of soil phosphatase activity diminishes over time. Whereas short\uffe2\uff80\uff90term N loading (\uffe2\uff89\uffa45\uffc2\uffa0years) significantly increased soil phosphatase activity by 28%, long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term N loading had no significant effect. Nitrogen loading did not affect soil available P and total P content in either short\uffe2\uff80\uff90 or long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term studies. Together, these results suggest that N\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced P limitation in ecosystems is alleviated in the long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term through the initial stimulation of soil phosphatase activity, thereby securing P supply to support plant growth. Our results suggest that increases in terrestrial carbon uptake due to ongoing anthropogenic N loading may be greater than previously thought.</p", "keywords": ["Nitrogen", "Microbial biomass", "phosphorus limitation", "Phosphorus limitation", "Soil pH", "nitrogen addition", "Soil phosphorus content", "soil pH", "Soil phosphatase activity", "Soil", "Soil nitrogen content", "soil nitrogen content", "Humans", "Biomass", "Ecosystem", "2. Zero hunger", "Nitrogen addition", "microbial biomass", "nutrient stoichiometry balance", "Phosphorus", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Ecolog\u00eda", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "soil phosphatase activity", "soil phosphorus content", "Nutrient stoichiometry balance", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.15218"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15218"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.15218", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.15218", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.15218"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.15277", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-07-12", "title": "Low phosphorus supply constrains plant responses to elevated CO 2 : A meta\u2010analysis", "description": "Abstract<p>Phosphorus (P) is an essential macro\uffe2\uff80\uff90nutrient required for plant metabolism and growth. Low P availability could potentially limit plant responses to elevated carbon dioxide (eCO2), but consensus has yet to be reached on the extent of this limitation. Here, based on data from experiments that manipulated both CO2 and P for young individuals of woody and non\uffe2\uff80\uff90woody species, we present a meta\uffe2\uff80\uff90analysis of P limitation impacts on plant growth, physiological, and morphological response to eCO2. We show that low P availability attenuated plant photosynthetic response to eCO2 by approximately one\uffe2\uff80\uff90quarter, leading to a reduced, but still positive photosynthetic response to eCO2 compared to those under high P availability. Furthermore, low P limited plant aboveground, belowground, and total biomass responses to eCO2, by 14.7%, 14.3%, and 12.4%, respectively, equivalent to an approximate halving of the eCO2 responses observed under high P availability. In comparison, low P availability did not significantly alter the eCO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced changes in plant tissue nutrient concentration, suggesting tissue nutrient flexibility is an important mechanism allowing biomass response to eCO2 under low P availability. Low P significantly reduced the eCO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced increase in leaf area by 14.3%, mirroring the aboveground biomass response, but low P did not affect the eCO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced increase in root length. Woody plants exhibited stronger attenuation effect of low P on aboveground biomass response to eCO2 than non\uffe2\uff80\uff90woody plants, while plants with different mycorrhizal associations showed similar responses to low P and eCO2 interaction. This meta\uffe2\uff80\uff90analysis highlights crucial data gaps in capturing plant responses to eCO2 and low P availability. Field\uffe2\uff80\uff90based experiments with longer\uffe2\uff80\uff90term exposure of both CO2 and P manipulations are critically needed to provide ecosystem\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale understanding. Taken together, our results provide a quantitative baseline to constrain model\uffe2\uff80\uff90based hypotheses of plant responses to eCO2 under P limitation, thereby improving projections of future global change impacts.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "910", "01 natural sciences", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "soil phosphorus", "Humans", "phosphorus", "Photosynthesis", "mycorrhizae", "soils", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "580", "nutrient concentration", "2. Zero hunger", "plant morphology", "biomass", "plants", "carbon dioxide", "Phosphorus", "mycorrhizas", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Carbon Dioxide", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "leaf gas exchange", "meta-analysis", "plant nutrient uptake", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.15277"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15277"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.15277", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.15277", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.15277"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.70430", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-08-19", "title": "Forest Topsoil Organic Carbon Declines Under Ash Dieback", "description": "ABSTRACT<p>Tree diseases are increasingly affecting woodland ecosystems across the world. However, the impact of these diseases upon the soil, and in particular soil carbon, is still poorly understood. Here we present the results of a field survey of ~100 woodlands across Great Britain measured in 1971, 2001 and 2022 and evaluate the fifty\uffe2\uff80\uff90year trend in topsoil (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9315\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm) carbon based upon measurements of soil organic matter (SOM) and the impact of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (ash dieback). To better represent the full SOM distribution, including the extremely high SOM measurements, we adopt a Beta mixture modelling approach within a Bayesian framework. Across all woodlands, comprising ~1,500 plots per survey, average SOM remained constant across the fifty\uffe2\uff80\uff90year time series. However, the 311 plots with ash dieback had lower SOM in the most recent survey compared to the 328 plots with ash trees present but no dieback recorded, due to a slight decline in SOM under ash dieback. This resulted in plots with ash dieback having a modelled mean SOM of 12.2% compared to 13.4% in plots without ash dieback, a difference of 1.23 percentage points (95% CI 0.25\uffe2\uff80\uff932.21). Ash dieback was more likely to be recorded in plots that had higher soil pH pre\uffe2\uff80\uff90ash dieback invasion, but the decline in SOM under ash dieback was not explained by changes in soil pH or changes in the ground flora composition. Converting our results to soil C and extrapolating for broadleaved woodland across the entirety of Great Britain, the total amount of topsoil carbon lost to date due to ash dieback could be 6 MtCO2 (\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff894\uffe2\uff80\uff89s.d.). Our results show the importance of understanding the impacts of tree disease when considering current and future woodland carbon dynamics.</p", "keywords": ["loss on ignition", "soil pH", "soil organic matter", "Fraxinus excelsior", "Hymenoscyphus fraxineus", "tree disease", "woodland", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70430"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.70430", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.70430", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.70430"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1088/1748-9326/ab239c", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-05-30", "title": "Global soil acidification impacts on belowground processes", "description": "Abstract                <p>With continuous nitrogen (N) enrichment and sulfur (S) deposition, soil acidification has accelerated and become a global environmental issue. However, a full understanding of the general pattern of ecosystem belowground processes in response to soil acidification due to the impacting factors remains elusive. We conducted a meta-analysis of soil acidification impacts on belowground functions using 304 observations from 49 independent studies, mainly including soil cations, soil nutrient, respiration, root and microbial biomass. Our results show that acid addition significantly reduced soil pH by 0.24 on average, with less pH decrease in forest than non-forest ecosystems. The response ratio of soil pH was positively correlated with site precipitation and temperature, but negatively with initial soil pH. Soil base cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+) decreased while non-base cations (Al3+, Fe3+) increased with soil acidification. Soil respiration, fine root biomass, microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen were significantly reduced by 14.7%, 19.1%, 9.6% and 12.1%, respectively, under acid addition. These indicate that soil carbon processes are sensitive to soil acidification. Overall, our meta-analysis suggests a strong negative impact of soil acidification on belowground functions, with the potential to suppress soil carbon emission. It also arouses our attention to the toxic effects of soil ions on terrestrial ecosystems.</p>", "keywords": ["Biomass (ecology)", "Organic chemistry", "Soil pH", "soil respiration", "Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Engineering", "Terrestrial ecosystem", "Soil water", "Climate change", "GE1-350", "TD1-1066", "Ecology", "Physics", "Soil Water Retention", "Ocean acidification", "Q", "Life Sciences", "Soil respiration", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Soil carbon", "6. Clean water", "Chemistry", "Physical Sciences", "Environmental chemistry", "soil cations", "microbes", "Mechanics and Transport in Unsaturated Soils", "Nitrogen", "Science", "QC1-999", "Materials Science", "Soil Science", "Thermal Effects on Soil", "Environmental science", "Biomaterials", "soil pH", "acid deposition", "Soil Carbon Sequestration", "Biology", "Soil acidification", "Ecosystem", "Civil and Structural Engineering", "Applications of Clay Nanotubes in Various Fields", "Soil science", "Soil organic matter", "Soil Fertility", "15. Life on land", "Soil biodiversity", "Agronomy", "meta-analysis", "Environmental sciences", "Soil Hydraulic Properties", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Bulk soil", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Nutrient"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab239c"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Research%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1088/1748-9326/ab239c", "name": "item", "description": "10.1088/1748-9326/ab239c", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1088/1748-9326/ab239c"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/ma14144036", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:21:46Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-07-20", "title": "Effects of Application of Recycled Chicken Manure and Spent Mushroom Substrate on Organic Matter, Acidity, and Hydraulic Properties of Sandy Soils", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Soil organic matter is a key resource base for agriculture. However, its content in cultivated soils is low and often decreases. This study aimed at examining the effects of long-term application of chicken manure (CM) and spent mushroom substrate (SMS) on organic matter accumulation, acidity, and hydraulic properties of soil. Two podzol soils with sandy texture in Podlasie Region (Poland) were enriched with recycled CM (10 Mg ha\u22121) and SMS (20 Mg ha\u22121), respectively, every 1\u20132 years for 20 years. The application of CM and SMS increased soil organic matter content at the depths of 0\u201320, 20\u201340, and 40\u201360 cm, especially at 0\u201320 cm (by 102\u2013201%). The initial soil pH increased in the CM- and SMS-amended soil by 1.7\u20132.0 units and 1.0\u20131.2 units, respectively. Soil bulk density at comparable depths increased and decreased following the addition of CM and SMS, respectively. The addition of CM increased field water capacity (at \u2013100 hPa) in the range from 45.8 to 117.8% depending on the depth within the 0\u201360 cm layer. In the case of the SMS addition, the value of the parameter was in the range of 42.4\u201348.5% at two depths within 0\u201340 cm. Depending on the depth, CM reduced the content of transmission pores (&gt;50 \u00b5m) in the range from 46.3 to 82.3% and increased the level of residual pores (&lt;0.5 \u00b5m) by 91.0\u2013198.6%. SMS increased the content of residual pores at the successive depths by 121.8, 251.0, and 30.3% and decreased or increased the content of transmission and storage pores. Additionally, it significantly reduced the saturated hydraulic conductivity at two depths within 0\u201340 cm. The fitted unsaturated hydraulic conductivity at two depths within the 0\u201340 cm layer increased and decreased in the CM- and SMS-amended soils, respectively. The results provide a novel insight into the application of recycled organic materials to sequester soil organic matter and improve crop productivity by increasing soil water retention capacity and decreasing acidity. This is of particular importance in the case of the studied low-productivity sandy acidic soils that have to be used in agriculture due to limited global land resources and rising food demand.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil pH", "organic amendments", "soil water retention", "soil organic matter", "coarse textured soils", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "soil hydraulic conductivity", "15. Life on land", "Article", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/14/4036/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/14/4036/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14144036"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Materials", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/ma14144036", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/ma14144036", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/ma14144036"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/ismeco/ycae116", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-08", "title": "Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling", "description": "Abstract                <p>The soil microbiome determines the fate of plant-fixed carbon. The shifts in soil properties caused by land use change leads to modifications in microbiome function, resulting in either loss or gain of soil organic carbon (SOC). Soil pH is the primary factor regulating microbiome characteristics leading to distinct pathways of microbial carbon cycling, but the underlying mechanisms remain understudied. Here, the taxa-trait relationships behind the variable fate of SOC were investigated using metaproteomics, metabarcoding, and a 13C-labeled litter decomposition experiment across two temperate sites with differing soil pH each with a paired land use intensity contrast. 13C incorporation into microbial biomass increased with land use intensification in low-pH soil but decreased in high-pH soil, with potential impact on carbon use efficiency in opposing directions. Reduction in biosynthesis traits was due to increased abundance of proteins linked to resource acquisition and stress tolerance. These trait trade-offs were underpinned by land use intensification-induced changes in dominant taxa with distinct traits. We observed divergent pH-controlled pathways of SOC cycling. In low-pH soil, land use intensification alleviates microbial abiotic stress resulting in increased biomass production but promotes decomposition and SOC loss. In contrast, in high-pH soil, land use intensification increases microbial physiological constraints and decreases biomass production, leading to reduced necromass build-up and SOC stabilization. We demonstrate how microbial biomass production and respiration dynamics and therefore carbon use efficiency can be decoupled from SOC highlighting the need for its careful consideration in managing SOC storage for soil health and climate change mitigation.</p", "keywords": ["soil health", "Supplementary Data", "QH301 Biology", "carbon use efficiency", "carbon cycling", "https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/ismecommun/4/1/10.1093_ismeco_ycae116/1/otu_table_16s_table_s1_ycae116.xlsx?Expires=1737538557&Signature=3IutEpMaJIknJFjSbheOQYWpAwXt2atlN4YtPR7BTaTGf3jrf1M6yHgYzlnrttKlwpbFcwz-IqYq96oubC5FxfBQQyiIC0H-az-D~Bkstxc9XHkEmERELO~nurTlszmUndzm3jLsKF05x00PNsiNFlGKUhlsMB6wRmyO3v3GNBqHQVdswXZ3UAjfXvqqinyDLK54UCxfLk8eKpcfFnvVctxQ8Hrk3gP-eMFToKDlXgPD4MXGrdegvcZblx6g8FAvJruLIG1NWIRJ6wzx6HcmAYiZDJcGosKrdjMBIznM8YIJjBrfWwhGvjh15Z7MJnsUWn8PjxLjXfww29q-YfQnw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA", "https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/ismecommun/4/1/10.1093_ismeco_ycae116/1/otu_table_18s_table_s2_ycae116.xlsx?Expires=1737538557&Signature=ZVWC9BaJ2MOsxOOfzrmd-9nuLAy5yHOmeqJQmKHhQ1z7mXxXITIYAvM8BpVkEkQHB7Bo-6dNEm5FlC6eAuTroyq-dvMW3PD6MNP9SN5KgwSrKUeHM6IKNhzav6Q4zd48B95IPreN5UKQTTVPrphpdOxfdVKYKxD3qOMdWqmHXt-IAD~W80PJ0BjvpHXPQ0pYCmGInVv1Fe-L3k~OKo80rD0xtncnBCFRd8DVHTIY5JLjJr4-E~M3Gainkbz2AVLZwys3S6MMEboS8vKSj~rG34Z04ByT6dBjp0XDj2H9K7WjXlEqOoPIwUWUUfcVvn4N5wZ6R6YFZr9mk4qTZKdEow__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA", "004", "soil organic carbon", "QH301", "soil pH", "13C labelling", "land use intensity", "soil microbiome", "metabarcoding", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "metaproteomics", "Original Article", "SDG 15 - Life on Land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae116"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/ISME%20Communications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/ismeco/ycae116", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/ismeco/ycae116", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/ismeco/ycae116"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/nsr/nwab120", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-29", "title": "Significant loss of soil inorganic carbon at the continental scale", "description": "Abstract                <p>Widespread soil acidification due to atmospheric acid deposition and agricultural fertilization may greatly accelerate soil carbonate dissolution and CO2 release. However, to date, few studies have addressed these processes. Here, we use meta-analysis and nationwide-survey datasets to investigate changes in soil inorganic carbon (SIC) stocks in China. We observe an overall decrease in SIC stocks in topsoil (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffc2\uffa0cm) (11.33\uffc2\uffa0g C m\uffe2\uff80\uff932 yr\uffe2\uff80\uff931) from the 1980s to the 2010s. Total SIC stocks have decreased by \uffe2\uff88\uffbc8.99\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa02.24% (1.37\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa00.37\uffc2\uffa0Pg C). The average SIC losses across China (0.046 Pg C yr\uffe2\uff80\uff931) and in cropland (0.016 Pg C yr\uffe2\uff80\uff931) account for \uffe2\uff88\uffbc17.6%\uffe2\uff80\uff9324.0% of the terrestrial C sink and 57.1% of the soil organic carbon sink in cropland, respectively. Nitrogen deposition and climate change have profound influences on SIC cycling. We estimate that \uffe2\uff88\uffbc19.12%\uffe2\uff80\uff9319.47% of SIC stocks will be further lost by 2100. The consumption of SIC may offset a large portion of global efforts aimed at ecosystem carbon sequestration, which emphasizes the importance of achieving a better understanding of the indirect coupling mechanisms of nitrogen and carbon cycling and of effective countermeasures to minimize SIC loss.</p", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "Cartography", "China", "Mechanics and Transport in Unsaturated Soils", "Carbonate", "Nitrogen", "Soil Science", "Organic chemistry", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "soil inorganic carbon stocks", "Soil pH", "Environmental science", "Carbon sink", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "carbonate", "Engineering", "Soil water", "Soil Carbon Sequestration", "Biology", "global change", "Ecosystem", "Soil acidification", "Civil and Structural Engineering", "Soil science", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil organic matter", "Soil Fertility", "Ecology", "Geography", "Soil Water Retention", "Life Sciences", "Cycling", "Forestry", "Carbon cycle", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Topsoil", "Soil carbon", "Chemistry", "Sink (geography)", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Physical Sciences", "Environmental chemistry", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil acidification", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab120"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/National%20Science%20Review", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/nsr/nwab120", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/nsr/nwab120", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/nsr/nwab120"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1365-2664.13839", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-01-19", "title": "Effects of microplastics and drought on soil ecosystem functions and multifunctionality", "description": "Abstract<p>   <p>Microplastics in soils have become an important threat for terrestrial systems as they may potentially alter the geochemical/biophysical soil environment and can interact with drought. As microplastics may affect soil water content, this could exacerbate the well\uffe2\uff80\uff90known negative effects of drought on ecosystem functionality. Thus, functions including litter decomposition, soil aggregation or those related with nutrient cycling can be altered. Despite this potential interaction, we know relatively little about how microplastics, under different soil water conditions, affect ecosystem functions and multifunctionality.</p>  <p>To address this gap, we performed an experiment using grassland plant communities growing in microcosms. Microplastic fibres (absent, present) and soil water conditions (well\uffe2\uff80\uff90watered, drought) were applied in a fully factorial design. At harvest, we measured soil ecosystem functions related to nutrient cycling (\uffce\uffb2\uffe2\uff80\uff90glucosaminidase, \uffce\uffb2\uffe2\uff80\uff90D\uffe2\uff80\uff90cellobiosidase, phosphatase, \uffce\uffb2\uffe2\uff80\uff90glucosidase enzymes), respiration, nutrient retention, pH, litter decomposition and soil aggregation (water stable aggregates). As terrestrial systems provide these functions simultaneously, we also assessed ecosystem multifunctionality, an index that encompasses the array of ecosystem functions measured here.</p>  <p>We found that the interaction between microplastic fibres and drought affected ecosystem functions and multifunctionality. Drought had negatively affected nutrient cycling by decreasing enzymatic activities by up to ~39%, while microplastics increased soil aggregation by ~18%, soil pH by ~4% and nutrient retention by up to ~70% by diminishing nutrient leaching. Microplastic fibres also impacted soil enzymes, respiration and ecosystem multifunctionality, but importantly, the direction of these effects depended on soil water status. That is, under well\uffe2\uff80\uff90watered conditions, these functions decreased with microplastic fibres by up to ~34% while under drought they had similar values irrespective of the microplastic presence, or tended to increase with microplastics. Litter decomposition had a contrary pattern increasing with microplastics by ~6% under well\uffe2\uff80\uff90watered conditions while decreasing to a similar percentage under drought.</p>  <p>Synthesis and applications. Single ecosystem functions can be positively or negatively affected by microplastics fibres depending on soil water status. However, our results suggest that microplastic fibres may cause negative effects on ecosystem soil multifunctionality of a similar magnitude as drought. Thus, strategies to counteract this new global change factor are necessary.</p>  </p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "570", "ddc:630", "nutrient cycling", "litter decomposition", "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "soil respiration", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "soil aggregation", "soil pH", "grasslands ecosystem", "13. Climate action", "nutrient leaching", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "ddc:570", "Institut f\u00fcr Biochemie und Biologie", "enzymatic activities", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2664.13839"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13839"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Applied%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1365-2664.13839", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1365-2664.13839", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1365-2664.13839"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-02-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/sum.12312", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-11-24", "title": "Seasonal differences in tillage draught on a sandy loam soil with long-term additions of animal manure and mineral fertilizers", "description": "Abstract<p>Energy requirements for soil tillage are closely linked to soil properties, such as clay, water and soil organic carbon (SOC) contents. Long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term application of inorganic fertilizer and organic amendments affects SOC content but little is known about seasonal differences in tillage draught requirements of soils subject to contrasting nutrient management regimes. We assessed autumn and spring tillage draught following harvest of early\uffe2\uff80\uff90sown and timely sown winter wheat grown on a sandy loam in the Askov Long\uffe2\uff80\uff90Term Experiment on Animal Manure and Mineral Fertilizers. Draught force was related to soil texture, soil water and SOC content, shear strength and bulk density, nutrient management, and yield of the preceding winter wheat. Contents of clay and SOC ranged from 8.9 to 10.6% and from 0.98 to 1.36%, respectively. In the autumn and spring, SOC normalized by clay content explained 38 and 5% of the variation in specific draught, respectively. Specific draught did not differ significantly among individual fertilization treatments. SOC was closely correlated with clay and water contents and bulk density, and with yield of the preceding wheat. Draught force was significantly smaller in the spring than in the autumn. In the autumn when soils were drier (\uffe2\uff88\uff92700\uffc2\uffa0hPa), tillage draught was correlated with several soil characteristics, whereas water content was the dominating parameter in the spring when soils were wetter (\uffe2\uff88\uff92100\uffc2\uffa0hPa). The range of SOC contents observed in this study aligns with that observed in Danish sandy loams under intensive cultivation, and within this range, SOC per se had little effect on draught requirements.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil Physical Properties", "soil tillage", "tractor fuel", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "energy"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/sum.12312/fullpdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12312"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/sum.12312", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/sum.12312", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/sum.12312"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-11-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/sum.13101", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-08-04", "title": "Effects of vineyard inter\u2010row management on soil physical properties and organic carbon in Central European vineyards", "description": "Abstract<p>The intensity and frequency of inter\uffe2\uff80\uff90row management in vineyards are highly diverse and depend on local environmental conditions and the wine grower's attitude and experience. Reasons for different management include water conservation, weed and pest control, biological activity promotion and soil fertility and biodiversity preservation. We studied different soil cover management in 16 paired vineyards located at eight sites in the Leithaberg and Carnuntum regions of eastern Austria. To this end, we compared inter\uffe2\uff80\uff90rows with medium intensity (Periodically Mechanically Disturbed) and low intensity (Permanent Green Cover). We investigated the effects of these different management intensities on soil organic carbon, bulk density, saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, pore size distribution and percolation stability in the upper soil layer from 3 to 8\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm. Soil organic carbon and percolation stability were significantly higher and soil bulk density was significantly lower in vineyards with permanent green cover. No significant differences were observed for saturated hydraulic conductivity, pore size distribution and plant available water. This may be attributed to a minor effect as a result of the time lag of up to 2\uffe2\uff80\uff89years since the last tillage. Regression analysis to predict plant\uffe2\uff80\uff90available water for local vineyard soils also showed that texture, total organic carbon and bulk density were suitable predictor variables. These results suggest that both investigated inter\uffe2\uff80\uff90row management systems support a good soil structure for winegrowers. Organic carbon content and parameters interacting with organic carbon may still be improved with permanent vegetation cover systems; however, the positive effects on plant available water are limited.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil physical properties", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Vineyards", "01 natural sciences", "Organic carbon", "Management", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.13101"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/sum.13101", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/sum.13101", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/sum.13101"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-05-24", "title": "Experimental Litterfall Manipulation Drives Large And Rapid Changes In Soil Carbon Cycling In A Wet Tropical Forest", "description": "Abstract<p>Global changes such as variations in plant net primary production are likely to drive shifts in leaf litterfall inputs to forest soils, but the effects of such changes on soil carbon (C) cycling and storage remain largely unknown, especially in C\uffe2\uff80\uff90rich tropical forest ecosystems. We initiated a leaf litterfall manipulation experiment in a tropical rain forest in Costa Rica to test the sensitivity of surface soil C pools and fluxes to different litter inputs. After only 2\uffc2\uffa0years of treatment, doubling litterfall inputs increased surface soil C concentrations by 31%, removing litter from the forest floor drove a 26% reduction over the same time period, and these changes in soil C concentrations were associated with variations in dissolved organic matter fluxes, fine root biomass, microbial biomass, soil moisture, and nutrient fluxes. However, the litter manipulations had only small effects on soil organic C (SOC) chemistry, suggesting that changes in C cycling, nutrient cycling, and microbial processes in response to litter manipulation reflect shifts in the quantity rather than quality of SOC. The manipulation also affected soil CO 2 fluxes; the relative decline in CO 2 production was greater in the litter removal plots (\uffe2\uff88\uff9222%) than the increase in the litter addition plots (+15%). Our analysis showed that variations in CO 2 fluxes were strongly correlated with microbial biomass pools, soil C and nitrogen (N) pools, soil inorganic P fluxes, dissolved organic C fluxes, and fine root biomass. Together, our data suggest that shifts in leaf litter inputs in response to localized human disturbances and global environmental change could have rapid and important consequences for belowground C storage and fluxes in tropical rain forests, and highlight differences between tropical and temperate ecosystems, where belowground C cycling responses to changes in litterfall are generally slower and more subtle.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil biogeochemistry", "microbial biomass", "soil nitrogen", "carbon dioxide", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "dissolved organic matter", "Biogeochemistry", "15. Life on land", "soil carbon chemistry", "root biomass", "13. Climate action", "soil phosphorus", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "net primary productivity"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-06-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2001.tb00006.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:42Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-08-06", "title": "Improvement Of The Physical Fertility Of A Degraded Alfisol With Planted And Natural Fallows Under Humid Tropical Conditions", "description": "<p>Abstract.  Topsoil (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9315 cm) bulk density, aggregate stability, soil dispersibility, water retention and infiltration were measured between 1989 and 1996 on an Alfisol under rehabilitation in southwestern Nigeria. The planted leguminous species were Pueraria phaseoloides, Senna siamea, Leucaena leucocephala, Acacia leptocarpa and A. auriculiformis. Also, plots with natural fallow and maize/cassava intercropping were included. Level (minimum) and mound tillage with hoes was adopted for the cultivated areas under study after 4 and 6 year fallow periods. Under fallow, the soil bulk density decreased from1.56 to 1.11 t m73.The continuously cropped treatment (level tillage) had significantly higher bulk density than the fallowed subplots after 6 years. Mean soil penetrometer resistance ranged from 75 to 157 kPa for fallowed plots and from 192 to 295 kPa for the continuously cropped (level tillage) subplot. Surface soilwater contentswere similar for all the treatments during the soil strength measurements. Although soil aggregates were generally of low stability and not well formed, they were improved by fallowing.</p><p>Soil structural improvement by planted fallows was similar to that by natural fallow, but the trees were more promising for long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term fallow (&gt;6 years) than the herbaceous P. phaseoloides. However, the improvement in soil structure after 4 or 6 year fallow could not be maintained in subsequent cropping. Furthermore, the significant improvement in soil bulk density caused by A. auriculiformis and natural fallow was more rapidly lost on the cultivated subplots compared with other fallow treatments. Thus, soil structure recovery under a fallow does not imply a sustained improvement when stress is applied to this soil. Post\uffe2\uff80\uff90fallow soil management options such as residue incorporation and tillage to ameliorate compaction or soil strength will be necessary to enhance the improvements by fallow species.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "fallow", "soil fertility", "legumes", "soil physical properties", "pollution", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "alfisols", "trees", "humid tropics", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Salako, F., Hauser, S., Babalola, O., Tian, G.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2001.tb00006.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2001.tb00006.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2001.tb00006.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2001.tb00006.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2001-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00341.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:19:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-04-16", "title": "Land-Use Effects On The Distribution Of Soil Organic Carbon Within Particle-Size Fractions Of Volcanic Soils In The Transmexican Volcanic Belt (Mexico)", "description": "Abstract<p>The aim of this study was to determine the effect of land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use and forest cover depletion on the distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) within particle\uffe2\uff80\uff90size fractions in a volcanic soil. Emphasis was given to the thermal properties of soils. Six representative sites in Mexico were selected in an area dominated by Andosols: a grassland site, four forested sites with different levels of degradation and an agricultural site. Soils were fractionated using ultrasonic energy until complete dispersion was achieved. The particle\uffe2\uff80\uff90size fractions were coarse sand, fine sand, silt, clay and particulate organic matter from the coarse sand sized fraction (POM\uffe2\uff80\uff90CS) and fine sand (POM\uffe2\uff80\uff90FS). Soil organic carbon decreased by 70% after forest conversion to cropland and long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term cultivation; forest cover loss resulted in a decrease in SOC of up to 60%. The grassland soil contained 45% more SOC than the cropland one. Soil organic carbon was mainly associated with the silt\uffe2\uff80\uff90size fraction; the most sensitive fractions to land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use change and forest cover depletion were POM followed by SOC associated with the silt and clay\uffe2\uff80\uff90sized fractions. Particulate organic matter can be used as an early indicator of SOC loss. The C lost from the clay and silt\uffe2\uff80\uff90sized fractions was thermally labile; therefore, the SOC stored in the more degraded forest soils was more recalcitrant (thermally resistant). Only the transformation of forest to agricultural land produced a similar loss of thermally stable C associated with the silt\uffe2\uff80\uff90sized fraction.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil organic matter", "thermal analyses", "550", "forest cover depletion", "[SDU.STU.GM] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology", "soil physical fractionation", "Andosols", "Soil physical fractionation", "Thermal analyses", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "630", "soil organic matter", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "[SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology", "Forest cover depletion", "Andosol", "agriculture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00341.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00341.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00341.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00341.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-04-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1155/2014/437283", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-08-14", "title": "Effect Of Tillage Practices On Soil Properties And Crop Productivity In Wheat-Mungbean-Rice Cropping System Under Subtropical Climatic Conditions", "description": "<p>This study was conducted to know cropping cycles required to improve OM status in soil and to investigate the effects of medium-term tillage practices on soil properties and crop yields in Grey Terrace soil of Bangladesh under wheat-mungbean-T.amancropping system. Four different tillage practices, namely, zero tillage (ZT), minimum tillage (MT), conventional tillage (CT), and deep tillage (DT), were studied in a randomized complete block (RCB) design with four replications. Tillage practices showed positive effects on soil properties and crop yields. After four cropping cycles, the highest OM accumulation, the maximum root mass density (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9315\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm soil depth), and the improved physical and chemical properties were recorded in the conservational tillage practices. Bulk and particle densities were decreased due to tillage practices, having the highest reduction of these properties and the highest increase of porosity and field capacity in zero tillage. The highest total N, P, K, and S in their available forms were recorded in zero tillage. All tillage practices showed similar yield after four years of cropping cycles. Therefore, we conclude that zero tillage with 20% residue retention was found to be suitable for soil health and achieving optimum yield under the cropping system in Grey Terrace soil (Aeric Albaquept).</p>", "keywords": ["No-till farming", "Technology", "Climate", "Cropping", "Mulch-till", "Crop", "Plant Roots", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil", "Management of Soil Fertility and Crop Productivity", "Soil water", "Triticum", "2. Zero hunger", "Bangladesh", "Minimum tillage", "Soil Physical Properties", "Ecology", "T", "Q", "Soil Quality", "R", "Life Sciences", "Fabaceae", "Phosphorus", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "6. Clean water", "Soil Compaction", "Medicine", "Research Article", "Crops", " Agricultural", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Soil Science", "Soil fertility", "Crop Productivity", "Environmental science", "Tillage", "Randomized block design", "FOS: Mathematics", "Crop yield", "Particle Size", "Biology", "Soil science", "Analysis of Variance", "Soil Fertility", "Effects of Soil Compaction on Crop Production", "Conventional tillage", "Oryza", "15. Life on land", "Agronomy", "Bulk density", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Potassium", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Sulfur", "Mathematics", "Cropping system"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/437283"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20Scientific%20World%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1155/2014/437283", "name": "item", "description": "10.1155/2014/437283", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1155/2014/437283"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1186/s12302-024-00918-5", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-05-14", "title": "Delivery rate alters the effects of tire wear particles on soil microbial activities", "description": "Abstract                 Background                 <p>Tire wear particles (TWPs) produced by the abrasion between tires and road surfaces have been recognized as an emerging threat to soil health globally in recent years. They can be transported from the road surface to adjacent soil at different delivery rates, with precipitation a main driver underpinning this movement. However, studies typically assume an abrupt exposure of TWPs in their experimental design. In this study, we investigated the impacts of abrupt and gradual delivery of TWPs on soil physicochemical properties and microbial activities. We used two different delivery rates of TWPs (abrupt and gradual) and devised two experimental phases, namely the TWPs-delivery period (phase 1) and the end-of-delivery period (phase 2).</p>                                Results                 <p>We found that the gradual TWPs delivery treatments negatively influenced the activity of carbon cycle-related enzymes (\uffce\uffb2-glucosidase and \uffce\uffb2-D-1,4-cellobiosidase). Furthermore, the abrupt treatment highly increased the effects on nitrogen cycle-related enzyme activity (\uffce\uffb2-1,4-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase). In phase 2 (end-of-delivery period), each enzyme activity was returned to a similar level as the control group, and these changes between phases 1 and 2 depended on the prior delivery rates.</p>                                Conclusion                 <p>Abruptly and gradually delivered TWPs induce different responses to soil microbial activities. Our findings imply that the delivery rate of TWPs could be a key factor changing the effects of TWPs, further enhancing our understanding of the ecological impacts of TWPs.</p>                                Graphical Abstract", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "570", "Microplastics", "Soil pH", "Soil respiration", "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Environmental sciences", "Environmental law", "Gradual exposure", "13. Climate action", "Enzyme activities", "GE1-350", "Abrupt exposure", "K3581-3598", "Soil aggregates", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12302-024-00918-5.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-024-00918-5"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Sciences%20Europe", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1186/s12302-024-00918-5", "name": "item", "description": "10.1186/s12302-024-00918-5", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1186/s12302-024-00918-5"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-02-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1590/01000683rbcs20150142", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-04-16", "title": "Distribution Of Organic Carbon In Different Soil Fractions In Ecosystems Of Central Amazonia", "description": "<p>Organic matter plays an important role in many soil properties, and for that reason it is necessary to identify management systems which maintain or increase its concentrations. The aim of the present study was to determine the quality and quantity of organic C in different compartments of the soil fraction in different Amazonian ecosystems. The soil organic matter (FSOM) was fractionated and soil C stocks were estimated in primary forest (PF), pasture (P), secondary succession (SS) and an agroforestry system (AFS). Samples were collected at the depths 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-40, 40-60, 60-80, 80-100, 100-160, and 160-200 cm. Densimetric and particle size analysis methods were used for FSOM, obtaining the following fractions: FLF (free light fraction), IALF (intra-aggregate light fraction), F-sand (sand fraction), F-clay (clay fraction) and F-silt (silt fraction). The 0-5 cm layer contains 60 % of soil C, which is associated with the FLF. The F-clay was responsible for 70 % of C retained in the 0-200 cm depth. There was a 12.7 g kg-1 C gain in the FLF from PF to SS, and a 4.4 g kg-1 C gain from PF to AFS, showing that SS and AFS areas recover soil organic C, constituting feasible C-recovery alternatives for degraded and intensively farmed soils in Amazonia. The greatest total stocks of carbon in soil fractions were, in decreasing order: (101.3 Mg ha-1 of C - AFS) &gt; (98.4 Mg ha-1 of C - FP) &gt; (92.9 Mg ha-1 of C - SS) &gt; (64.0 Mg ha-1 of C - P). The forms of land use in the Amazon influence C distribution in soil fractions, resulting in short- or long-term changes.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "uso da terra", "Agriculture (General)", "land use", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "S1-972", "13. Climate action", "soil organic matter", "fracionamento", "soil physical fractions", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "mat\u00e9ria org\u00e2nica do solo", "fractionation", "fra\u00e7\u00f5es f\u00edsicas do solo", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Marques, Jean Dalmo de Oliveira, Luiz\u00e3o, Fl\u00e1vio Jesus, Teixeira, Wenceslau Geraldes, Sarrazin, Max, Ferreira, S\u00e1vio Jos\u00e9 Filgueira, Beldini, Troy Patrick, Marques, Elizalane Moura de Ara\u00fajo,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1590/01000683rbcs20150142"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Revista%20Brasileira%20de%20Ci%C3%AAncia%20do%20Solo", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1590/01000683rbcs20150142", "name": "item", "description": "10.1590/01000683rbcs20150142", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1590/01000683rbcs20150142"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0161694", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-09-02", "title": "Short-Term Responses Of Soil Respiration And C-Cycle Enzyme Activities To Additions Of Biochar And Urea In A Calcareous Soil", "description": "Open AccessBiochar (BC) addition to soil is a proposed strategy to enhance soil fertility and crop productivity. However, there is limited knowledge regarding responses of soil respiration and C-cycle enzyme activities to BC and nitrogen (N) additions in a calcareous soil. A 56-day incubation experiment was conducted to investigate the combined effects of BC addition rates (0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5 and 5.0% by mass) and urea (U) application on soil nutrients, soil respiration and C-cycle enzyme activities in a calcareous soil in the North China Plain. Our results showed soil pH values in both U-only and U plus BC treatments significantly decreased within the first 14 days and then stabilized, and CO2emission rate in all U plus BC soils decreased exponentially, while there was no significant difference in the contents of soil total organic carbon (TOC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total nitrogen (TN), and C/N ratio in each treatment over time. At each incubation time, soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), TOC, TN, C/N ratio, DOC and cumulative CO2 emission significantly increased with increasing BC addition rate, while soil potential activities of the four hydrolytic enzymes increased first and then decreased with increasing BC addition rate, with the largest values in the U + 1.0%BC treatment. However, phenol oxidase activity in all U plus BC soils showed a decreasing trend with the increase of BC addition rate. Our results suggest that U plus BC application at a rate of 1% promotes increases in hydrolytic enzymes, does not highly increase C/N and C mineralization, and can improve in soil fertility.", "keywords": ["Organic chemistry", "Soil pH", "Biochemistry", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil", "Calcareous", "Engineering", "Soil water", "Urea", "2. Zero hunger", "Ecology", "Soil Water Retention", "Respiration", "Q", "Total organic carbon", "R", "Life Sciences", "Soil respiration", "Carbon cycle", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "Soil carbon", "6. Clean water", "Chemistry", "Charcoal", "Physical Sciences", "Environmental chemistry", "Respiration rate", "Medicine", "Incubation", "Pyrolysis", "Research Article", "Mechanics and Transport in Unsaturated Soils", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Materials Science", "Soil Science", "Soil fertility", "Thermal Effects on Soil", "Biomaterials", "Biology", "Ecosystem", "Applications of Clay Nanotubes in Various Fields", "Civil and Structural Engineering", "Biochar Application", "Botany", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Agronomy", "Biochar", "Unsaturated Soil Mechanics", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Animal science"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Dali Song, XI Xiang-yin, Shaomin Huang, Gaofeng Liang, Jingwen Sun, Wei Zhou, Xiu\u2010Bin Wang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161694"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLOS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0161694", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0161694", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0161694"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-09-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0172767", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-03-06", "title": "Effects Of Inorganic And Organic Amendment On Soil Chemical Properties, Enzyme Activities, Microbial Community And Soil Quality In Yellow Clayey Soil", "description": "Open AccessComprender los efectos de los componentes org\u00e1nicos e inorg\u00e1nicos externos sobre la fertilidad y la calidad del suelo es esencial para mejorar los suelos de bajo rendimiento. Realizamos un estudio de campo durante dos temporadas consecutivas de cultivo de arroz para investigar el efecto de la aplicaci\u00f3n de fertilizantes qu\u00edmicos (NPK), NPK m\u00e1s esti\u00e9rcol verde (NPKG), NPK m\u00e1s esti\u00e9rcol de cerdo (NPKM) y NPK m\u00e1s paja (NPKS) en el estado de nutrientes del suelo, las actividades enzim\u00e1ticas involucradas en el ciclo de C, N, P y S, la comunidad microbiana y los rendimientos de arroz del suelo arcilloso amarillo. Los resultados mostraron que los tratamientos fertilizados mejoraron significativamente los rendimientos de arroz durante las tres primeras temporadas experimentales. En comparaci\u00f3n con el tratamiento NPK, las enmiendas org\u00e1nicas produjeron efectos m\u00e1s favorables en la productividad del suelo. En particular, el tratamiento NPKM exhibi\u00f3 los niveles m\u00e1s altos de disponibilidad de nutrientes, carbono de biomasa microbiana (MBC), actividades de la mayor\u00eda de las enzimas y la comunidad microbiana. Esto dio como resultado el \u00edndice de calidad del suelo (SQI) m\u00e1s alto y el rendimiento del arroz, lo que indica una mejor fertilidad y calidad del suelo. Se observaron diferencias significativas en las actividades enzim\u00e1ticas y la comunidad microbiana entre los tratamientos, y el an\u00e1lisis de redundancia mostr\u00f3 que MBC y N disponible fueron los determinantes clave que afectaron las actividades enzim\u00e1ticas del suelo y la comunidad microbiana. La puntuaci\u00f3n de SQI del control no fertilizado (0,72) fue comparable a la de los tratamientos con NPK (0,77), NPKG (0,81) y NPKS (0,79), pero significativamente menor en comparaci\u00f3n con NPKM (0,85). La correlaci\u00f3n significativa entre el rendimiento del arroz y el SQI sugiere que el SQI puede ser \u00fatil para cuantificar los cambios en la calidad del suelo causados por diferentes pr\u00e1cticas de manejo agr\u00edcola. Los resultados indican que la aplicaci\u00f3n de NPK m\u00e1s esti\u00e9rcol de cerdo es la opci\u00f3n preferida para mejorar la acumulaci\u00f3n de COS, mejorar la fertilidad y calidad del suelo y aumentar el rendimiento de arroz en suelos arcillosos amarillos.", "keywords": ["Microbial population biology", "FOS: Political science", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil", "Agricultural soil science", "Fertilizer", "Soil water", "Biomass", "Political science", "Soil Microbiology", "2. Zero hunger", "Organic Agriculture", "Soil Physical Properties", "Ecology", "Q", "Soil Quality", "R", "Soil Chemical Properties", "Life Sciences", "Straw", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "Soil carbon", "6. Clean water", "Chemistry", "Medicine", "Research Article", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Soil Science", "FOS: Law", "Environment", "Soil fertility", "Soil quality", "Meta-analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Research", "Genetics", "Biology", "Ecology", " Evolution", " Behavior and Systematics", "Soil Fertility", "Effects of Soil Compaction on Crop Production", "Bacteria", "15. Life on land", "Soil biodiversity", "Carbon", "Agronomy", "Manure", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Amendment", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Law", "Nutrient"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Zhanjun Liu, Qinlei Rong, Wei Zhou, Gaofeng Liang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172767"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLOS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0172767", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0172767", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0172767"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-03-06T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.15446/rfnam.v67n1.42642", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:24Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-11-22", "title": "Efecto Del Uso Del Suelo En La Capacidad De Almacenamiento H\u00eddrico En El P\u00e1ramo De Sumapaz - Colombia", "description": "<p>Los p\uffc3\uffa1ramos son ecosistemas importantes por su funci\uffc3\uffb3n natural como reguladores h\uffc3\uffaddricos donde sus suelos juegan un papel fundamental. Sin embargo, son sistemas fr\uffc3\uffa1giles que pueden sufrir degradaci\uffc3\uffb3n con cambios en el uso del suelo. Este estudio se realiz\uffc3\uffb3 con el fin de evaluar cambios en las propiedades f\uffc3\uffadsicas de un suelo de p\uffc3\uffa1ramo relacionadas con su capacidad de almacenamiento de agua cuando se someten a diferentes usos. El trabajo se llev\uffc3\uffb3 a cabo en el \uffc3\uffa1rea del Parque Natural Nacional del Sumapaz (Cundinamarca-Colombia), donde se seleccion\uffc3\uffb3 un tipo de suelo representativo de una misma unidad cartogr\uffc3\uffa1fica de suelos bajo diferentes usos (cultivos de papa, ganader\uffc3\uffada, suelo en descanso con vegetaci\uffc3\uffb3n de barbecho y suelos con vegetaci\uffc3\uffb3n nativa, como tratamiento testigo); se realizaron tres calicatas por cada uso, se tomaron muestras de los cuatro lados de la calicata por horizonte y se evaluaron propiedades del suelo como retenci\uffc3\uffb3n de humedad, densidad aparente, porosidad total, distribuci\uffc3\uffb3n de la porosidad y contenido de carbono org\uffc3\uffa1nico. Se encontr\uffc3\uffb3 que la capacidad de almacenamiento de humedad del suelo se percibi\uffc3\uffb3 disminuida para todos los usos hasta en un 60%; la densidad aparente aument\uffc3\uffb3 hasta un 16% y la porosidad total disminuy\uffc3\uffb3 hasta en un 23% de los suelos con diferente uso al ser comparados con el suelo del tratamiento testigo. El cultivo de papa y los lotes en descanso presentaron los menores valores de porcentaje de carbono org\uffc3\uffa1nico, porosidad, retenci\uffc3\uffb3n de humedad, a capacidad de campo y punto de marchitez permanente; y altos valores de densidad aparente en comparaci\uffc3\uffb3n con el suelo con vegetaci\uffc3\uffb3n nativa. El cambio del uso del suelo disminuy\uffc3\uffb3 la capacidad de retenci\uffc3\uffb3n de agua, afectando la funci\uffc3\uffb3n ambiental de los p\uffc3\uffa1ramos como reguladores h\uffc3\uffaddricos.</p>", "keywords": ["propiedades f\u00edsicas del suelo", "soil porosity", "soil physical properties", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Retenci\u00f3n de humedad", "Water holding capacity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "porosidad del suelo"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.15446/rfnam.v67n1.42642"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Revista%20Facultad%20Nacional%20de%20Agronom%C3%ADa%20Medell%C3%ADn", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.15446/rfnam.v67n1.42642", "name": "item", "description": "10.15446/rfnam.v67n1.42642", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.15446/rfnam.v67n1.42642"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1590/s0100-06832007000500025", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:30Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-12-19", "title": "Qualidade De Um Solo Sob Diferentes Usos E Sob Cerrado Nativo", "description": "<p>O uso sustent\uffc3\uffa1vel do solo tem-se constitu\uffc3\uffaddo em tema de crescente relev\uffc3\uffa2ncia, em face do aumento das atividades antr\uffc3\uffb3picas. Com o objetivo de avaliar a qualidade do solo em \uffc3\uffa1rea de Cerrado nativo e em \uffc3\uffa1reas sob diferentes usos, foram amostradas camadas de Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo sob quatro tipos de ocupa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o: pastagem natural, pastagem cultivada, cultivo convencional com culturas anuais e florestamento de p\uffc3\uffadnus. As \uffc3\uffa1reas est\uffc3\uffa3o localizadas na Fazenda \uffc3\uff81gua Limpa, DF. Foram avaliados os seguintes atributos de qualidade do solo: densidade do solo, resist\uffc3\uffaancia mec\uffc3\uffa2nica \uffc3\uffa0 penetra\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o, taxa de infiltra\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o de \uffc3\uffa1gua, teor de mat\uffc3\uffa9ria org\uffc3\uffa2nica, capacidade de troca cati\uffc3\uffb4nica, C total da biomassa microbiana e respira\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o basal. Com base nos dados obtidos, foi organizado um diagrama comparativo e calculado um \uffc3\uffadndice da qualidade do solo para cada tipo de uso. Os resultados evidenciaram rela\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o estreita e inversa entre a qualidade do solo e a intensidade de uso a que as \uffc3\uffa1reas foram submetidas. Mediante an\uffc3\uffa1lise desses atributos e da elabora\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o de um modelo comparativo, foi poss\uffc3\uffadvel avaliar o n\uffc3\uffadvel de degrada\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o do solo em fun\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o do uso de cada \uffc3\uffa1rea.</p>", "keywords": ["soil physics", "soil chemistry", "impactos ambientais", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "environmental impacts", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "f\u00edsica do solo", "biologia do solo", "soil biology", "qu\u00edmica do solo"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Ara\u00fajo, Ricardo, Goedert, Wenceslau J., Lacerda, Marilusa Pinto Coelho,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-06832007000500025"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Revista%20Brasileira%20de%20Ci%C3%AAncia%20do%20Solo", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1590/s0100-06832007000500025", "name": "item", "description": "10.1590/s0100-06832007000500025", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1590/s0100-06832007000500025"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1590/s0100-06832014000400025", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-10-04", "title": "Structural Changes And Degradation Of Red Latosols Under Different Management Systems For 20 Years", "description": "<p>Soils are the foundation of terrestrial ecosystems and their role in food production is fundamental, although physical degradation has been observed in recent years, caused by different cultural practices that modify structures and consequently the functioning of soils. The objective of this study was to evaluate possible structural changes and degradation in an Oxisol under different managements for 20 years: no-tillage cultivation with and without crop rotation, perennial crop and conventional tillage, plus a forested area (reference). Initially, the crop profile was described and subsequently, 10 samples per management system and forest soil were collected to quantify soil organic matter, flocculation degree, bulk density, and macroporosity. The results indicated structural changes down to a soil depth of 50 cm, with predominance of structural units \uffe2\uff88\uff86\uffce\uffbc (intermediate compaction level) under perennial crop and no-tillage crop rotation, and of structural units \uffe2\uff88\uff86 (compacted) under conventional tillage and no-tillage. The soil was increasingly degraded in the increasing order: forest =&gt; no-tillage crop rotation =&gt; perennial crop =&gt; no-tillage without crop rotation =&gt; conventional tillage. In all managements, the values of organic matter and macroporosity were always below and bulk density always above those of the reference area (forest) and, under no-tillage crop rotation and perennial crop, the flocculation degree was proportionally equal to that of the reference area.</p>", "keywords": ["profile", "2. Zero hunger", "Agriculture (General)", "qualidade de solo", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "propriedades f\u00edsicas do solo", "mat\u00e9ria org\u00e2nica", "S1-972", "perfil cultural", "soil physical properties", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil quality", "organic matter"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-06832014000400025"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Revista%20Brasileira%20de%20Ci%C3%AAncia%20do%20Solo", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1590/s0100-06832014000400025", "name": "item", "description": "10.1590/s0100-06832014000400025", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1590/s0100-06832014000400025"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1590/s0100-204x2006000700016", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-09-21", "title": "Qualidade De Solo Submetido A Sistemas De Cultivo Com Preparo Convencional E Plantio Direto", "description": "<p>O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade de um Latossolo Vermelho submetido a sistemas de cultivo com preparo convencional e plantio direto. Foram estudadas duas \uffc3\uffa1reas experimentais, localizadas na Embrapa Cerrados, em Planaltina, DF, com oito e dez anos de cultivo. Foram coletadas amostras de solo, em diversas profundidades, nas parcelas experimentais e em \uffc3\uffa1rea de cerrado nativo. Os seguintes atributos foram avaliados: densidade do solo, porosidade total, capacidade de \uffc3\uffa1gua dispon\uffc3\uffadvel, grau de flocula\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o, resist\uffc3\uffaancia do solo \uffc3\uffa0 penetra\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o, teor de mat\uffc3\uffa9ria org\uffc3\uffa2nica, capacidade de troca cati\uffc3\uffb4nica, f\uffc3\uffb3sforo remanescente, carbono da biomassa microbiana e respira\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o basal. Os dados obtidos foram comparados a valores referenciais quanto \uffc3\uffa0 qualidade do solo, mediante modelagem gr\uffc3\uffa1fica. Observou-se que a qualidade do solo, em ambos os sistemas de cultivo, \uffc3\uffa9 similar quanto aos atributos f\uffc3\uffadsicos; os teores de mat\uffc3\uffa9ria org\uffc3\uffa2nica e f\uffc3\uffb3sforo remanescente tamb\uffc3\uffa9m s\uffc3\uffa3o semelhantes, mas a capacidade de troca cati\uffc3\uffb4nica \uffc3\uffa9 mais alta no solo sob plantio direto. Em rela\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o aos atributos biol\uffc3\uffb3gicos, o solo sob plantio direto apresenta atividade biol\uffc3\uffb3gica mais elevada. A qualidade do solo em ambos os sistemas \uffc3\uffa9 similar, em rela\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o aos atributos avaliados.</p>", "keywords": ["soil physics", "soil chemistry", "Latossolo", "Oxissol", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Cerrado", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "f\u00edsica do solo", "biologia do solo", "soil biology", "qu\u00edmica do solo"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Costa, Eus\u00e2ngela Ant\u00f4nia, Goedert, Wenceslau J., Sousa, Djalma Martinh\u00e3o Gomes de,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-204x2006000700016"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pesquisa%20Agropecu%C3%A1ria%20Brasileira", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1590/s0100-204x2006000700016", "name": "item", "description": "10.1590/s0100-204x2006000700016", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1590/s0100-204x2006000700016"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1590/s1806-66902014000500013", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-10-29", "title": "Soil Physico-Hydrical Properties Resulting From The Management In Integrated Production Systems", "description": "Anthropic action, such as the soil use and management systems, promote changes in the soil structure. These changes might hamper the development of plants in soil management practices that involve its mobilization, and the negative effects might be increased due to intensive use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the physico-hydrical properties of a Haplohumox in integrated production systems under different soil managements. The soil superficial (0.0-0.10 m) and sub-superficial (0.10-0.20 m) layers were evaluated in the different systems: conventional tillage (CT), minimum tillage (MT), no-tillage (NT) and chiseled no-tillage (CNT), taking into consideration the annual ryegrass cropped for different uses [cover crop (C), grazing (G) and silage (S)] during the winter. Soil bulk density (Db), total porosity (TP), macro (Ma) and microporosity (Mi), water retention curves (SWRC) and water retention due to pore size (r) were determined. The annual ryegrass used as C produced lower Db and Mi and higher TP and Ma in CT, MT and CNT systems. No difference was verified between G and S in any of the management systems or soil layers. The superficial layer SWRC presented similar behavior regarding CT, MT and CNT. Under NT, C resulted in higher water retention. However, G and S provided higher water retention due to the pore size in this system.", "keywords": ["Soil physical quality", "Agriculture (General)", "Integra\u00e7\u00e3o lavoura-pecu\u00e1ria", "No-tillage", "Agriculture sustainability", "Haplohumox", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plantio direto", "Sustentabilidade agr\u00edcola", "S1-972", "Latossolo Bruno", "Crop-livestock integration", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Qualidade f\u00edsica do solo"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1590/s1806-66902014000500013"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Revista%20Ci%C3%AAncia%20Agron%C3%B4mica", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1590/s1806-66902014000500013", "name": "item", "description": "10.1590/s1806-66902014000500013", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1590/s1806-66902014000500013"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1617/s11527-021-01690-1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-04-14", "title": "Self-healing of bio-cementitious mortar incubated within neutral and acidic soil", "description": "Abstract<p>The efficiency of bio self-healing of pre-cracked mortar specimens incubated in sand was investigated. The investigation examined the effect of soil pH representing industrially recognised classes of exposure, ranging from no risk of chemical attack (neutral pH\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffe2\uff89\uff88\uffe2\uff80\uff897) to very high risk (pH\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffe2\uff89\uff88\uffe2\uff80\uff894.5). Simultaneously, the soil was subjected to fully and partially saturated cycles for 120\uffc2\uffa0days to resemble groundwater-level fluctuation. Bacillus subtilis with nutrients were impregnated into perlite and utilised as a bacterial healing agent. The healing agent was added to half of the mortar specimens for comparison purposes. Mineral precipitations were observed in both control and bio-mortar specimens, and the healing products were examined by SEM\uffe2\uff80\uff93EDX scanning. The healing ratio was evaluated by comparing (1) the repair rate of the crack area and (2) by capillary water absorption and sorptivity index\uffe2\uff80\uff94before and after incubation. The results indicated that bacteria-doped specimens (bio-mortar) exhibited the most efficient crack-healing in all incubation conditions i.e. different chemical exposure classes. In the pH neutral soil, the average healing ratios for the control and bio-mortar specimens were 38% and 82%, respectively. However, the healing ratio decreased by 43% for specimens incubated in acidic soil (pH\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffe2\uff89\uff88\uffe2\uff80\uff894) compared with specimens incubated in neutral soil (pH\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffe2\uff89\uff88\uffe2\uff80\uff897). The study implies that bio self-healing is generally beneficial for concrete embedded within soil; however, aggressive ground conditions can inhibit the healing process.</p>", "keywords": ["Mechanics of Materials", "Self-healing", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "General Materials Science", "Building and Construction", "Soil pH", "02 engineering and technology", "6. Clean water", "Civil and Structural Engineering"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-021-01690-1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Materials%20and%20Structures", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1617/s11527-021-01690-1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1617/s11527-021-01690-1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1617/s11527-021-01690-1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.17169/refubium-43437", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-05-14", "title": "Delivery rate alters the effects of tire wear particles on soil microbial activities", "description": "Abstract                 Background                 <p>Tire wear particles (TWPs) produced by the abrasion between tires and road surfaces have been recognized as an emerging threat to soil health globally in recent years. They can be transported from the road surface to adjacent soil at different delivery rates, with precipitation a main driver underpinning this movement. However, studies typically assume an abrupt exposure of TWPs in their experimental design. In this study, we investigated the impacts of abrupt and gradual delivery of TWPs on soil physicochemical properties and microbial activities. We used two different delivery rates of TWPs (abrupt and gradual) and devised two experimental phases, namely the TWPs-delivery period (phase 1) and the end-of-delivery period (phase 2).</p>                                Results                 <p>We found that the gradual TWPs delivery treatments negatively influenced the activity of carbon cycle-related enzymes (\uffce\uffb2-glucosidase and \uffce\uffb2-D-1,4-cellobiosidase). Furthermore, the abrupt treatment highly increased the effects on nitrogen cycle-related enzyme activity (\uffce\uffb2-1,4-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase). In phase 2 (end-of-delivery period), each enzyme activity was returned to a similar level as the control group, and these changes between phases 1 and 2 depended on the prior delivery rates.</p>                                Conclusion                 <p>Abruptly and gradually delivered TWPs induce different responses to soil microbial activities. Our findings imply that the delivery rate of TWPs could be a key factor changing the effects of TWPs, further enhancing our understanding of the ecological impacts of TWPs.</p>                                Graphical Abstract", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "570", "Microplastics", "Soil pH", "Soil respiration", "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "15. Life on land", "Abrupt exposure ; Soil respiration ; Soil pH ; 25 Years SETAC GLB and 30 Years of GDCh ; Soil aggregates ; Research ; Microplastics ; Gradual exposure ; Enzyme activities", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Environmental sciences", "Environmental law", "Gradual exposure", "13. Climate action", "Enzyme activities", "GE1-350", "Abrupt exposure", "K3581-3598", "Soil aggregates", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12302-024-00918-5.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-43437"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Sciences%20Europe", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.17169/refubium-43437", "name": "item", "description": "10.17169/refubium-43437", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.17169/refubium-43437"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-02-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.17221/846/2012-pse", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-23T16:20:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-02-10", "title": "Long-Term Effects Of Returning Wheat Straw To Croplands On Soil Compaction And Nutrient Availability Under Conventional Tillage", "description": "To investigate the effects of returning wheat straw to croplands on soil compaction and nutrient availability, this trial was designed: (1) planted crops without fertilization (NF); (2) natural land without human activities (CT); (3) applied mineral fertilizers in combination with 7500 kg/ha wheat straw (WS-NPK); (4) applied mineral fertilizers in combination with 3750 kg/ha wheat straw (1/2WS-NPK); and (5) applied mineral fertilizers alone (NPK). It is found that, compared with NPK, the soil bulk density in 1/2WS-NPK and WS-NPK both decreased by more than 10% in the 0 cm to 15 cm layer, and by 6.93% and 9.14% in the 15 cm to 20 cm, respectively. Furthermore, in contrast to NPK, the soil available nitrogen in the 0 cm to 25 cm layer in 1/2WS-NPK and WS-NPK were higher by 17.43% and 35.19%, and the soil available potassium were higher by 7.66% and 17.47%, respectively. For soil available phosphorus in the depth of 5 cm to 25 cm, it was higher by 18.51% in 1/2WS-NPK and by 56.97% in WS-NPK, respectively. Therefore, returning wheat straw to croplands effectively improves soil compaction and nutrients availability, and the improvement in soil nitrogen and phosphorus availability is closely related to the amount of wheat straw.", "keywords": ["2. 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When tillage was compared across all N rates, NT contained 30% greater SOC than CT at the 0 to 5 cm. Mean weight diameter (MWD) was larger with increasing N fertilization and eliminating tillage. Ponded infiltration rates were greatest for the high N fertilization rate under NT, and lowest for the 0 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 rate under CT. In this long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term grain sorghum system, increasing N fertilization rate and NT both positively affected soil physical properties. These improvements in hydraulic properties will aid in more effectively capturing unpredictable precipitation, and further underscore the utility of NT management practices for the central Great Plains region.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Nitrogen fertilization", "Grain sorghum", "Soil physical properties", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "630", "6. Clean water", "Sorghum bicolor (L.) 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We compared bacterial and fungal community composition and diversity between primary mixed dipterocarp, secondary mixed dipterocarp, white sand heath, inland heath, and peat swamp forests in Brunei Darussalam, Northwest Borneo by analyzing Illumina Miseq sequence data of 16S rRNA gene and ITS1 region. We hypothesized that white sand heath, inland heath and peat swamp forests would show lower microbial diversity and relatively distinct microbial communities (compared to MDF primary and secondary forests) due to their distinctive environments. We found that soil properties together with bacterial and fungal communities varied significantly between forest types. Alpha and beta-diversity of bacteria was highest in secondary dipterocarp and white sand heath forests. Also, bacterial alpha diversity was strongly structured by pH, adding another instance of this widespread pattern in nature. The alpha diversity of fungi was equally high in all forest types except peat swamp forest, although fungal beta-diversity was highest in primary and secondary mixed dipterocarp forests. The relative abundance of ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi varied significantly between forest types, with highest relative abundance observed in MDF primary forest. Overall, our results suggest that the soil bacterial and fungal communities in these forest types are to a certain extent predictable and structured by soil properties, but that diversity is not determined by how distinctive the conditions are. This contrasts with the diversity patterns seen in rainforest trees, where distinctive soil conditions have consistently lower tree diversity.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "southeast asia", "microbial communities", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "Southeast Asia", "Microbiology", "QR1-502", "soil pH", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. 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