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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Cho-Yin Wu, Franz Zehetner, Zueng-Sang Chen, Shih-Hao Jien, Zeng-Yei Hseu
Summary: This study investigated the distribution of rare earth elements (REEs) in soils at different elevations in the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan and its relationship with climatic changes. The results showed that REE content decreased with increasing elevation and rainfall. Clay content was correlated with REEs, with heavy REEs preferentially sequestered by the soil. These findings suggest a relationship between soil development and REE fractionation.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Qi Huang, Yongqiang Zhang, Haoshan Wei
Summary: Direct streamflow outputs from CMIP6 models are important for studying future water supply under climate change. However, the accuracy of these data is still debated, and the relevant variables cannot fully explain the observed streamflow change.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Sara Cucchiaro, Lorenzo Martini, Eleonora Maset, Giacomo Pellegrini, Maria Eliana Poli, Alberto Beinat, Federico Cazorzi, Lorenzo Picco
Summary: In the past decade, accurate, sustainable, and effective planning of torrent control structures has become essential to reduce hydro-geomorphic risk. High-Resolution Topography data greatly simplifies the monitoring of sediment morphology dynamics and the understanding of the interaction with torrent control structures. Combining field surveys can provide valuable information for watershed management plans.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ge Yan, Dingyang Lu, Sijin Li, Shouyun Liang, Liyang Xiong, Guoan Tang
Summary: This study introduces the priority-flood flow direction algorithm to improve the generation of slope units and compares them to slope units based on the subbasin division method in landslide susceptibility maps (LSMs). The results show that the improved slope units perform better at large scales, reducing striped distributions and optimizing patterns in the LSMs. Therefore, the PFD algorithm is valuable for large-scale research.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Erich Tasser, Georg Leitinger, Ulrike Tappeiner, Uta Schirpke
Summary: Landscape appearance in the European Alps is influenced by various environmental and human-induced factors. Significant landscape change has occurred in all regions, affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Factors such as decrease in agricultural land and forest expansion play important roles. Regional framework conditions are more important than national frameworks, and higher green subsidies can have both positive and negative impacts on landscape diversity and ecosystem services.
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Soil Science
He Zhang, Aurore Degre, Caroline De Clerck, Shuangshuang Li, Jinshan Lian, Yuanyuan Peng, Tao Sun, Lindan Luo, Yanan Yue, Guihua Li, Jianfeng Zhang
Summary: The continuous expansion of sandy soil poses a threat to crop security. The use of chitin-rich organic material and attapulgite as soil amendments can improve degraded soil by increasing nutrient content and enzyme activity and altering bacterial community structure. This study provides insights into the link between soil properties, bacterial community structure, and microbial carbon metabolism function.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
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Soil Science
Pedro A. Costa, Lucia Guilhermino, Ryszard Laskowski
Summary: The use of pesticides to maximize crop yields has led to the presence of toxic compounds in ecosystems, potentially affecting wildlife and ecosystem services. This study evaluated the effects of chronic exposure to a mixture of pesticide formulations on earthworms. The results suggest that exposure above recommended field doses is unlikely to have significant negative effects on the evaluated parameters in Eisenia fetida.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
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Soil Science
Hualing Jiang, Chaoxiang Yuan, Qiqian Wu, Petr Hedenec, Zemin Zhao, Kai Yue, Xiangyin Ni, Fuzhong Wu, Yan Peng
Summary: This study quantified the effects of converting different types of ecosystems to tree plantations on soil microbial biomass in China. The results showed that converting grasslands to plantations increased soil microbial biomass, while converting primary forests to plantations decreased soil microbial biomass. The effects of ecosystem transformation were not significantly influenced by plantation type, mycorrhizal association, plantation year, or soil depth. The impacts of climate, species richness, and soil properties on ecosystem transformation effects depended on the former ecosystem type.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
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Soil Science
Chong Luo, Wenqi Zhang, Xinle Zhang, Huanjun Liu
Summary: This study utilized remote sensing technology and environmental covariates to map SOM in black-soil areas, finding that combining radar data with optical data can improve mapping accuracy, and that the importance of climate covariates is higher than that of terrain covariates.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2024)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xinlong Zhou, Kaimeng Hu, Henglin Xiao, Yutian Yang, Junyi Chen, Yuzhe Cheng
Summary: This study assessed the effect of vegetation on the spatiotemporal characteristics of soil water content and developed a method to evaluate soil water status. The results showed that vegetation cover reduced the similarity of soil water distribution and grass cover resulted in more stable soil water content.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Nejc Bezak, Pasquale Borrelli, Matjaz Mikos, Mateja Jemec Auflic, Panos Panagos
Summary: Soil erosion is expected to increase due to climate change. This study evaluates the applicability of the Erosion Potential Model (EPM) and its modified version (mEPM) for estimating erosion rates globally. The results show that mEPM overcomes the limitations of EPM in cold regions. The gross erosion rates by EPM are higher compared to USLE-type models, indicating the importance of considering other erosion processes.
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Soil Science
Xiaohe Qian, Longshan Zhao, Qian Fang, Chunhua Fan, Ruyi Zi, Fayong Fang
Summary: This study investigates the process of rill formation and evolution on tilled surfaces through flow scouring. The results show that the formation process can be divided into two stages, namely before and after the runoff reaches the downslope end. In the first stage, runoff washes soil particles and forms soil mounds, resulting in a curved rill and soil mounds on the surface. In the second stage, a rill channel is formed as the runoff reaches the downslope end. The morphology of the rill is influenced by the inflow rate, with rill depth and width increasing with ongoing headward erosion.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Liyuan Bo, Manoj K. Shukla, Xiaomin Mao
Summary: Plastic film mulching is widely used to improve crop water productivity, but it can potentially harm soil health due to the presence of residue plastic film mixed into the soil. Long-term plastic film mulching increases soil aggregate stability, decreases soil pH, and affects enzymatic activities. Biodegradable film can be a promising alternative to improve soil health.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Linsen Du, Hua Wang, Zhen Zhang, Yaoyu Zhou, Zhiyu Xiao, Muhammad Shaaban, Avelino Nunez-Delgado, Geng Sun, Yelan Yu, Zhihua Xiao, Teng Hu
Summary: Rice-crayfish integrated farming can significantly enhance the accumulation of soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Long-term farming has an impact on soil CNP storage and stoichiometry. Regulation of fertilizer input and improving feed utilization efficiency are crucial for ensuring soil nutrient balance and sustainable development.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Jiali Sun, Zed Rengel, Yizhen Zhou, Hongbo Li, Aiping Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the impact of biochar and N fertilizer on nitrification and potential ammonia oxidation in alkaline soil. The results showed that biochar and N fertilizer affected the abundance and diversity of AOA, AOB, and comammox. N fertilizer decreased the nitrification rate and potential ammonia oxidation, while biochar increased the soil nitrification rate. AOB and comammox made a larger contribution to nitrification than AOA in the alkaline soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Anastasia V. Vasilchenko, Alexey S. Vasilchenko
Summary: Plaggic Anthrosol, artificially created fertile soils, serve as an archive chronicling the paleoecological and paleogeographical history of mankind. They have been discovered in Western Europe and North Asia, and are similar to Terric Anthrosols found in southwestern Pacific and South America. This article discusses the geographical distribution, genesis, key properties, and carbon stabilization mechanisms of Plaggic Anthrosol, emphasizing their potential for sustainable carbon sequestration and soil fertility enhancement.
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Soil Science
Xuewan Feng, Meng Wang, Qian Li, Yubo Qin, Bo Sun, Pan Tan, Hang Liu, Cuilan Li, Jinjing Zhang
Summary: This study observed the abundance, community compositions, and contributions to nitrification of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA), bacteria (AOB), and Comammox in a semi-arid area of Northeast China. The results showed that higher nitrogen application rates promoted the reproduction of nitrifying microorganisms, with Comammox being the dominant contributor to nitrification under nitrogen fertilization regimes.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
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Soil Science
Sensen Chen, Ying Teng, Yongming Luo, Eiko Kuramae, Wenjie Ren
Summary: This study comprehensively assesses the effects of NMs on the soil microbiome through a global meta-analysis. The results reveal significant negative impacts of NMs on soil microbial diversity, biomass, activity, and function. Metal NMs, especially Ag NMs, have the most pronounced negative effects on various soil microbial community metrics.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Ke Shi, Jiahui Liao, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Zhengming Yan, Tingting Ren, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Through rewilding, microbial extracellular and cellular residues can continuously accumulate in soils and significantly contribute to soil organic carbon sequestration. Extracellular residues are mainly driven by fine root biomass, while cellular residues are mainly driven by soil nitrogen and organic carbon content.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xunming Wang, Bingqi Zhu, Zhenting Wang, Caixia Zhang, Xin Geng, Likun Han, Yang Zheng, Diwen Cai, Danfeng Li
Summary: This study conducted experimental observations on the physical weathering of surface sediments in the Gobi Desert and explored its driving factors. The results showed that the intensity of physical weathering was higher than previously estimated, and the d(0.1) size was found to be a sensitive indicator of physical weathering.
