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Fate of low molecular weight organics in paddy vs. upland soil: A microbial biomarker approach Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Husen Qiu, Jieyun Liu, Tida Ge, Yirong Su
Low-molecular-weight organic carbon (LMWOC) from root exudate influences soil organic carbon cycling via priming of microbial activity. However, the mechanisms underlying the uptake and utilization of specific exudates by microorganisms in soils remain unclear. To address this gap in knowledge, a one-month C (0.1 mg C﹒g soil) tracer incubation study was conducted to investigate the fate of the most
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Vegetable residues retention: An effective and environment friendly way to handle tomato wastes from greenhouse production Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Xiaomei Sun, Sijin Chen, Huan Li, Jinxia Li, Guojun Han, Haobing Dong, Jiangwei Che, Qin Zhang
The improper disposal of vegetable waste often leads to the risk of non-point agricultural pollution. In order to enhance our understanding of how soil quality and successive tomato production respond to the anaerobic incorporation of vegetable residues, greenhouse experiments were conducted in 2019 and 2020. The fresh tomato residues, approximately 17 tons per hectare from greenhouses, were incorporated
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Effects of earthworms on microbial community structure, functionality and soil properties in soil cover treatments for mine tailings rehabilitation Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Sara Pelaez-Sanchez, Olaf Schmidt, Jan Frouz, Kateřina Čápová, Ronan Courtney
While earthworm inoculation is viewed as a promising strategy to accelerate soil formation and ecosystem development in post-mining substrates, limited studies are field-based and focus on the influence of earthworms on microbial communities. This study investigated the effects of earthworm inoculations on soil microbial catabolic profiles, microbial community structure and physical properties. Large
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Impacts of soil engineering processes and anthropogenic barriers on earthworm communities in urban areas Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Jeanne Maréchal, Kevin Hoeffner, Xavier Marié, Daniel Cluzeau
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Effects of precipitation changes on soil heterotrophic respiration and microbial activities in a switchgrass mesocosm experiment Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Wei Dai, Madhav Parajuli, Siyang Jian, Dafeng Hui, Philip Fay, Jianwei Li
Precipitation changes altered soil heterotrophic respiration, but the underlying microbial mechanisms remain rarely studied. This study conducted three-year switchgrass ( L.) mesocosm experiment to investigate soil heterotrophic respiratory responses to altered precipitation. Five treatments were considered, including ambient precipitation (P0), two wet treatments (P+33 and P+50: 33% and 50% enhancement
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Soil moisture drives the response of soil microbial nutrient limitation to N and P additions in an Inner Mongolian meadow steppe Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Hong Xiao, Yuping Rong, Pengzhen Li, Yuling Liu
The metabolic activity of soil microorganisms is often limited by soil nutrient availability. Fertilization can increase available nutrient content, but nutrient limitations may persist because of imbalances in nutrient inputs. However, the mechanisms driving the response of soil microbial nutrient limitation to N and P application in grasslands remain unclear. To address this issue, we applied fifteen
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Biodiversity in mosaic communities: Predicting soil microbial diversity using plant functional traits in alpine meadow Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Zekun Liu, Shiting Zhang, Bayaerta, Kechang Niu
It is well known that the mosaic patches of alpine meadows are primarily shaped by plant-soil interactions. However, we know little about whether and how plant functional traits mediate the influence of edaphic factors on soil microbial diversity through the mass and diversity effects. In this study, we investigated plant functional traits in five distinctive of mosaic patches (communities) dominated
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Effects of ant mounts (Formica exsecta) on subsoil properties, in a heathland Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Rikke Reisner Hansen, Søren Munch Kristiansen, Christian Frølund Damgaard, Joachim Offenberg
Ants are undisputed masters at transforming the local environments they inhabit, with subsequent vast effects on soil chemical and hydrological processes. Yet, it remains unclear how deep into the subsoil these effects range, as most ant-soil studies focus on the topsoil. Furthermore, studies quantifying these effects on podzolized, and nutrient-poor heathland soils remain scarce. We excavated 15 ant
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Testing the impacts of invasive jumping worms at their northern range limit Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Samantha Bennett, Helen R.P. Phillips, Anne C. Dalziel, Lawrence R. Manzer, Erin K. Cameron
Earthworms can act as ecosystem engineers by altering soil structure, which impacts other organisms and ecosystem functioning. Jumping worms (family Megascolecidae) originating in Asia have been spreading in North America, extending their northern range limits to Ontario, Canada in the last decade and to New Brunswick in 2021. At the northern limits of their current range, little research has been
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Rhizosphere microbial community changes due to weed-weed competition Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Larissa Cassemiro Pacheco Monteiro, Sergio Alberto Diaz-Gallo, Christiano da Conceição de Matos, Carolina Gonçalves da Silva, André Marcos Massenssini, Tiago Antônio de Oliveira Mendes, Maurício Dutra Costa
Many species of weeds are present in agricultural areas, but weeds with greater competitive ability normally become dominant in the field. Rhizosphere soil microbiota can influence weed-weed interactions. However, the role of rhizosphere soil microorganisms in weed-weed interactions remains largely unexplored. In this study, we investigated the ecological relationships and microbial taxa present in
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Management of grassland: A necessary tool to maintain plant and earthworm diversity Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Kevin Hoeffner, Frédérique Louault, Lou Lerner, Guénola Pérès
In temperate grassland, earthworms contribute to the major soil processes which determine most of the ecosystem services. The characteristics of plant communities in grassland are key factors in maintaining earthworm communities, however effects of different herbage management on earthworms remain largely unknown. In this context, the aim of the present study was to determine the long-term effects
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Tree species replacement from birch to spruce affects eukaryome in boreal forest soil Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Sunil Mundra, Dinesh Sanka Loganathachetti, Håvard Kauserud, Anna Maria Fiore-Donno, Tonje Økland, Jørn-Frode Nordbakken, O. Janne Kjønaas
Large-scale replacements of native birch with spruce have been carried out in Western Norway for economic reasons. This tree species shift potentially affects biotic components such as the eucaryome, consisting of microscopic animals (Metazoa), protists and fungi, which are key players in the functioning of forest ecosystem. The impact on the belowground eukaryome and its interactions with vegetation
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Variations of activity and community structure of nitrite-driven anaerobic methanotrophs in soils between native and invasive species in China's coastal wetlands Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Jiaqi Liu, Weiqi Wang, Lidong Shen, Yanan Bai, Wangting Yang, Yuling Yang, Jiangbing Xu, Maohui Tian, Xin Liu, Jinghao Jin, Yuzhi Song
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Asymmetric environmental selection on intraspecific body size in Collembola communities along an elevational gradient in northern Japan Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Takuo Hishi, Kazushige Uemori, Naoaki Tashiro, Takuma Nakamura
Body size is a crucial functional trait that influences the environmental filtering processes of animal communities. However, the role of intraspecific variations in soil invertebrate communities remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the influence of environmental changes on intraspecific body size variations in Collembola communities along an elevational gradient in northern Japan
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Poultry litter biochar soil amendment affects microbial community structures, promotes phosphorus cycling and growth of barley (Hordeumvulgare) Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Lea Deinert, Shakhawat Hossen, Israel Ikoyi, Witold Kwapinksi, Matthias Noll, Achim Schmalenberger
Phosphorus (P) is a non-replaceable, finite component of fertilizers. The imbalanced resource distribution and possible depletion of P impose challenges on current crop production worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of poultry litter biochar on plant growth and P mobilizing capability of the microbiome in comparison to a mineral fertilizer application. Spring barley () was grown
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Behavioural flexibility in Lumbricus terrestris burrowing Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Kevin R. Butt, Visa Nuutinen
is an epi-anecic earthworm, normally occupying a 1–2 m deep, vertical burrow. Some observations suggest that population persistence in much shallower burrows could be possible in a mild and humid climate. This was further investigated at an ex-industrial site in NW England, with a topsoil less than 0.15 m deep, above inert subsoil formed from semi-weathered Leblanc waste. were collected from an adjacent
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Seasonal dynamics of agricultural land use impacts on earthworm communities: Insights into diversity, abundance, and functional composition Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Andrés Ligrone, Máximo Alvarez, Gabriella Jorge-Escudero, Gervasio Piñeiro
Earthworms play a key role as soil bioengineers, but livestock farming and croplands can impact on the composition, structure, and functioning of earthworm communities. This study aimed to quantify the effects of replacing natural grasslands with crop rotations on the seasonal dynamics of key attributes of earthworm communities and explore soil physicochemical properties as mechanisms behind these
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Two aspects of earthworm bioturbation: Crop residue burial by foraging and surface casting in no-till management Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Peter Bentley, Kevin R. Butt, Visa Nuutinen
In no-till agroecosystems, presence of the earthworm L. can be a key driver in the replenishment of soil organic matter stocks post-harvest, through surface residue foraging and incorporation. The impact on such systems under different climatic conditions is, however, still unquantified. A field experiment was designed to determine incorporation of cereal harvest residues at three no-till agricultural
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Soil pH controls the structure and diversity of bacterial communities along elevational gradients on Huangshan, China Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Jian Xiang, Jie Gu, Genmei Wang, Roland Bol, Lan Yao, Yanming Fang, Huanchao Zhang
Acquiring knowledge of the patterns of soil microbial diversity along elevational gradients and the driving factors of these patterns is important for understanding the dynamics of global nutrient elements. In this study, we analyzed the soil bacterial community composition and diversity using Illumina high-throughput sequencing along an elevational gradient from 670 to 1780 m on Huangshan including
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Quantifying earthworm soil ingestion from changes in vertical bulk density profiles Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 M. Larsbo, J. Koestel, E.J. Krab, J. Klaminder
Soil mixing by earthworms can have a large impact on the fate of nutrients and pollutants and on the soil's ability to sequester carbon. Nevertheless, methods to quantify earthworm ingestion and egestion under field conditions are largely lacking. Soils of the Fennoscandian tundra offer a special possibility for such quantifications, as these soils commonly lack burrowing macrofauna and exhibit a well-defined
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Responses of grape yield and quality, soil physicochemical and microbial properties to different planting years Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Qingjie Li, Okbagaber Andom, Yanli Li, Chongyang Cheng, Hui Deng, Lei Sun, Zhaojun Li
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Aboveground antagonists mitigate belowground plant–antagonist interactions but not affect plant–mutualist interactions Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Rongjiang Zhao, Chundong Wang, Kadri Koorem, Xu Song, Evan Siemann, Jianqing Ding, Qiang Yang
Species interactions exert important influences on biodiversity and ecosystem stability. In complex natural communities, species interactions have gone beyond pairwise mechanisms, as interactions between two species can be regulated by one or more other species (higher-order species interactions). However, few studies consider higher-order interactions among organisms that are indirectly contacted
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Individual and combined effects of earthworms and Sphingobacterium sp. on soil organic C, N forms and enzyme activities in non-contaminated and Cd-contaminated soil Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Li Jia, Qing Liu, Siyi Chen, Kexue Liu, Yiqing Chen, Mikael Motelica-Heino, Hesen Zhong, Menghao Zhang, Cevin Tibihenda, Patrick Lavelle, Jun Dai, Chi Zhang
Earthworms and sp. are known for their strong organic compound decomposition ability and wide distribution in soil. However, interactions of soil organic matter decomposition with soil properties and whether microbial species such as sp. could assist earthworms in carbon and nitrogen transformation in soil remain poorly understood. Earthworms (, ) and sp. were introduced in non-contaminated and cadmium-contaminated
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Tracking earthworm fluxes at the interface between tree rows and crop habitats in a Mediterranean alley cropping field Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Camille D'Hervilly, Isabelle Bertrand, Laurent Berlioz, Mickaël Hedde, Yvan Capowiez, Lydie Dufour, Claire Marsden
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Accumulation of microbial necromass carbon and its contribution to soil organic carbon in artificial grasslands of various vegetation types Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Na Li, Na Zhao, Shixiao Xu, Yalin Wang, Lin Wei, Qian Zhang, Tongqing Guo, Xungang Wang
Microbial necromass carbon (C) is a crucial soil organic carbon (SOC) component. In the context of alpine grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the establishment of artificial grasslands is an effective restoration method; however, the accumulation of microbial necromass C and its contribution to SOC in these ecosystems, especially for the different plant species composition, remain unclear
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How applied reclamation treatments and vegetation type affect on soil fauna in a novel ecosystem developed on a spoil heap of carboniferous rocks Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Agnieszka Józefowska, Bartłomiej Woś, Edyta Sierka, Agnieszka Kompała-Bąba, Wojciech Bierza, Anna Klamerus-Iwan, Marcin Chodak, Marcin Pietrzykowski
The restoration of soil fauna on a spoil heap is a strong indicator of successful reclamation. The studies were conducted on two types of materials: bare rock (BR) and BR with topsoil (TS) which were applied during coal spoil reclamation and three vegetation types. Four variants investigated included natural forest succession on BR (Succession_BR) and TS (Succession_TS), afforestation (Reclamation_TS)
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Microbial gene abundance mirrors soil nitrogen mineralization intensity across an age gradient in Chinese-fir plantations Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Qingwu Zhan, Liang Chen, Huili Wu, Shuai Ouyang, Yelin Zeng, Xiangwen Deng, Yanting Hu, Wenhua Xiang
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Earthworms increase soil greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential in a long-term no-till Mollisol Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Xinyu Zhu, Yunchuan Hu, Zhen He, Zhiguo Li, Donghui Wu
Earthworm activity and plant residues in the soil can strongly influence soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics. However, studies on how earthworms, especially epigeic and endogeic species alone or together, affect the main soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CO2 and N2O) and SOC under the long-term no-till (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) in Mollisols in Northeast China are unclear. The effects of
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Do earthworm and litter inputs promote decomposition or stabilization of cryoturnated organic matter from melted permafrost? Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Jan Frouz, Tomáš Cajthaml
As global climate change progresses, Artic permafrost melts. Deeper layers of permafrost contain organic matter which can migrate into deeper soil by a process called cryoturbation. While this organic matter does not decompose in frozen soils, it decomposes rapidly in melting permafrost. Warming soils may experience increased litter input and earthworm colonization. The effects of litter addition and
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Short-term perennial peanut integration into bahiagrass system influence on soil microbial-mediated nitrogen cycling activities and microbial co-occurrence networks Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Adesuwa S. Erhunmwunse, Cheryl L. Mackowiak, Ann R.S. Blount, José C.B. Dubeux, Andrew Ogram, Hui-Ling Liao
Integration of perennial peanuts into warm-season grasslands offers a potential solution to reduce nitrogen (N) fertilizer input and enhance N cycling through soil microbial activities. There is limited information on the changes in soil microbial diversity and communities following the short-term integration of rhizoma perennial peanut (RPP; Arachis glabrata Benth.) into warm-season perennial bahiagrass
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Earthworm effect on rhizosphere N-cycle microbial genes depends on soil properties Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Ruben Puga-Freitas, Samuel Jacquiod, Manuel Blouin
Earthworms are known to improve plant growth in a soil-dependent way, notably via modifications of the rhizosphere microbiota and its functions. We tested the hypothesis that earthworms influence the abundance of microbial genes involved in N cycle according to the type of soil. In three soils with contrasting texture, we quantified five N-cycling genes in different microsites (bulk, rhizosphere or
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Bacterial and plant community successional pathways in glacier forefields of the Western Himalaya Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Adam T. Ruka, Kateřina Čapková, Klára Řeháková, Roey Angel, Alica Chroňáková, Martin Kopecký, Martin Macek, Miroslav Dvorský, Jiří Doležal
Glacier chronosequences offer a unique opportunity to observe primary successional patterns and assess the interaction between biological communities and abiotic conditions. Bacteria are one of the first organisms to colonize such ecosystems, yet factors determining their distribution and diversity are still in need of understanding. In this study, we investigated the associated abiotic and biotic
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Effects of snow removal on seasonal dynamics of soil bacterial community and enzyme activity Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Lin Liu, Ruifeng Xie, Dalong Ma, Lingyu Fu, Xiangwen Wu
High latitude regions are experiencing considerable winter climate change, and reduced snowpack will likely affect soil microbial communities and their function, ultimately altering microbial-mediated biogeochemical cycles. However, the current knowledge on the responses of soil microorganisms to snow cover changes in permafrost ecosystems remains limited. Here, we conducted a 2-year (six periods)
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Back and better: Soil food-web researchers integrate empirical data and develop novel tools Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Anton M. Potapov, Robert Buchkowski, Stefan Geisen, Zoë Lindo
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Carbon and nitrogen fractions are more important than bacterial composition for carbon and nitrogen mineralization considering parent material and fertilization Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Shaoqi Xue, Shiqi Xu, Wei Kou, Jiale Han, Ting Fan, Xia Zhang, Xudong Wang
Microorganisms and organic carbon (C) pool composition are vital in regulating soil organic matter mineralization. However, our understanding of how parent materials and fertilizers affect this process is still limited. In this two-year study, the changes of cumulative soil organic C and nitrogen (N) mineralization and C and N pools (total, labile, and recalcitrant), C- and N-cycling enzymes, bacterial
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soilfoodwebs: An R package for analyzing and simulating nutrient fluxes through food webs Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-08 Robert W. Buchkowski, Carlos Barreto, Zoë Lindo
Soil food web models can calculate the fluxes of carbon and nitrogen between soil organisms and so estimate the impact of individual organisms on ecosystem processes. These modelling approaches go beyond standard techniques in ecology. So, an open-source tool supporting them along with an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses could help. We present the R package soilfoodwebs, which calculates
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Isotopic evidence for the effects of earthworm and straw amendment on root carbon uptake of upland rice and maize Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Katharina John, Andrey S. Zaitsev, Andrey G. Zuev, Nonillon M. Aspe, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Volkmar Wolters
The role of earthworms in the direct transfer of dissolved soil organic carbon to plants is poorly understood. We quantified this effect by examining the root uptake of carbon from 13C-labeled rice straw in a greenhouse experiment with three non-flooded Philippine soils that greatly differed in texture (from light sandy to loam). Measurements of carbon stable isotope signatures of aerobic rice and
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Understanding the diversification and functional radiation of Aporrectodea (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) through molecular phylogenetics of its endemic species Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Daniel Fernández Marchán, Alejandro Martínez Navarro, Sergio Jiménez Pinadero, Sylvain Gerard, Mickaël Hedde, Jorge Domínguez, Thibaud Decaëns, Marta Novo
The genus Aporrectodea includes some of the most conspicuous earthworm species, but its taxonomic history is among the most complex within the family Lumbricidae. Molecular phylogenetic studies have produced some advances by assigning former Aporrectodea species to other monophyletic clades and by detecting species level lineages within the cosmopolitan caliginosa-trapezoides complex. However, little
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Earthworm populations and diversity under annual and perennial wheat in a North to South gradient in Western Europe Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Alena Förster, Christophe David, Benjamin Dumont, Linda-Maria Dimitrova Mårtensson, Frank Rasche, Christoph Emmerling
The challenge to sustain food security while halting the loss of biodiversity and soil quality might be achieved by a transformation in agriculture from high-input management of annual crops to a more nature-based solution introducing perennial cropping systems. This study analysed earthworm communities (numbers, biomass, ecological categories) and diversity over two years, from annual wheat and perennial
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Glomalin-related soil proteins respond negatively to fertilization and fungicide application in China's arid grassland Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Ying Yang, Jianjun Zhang, Jia He, Yue Shen, Xin Yang
Glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) are a glycoprotein mainly produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. GRSP are deposited in the soil after being released from AM fungal hyphae, and they are believed to improve soil health and carbon (C) storage. However, it is unclear how fertilizer and mycorrhiza suppression affect the content of easily extractable (EE-GRSP) and total glomalin-related protein
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Lumbricus terrestris abundance in grasslands on sandy soils in relation to soil texture, hydrology and earthworm community Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 Roos van de Logt, Thom van der Sluijs, Nick van Eekeren
Deep-burrowing (anecic) earthworm Lumbricus terrestris contributes to the crucial ecosystem service of water regulation. Their deep, vertical burrows facilitate water flow and deeper rooting, the former supporting the prevention of flooding and waterlogging, the latter improving drought tolerance. In Europe, these earthworms occur in agricultural grasslands on various soil types. However, their distribution
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Earthworms from soils developed after 80 years under tree monocultures at Holt Down, Hampshire, UK Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Kevin R. Butt, Mac A. Callaham
Experimental research from the 1980s showed that tree species influenced soil development where stands of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata) respectivey started to develop a podzolic soil and a brown forest soil after 50 years from near identical origins. Evidence of earthworms was reported but no detail provided. Current work re-examined these soils and a further adjacent
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Responses of soil microbial biomass C:N:P stoichiometry to increased precipitation and nitrogen deposition in temperate shrublands Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Jinyuan Yu, Zhijing Yu, Jiwei Li, Jiangbo Xie, Zhouping Shangguan, Lei Deng
Increased precipitation and nitrogen (N) deposition have considerable impacts on soil microbial communities in terrestrial ecosystems, ultimately influencing the carbon (C) cycling. However, the specific effects of the interactions between increased precipitation and N deposition on C:N:P stoichiometry in soil microbial biomass remain unclear. A long-term (9 yr) manipulated experiment was conducted
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Soil microbial biomass and community structure in response to agricultural use of deserts across northern China Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Yigang Hu, Zhenzi He, Yani Wang, Wenjing Liu, Yafei Shi, Chengchen Pan, Mohammad Bahram
Although desert reclamation efforts have been used for increased crop production, their impacts on the structure of soil microbial communities remain largely understudied. Here, six adjacent pairs of different native desert and newly reclaimed cropland soils across a 3300 km transect in northern China were selected to address how microbial biomass, community composition, biogeographic pattern and the
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The anecic earthworm Lumbricus terrestris can persist after introduction into permanent grassland on sandy soil Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Roos van de Logt, Carmen Versteeg, Pieter Struyk, Nick van Eekeren
Grasslands are important water-regulating agro-ecosystems. Their ability to store and retain water is of vital importance under the current trend of increasing peak rains and droughts, which are events that can result in economic damage to infrastructure and crops. The presence of the anecic earthworm Lumbricus terrestris has a positive effect on the water regulation of the soil. This earthworm creates
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Plant diversity enhanced nematode-based soil quality indices and changed soil nematode community structure in intensively-managed agricultural grasslands Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Israel Ikoyi, Guylain Grange, John A. Finn, Fiona P. Brennan
Plant productivity, decomposition and nutrient cycling are controlled by plant-soil-biota interactions. However, it remains poorly understood how plant species diversity impacts belowground communities that modulate these processes in intensively-managed grassland systems. In managed grassland communities comprising species selected for agronomic performance, we investigated how plant species diversity
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Different genotypes of tartary buckwheat can regulate the transformation of nitrogen through the secretion of organic acids under low nitrogen stress Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-02 Wei Chen, Zhiwei Zhang, Congjian Sun
Roots respond to nitrogen deficiency by altering their physiological and metabolic responses. Soil nitrogen invertase activity and the diversity of nitrifying microorganisms (AOA and AOB) significantly affect the nitrogen cycle in soil. As an important part of root exudates, organic acids can reflect the dynamic changes of plant roots in soil. However, it is not clear how the barren-tolerant genotype
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Influence of tree residue retention in Mediterranean forest on soil microbial communities responses to frequent warming and drying events Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Caroline Brunel, Anne-Marie Farnet Da Silva, Thomas Z. Lerch, Raphael Gros
In the coming decades, Mediterranean forests are likely to experience higher heat-wave frequency that may severely affect soil microbial functioning. Here, we studied the effects of warming intensification on soil microbial communities and tested whether certain types of Mediterranean plant residues favor soil biological resistance to frequent drying and warming events (FDW). To this aim, we set-up
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Resilience of root and soil bacteria to drought stress depends on host plant's colonization affinity towards arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Shamina Imran Pathan, Paola Ganugi, Paola Arfaioli, Alberto Masoni, Giacomo Pietramellara
Water deficit is one of the most important climate events that has strong effect on agricultural ecosystem functionality comprising soil microbial communities and their functions. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are widely known for their roles in combating drought, including facilitation of drought-tolerant bacteria. However, differences in cultivar/variety affinity for mycorrhization have never
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Soil extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reveals the increased P limitation of microbial metabolism after the mixed cultivation of Korean pine and Manchurian walnut in Northeast China Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Fangyuan Shen, Ning Liu, Chengfeng Shan, Li Ji, Mingwei Wang, Yujiao Wang, Lixue Yang
Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) and Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica) are the main tree species used for plantation regeneration in Northeast China, and their mixed cultivation is typically used to address a decline in stand productivity in long-term monocultures. However, little is known about the changes in the C, N and P requirements of soil microbial metabolism between monocultures and mixed
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Variability of earthworm's functional traits in eastern Amazon is more species-dependent than environment-dependent Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 André Luiz Raposo Barros, Márcio Fernandes Alves Leite, Luis Manuel Hernández-García, Sandriel Costa Sousa, Samuel Wooster James, Guillaume Xavier Rousseau
Understanding the causes of variability in functional traits is an important question in earthworm ecology. While interspecific variation in anatomical dimensions for the same trait is well accepted, the role of environmental filters, soil degradation, and environmental stress in affecting the variability of functional traits is not well understood. In this study, we sought to determine the relative
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Introduction of earthworms into constructed soils has long-lasting effects on primary production Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 J.H.R. Araujo, I. Mikajlo, T.Z. Lerch
Earthworm inoculation is a successful practice to restore degraded soils. Recently, it has also been used to improve the fertility of Technosols constructed with urban wastes. However, there is still a lack of documentation on long-term effects of earthworms inoculation. In this study, we conducted an outdoor experiment to evaluate the effect of an anecic species (L. terrestris) on primary production
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Effects of the tropical endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on the horizontal dispersal of soil nematodes Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Sariaka Raharijaona, Eric Blanchart, Malalatiana Razafindrakoto, Tovonarivo Rafolisy, Jean Trap
Free-living nematodes are key organisms that greatly enhance plant growth and nutrient uptake. In contrast, plant-parasitic nematodes are considered a major pest group in agriculture. The effect of nematodes, either positive or negative, on plant productivity depends on their ability to disperse in soils. Understanding the dispersal process of nematodes is therefore crucial but is still poorly documented
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Unraveling the interaction effects of soil temperature and moisture on soil nematode community: A laboratory study Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Lingyun Zheng, Shuqi Wu, Leilei Lu, Teng Li, Zhipeng Liu, Xianping Li, Huixin Li
Soil nematode communities and their functions are simultaneously influenced by abiotic factors such as temperature and soil moisture. However, the complex interaction effects of these factors have not been clearly demonstrated, limiting our understanding of soil biodiversity and functions under different climate scenarios. Here, we conducted a short-term microcosm experiment, implementing three temperature
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First assessment of soil mesofauna, microbiota, and humic substances associations in a minesoil revegetated with four grasses in Brazil: An 18-year field study Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-05 Maria Bertaso de Garcia Fernandez, Otávio dos Anjos Leal, Adão Pagani Júnior, Lívia de Oliveira Islabão, Luisa Menezes Silveira, Hullifas Lopes Nogueira, José Vitor Peroba Rocha, Beatriz Bruno Nascimento, Nathalia Lopes de Oliveira, Pablo Miguel, Luiz Fernando Spinelli Pinto, Ryan Noremberg Schubert, Lizete Stumpf
Moving away from coal protects our environment and soil. However, coal use in 2022 exceeded all previous years, systematically generating minesoils. The reestablishment of vegetation and organisms in minesoils is jeopardized by excessive soil compaction, eventual acidity, and depletion of soil organic matter (SOM), fauna, and microbial communities. Therefore, monitoring the recovery of soil attributes
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Food web structure and energy flux dynamics, but not taxonomic richness, influence microbial ecosystem functions in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Vincent E.J. Jassey, Owen L. Petchey, Philippe Binet, Alexandre Buttler, Geneviève Chiapusio, Frédéric Delarue, Fatima Laggoun-Défarge, Daniel Gilbert, Edward A.D. Mitchell, Janna M. Barel
Soil microbial communities are vital for multiple ecosystem processes and services. In particular, soil microbial food webs are key determinants of soil biodiversity, functioning and stability. Unclear, however, is how structural features of food webs, such as species richness and turnover, biomass and energy transfer across trophic levels, influence the provisioning and stability of ecosystem functioning
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Microniches harbor distinct bacterial communities at the soil-plant-earthworm interface Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-29 Regina M. Medina-Sauza, Itzel A. Solís-García, Manuel Blouin, Luc Villain, Roger Guevara, Isabelle Barois, Frédérique Reverchon
Earthworms modify soil physicochemical properties and microbial communities, although their effect on different soil microniches is unclear. Here, we aimed to elucidate the effect of the geophagous earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on bacterial communities in the bulk soil, rhizosphere and rhizoplane of two cultivated Coffea species. In addition, we assessed the similarity of the earthworm bacterial
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Collembola taxonomic and functional diversity in conventional, organic and conservation cropping systems Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Juliette Chassain, Sophie Joimel, Laure Vieublé Gonod
Intensive agriculture has been demonstrated to be a main threat to soil biodiversity through physical and chemical disturbances of soil. Alternative systems based on lower disturbances may help to promote soil biodiversity and its role in soil functioning. However, the effects of alternative systems on soil biodiversity are still poorly understood, especially regarding soil mesofauna. In this study
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Environmental distances are more important than geographic distances for predicting earthworm gut bacterial community composition Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Yunga Wu, Cao Hao, Ting-Wen Chen, Zhijing Xie, Yufeng Zhang, Pingting Guan, Donghui Wu, Stefan Scheu
Distance-decay of similarity is one of the most widely studied patterns in biogeography. Both geographic distance and environmental distance can cause distance-decay of similarity in ecological communities. Here, we studied distance-decay relationships of bacteria in the gut of an earthworm species, Eisenia nordenskioldi, which is widely distributed in Eurasian boreal region. Using high-throughput
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Root trenching and stable isotope analysis uncover trophic links of euedaphic collembola species to mycorrhizal mycelium in pine forests Eur. J. Soil Biol. (IF 4.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-14
Ectomycorrhizal fungi are a prominent component of the soil biota of boreal forests, but the role of mycorrhizal mycelium as a food source for soil Collembola remains controversial. We addressed this question in a trenching experiment in young (70 years old) and old (180 years old) stands of Scotch pine, combined with stable isotope analysis. Trenching halved the biomass of ectomycorrhizal mycelium