Methods of soil analysis.

TL;DR: Assessing the ecological stoichiometry among plant species' rhizospheres is a high-resolution tool useful for linking plant community composition to below-ground soil microbial and nutrient characteristics.

TL;DR: In this article, the changes in soil nutrient status of Mediterranean ecosystems affected by wildfires by focusing on the interactions between the different drivers and factors, and the underlying processes of these changes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of leaf-litter and nutrient addition on soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization and soil microbial community was investigated, and the results showed that increased C input through leaf litter can stimulate SOC mineralization, whereas atmospheric nitrogen and phosphorus (P) deposition can reduce this stimulatory effect and promote soil C storage in subtropical forests.

TL;DR: In this paper, the most appropriate scoring function (linear or non-linear) and integrating procedure (additive and weighted additive) for a soil quality index for typical temperate, maritime grassland management (e.g. livestock grazing and silage production) was determined.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a modeling approach aimed at seasonal resolution of global climatic and edaphic controls on patterns of terrestrial ecosystem production and soil microbial respiration using satellite imagery (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer and International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project solar radiation), along with historical climate (monthly temperature and precipitation) and soil attributes (texture, C and N contents) from global (1°) data sets as model inputs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Century ecosystem model was applied to a series of forest and grassland sites distributed globally to examine large-scale controls over soil carbon, including soil texture and foliar lignin content.

TL;DR: In this article, the Rothamsted model is used to calculate the amount of CO2 that would be released from the world stock of soil organic matter if temperatures increase as predicted, the annual return of plant debris to the soil being held constant.

TL;DR: In this paper, the formation of soil structure involves the physical forces of shrinking and swelling created by changes in water status of soils, freezing and thawing, tillage, or by movement of the larger biota in soils.