Respiration rates of the forest floor, exclusive of the L layer, and of the mineral horizons from three soils developed under pine and hardwoods in the North Carolina Piedmont were measured with a ...

Scientists took samples from the top organic layer of soil and the underlying mineral layer. Once back in the lab, the researchers used the same methods from their original studies to repeat tests ...

No-dig gardening creates healthy soil by adding layers of compost to the surface, rather than disturbing the soil by digging.

Montane forest root growth and soil organic layer depth may have stabilized Cenozoic global change. Geophysical Research Letters, 2014; DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058737 ...

The effect of soil depth on denitrification was investigated on 57 dates during two time periods (I: March to August; II: October to March). Two replicate grazed grass plots, that received 362 kg N/ha ...

Tree diversity increases decadal forest soil carbon and nitrogen accrual. Nature, 2023; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05941-9 ...

Scientists have long suspected that ectomycorrhizal fungi — those that live symbiotically on the roots of plants — play a major role in erosion and soil formation, but exactly how these fungi ...