OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Pedobiologia is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Functional significance of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes (Formicidae) in coffee plantations: An enemy or an ally?	20
Soil biotic effects and competition; What are the mechanisms behind being a successful invader?	18
Microclimatic, climatic, and anthropogenic factors strongly affect cultivable soil microfungal communities at a canyon in the Mediterranean region	17
Occurrence of plant suppression gradients through common mycorrhizal networks across ecological groups during successional dynamics	16
Soil physicochemical properties shape distinct nematode communities in serpentine ecosystems	16
A field mesocosm method for manipulation of soil mesofauna communities and repeated measurement of their ecological functions over months to years	15
Testate amoebae from two low-lying tropical islets of Tuvalu, South Pacific	14
Importance of traditional knowledge to understanding Plebeina armata (Apidae, Meliponini) ecology in the savanna woodland in northeast of Burundi	14
Soil environment influences plant growth-promotion traits of isolated rhizobacteria	12
Contradiction with enzymatic stoichiometry theory: Persistent low ratios of β-glucosidase to phosphomonoesterase following 10-year continuous phosphorus fertilization in three subtropical forests	12
Responses of Collembola communities to mixtures of wheat varieties: A trait-based approach	11
Nematode community structure in sugarcane fields under continuous vinasse fertigation	11
Soil nematode communities vary among populations of the iconic desert plant, Welwitschia mirabilis	11
Taking sides? Aspect has limited influence on soil environment or litter decomposition in pan-European study of roadside verges	11
Termite mound as nutrient hot-spots in savannah with emphasis in P cycling and the potential use of mounds as soil amendment	11
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Communicating about soil biodiversity: Insights from science editorials and future recommendations	10
Responses of bacterial and archaeal communities to nitrogen fertilization in a compost-amended soil	9
Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi respond to rehabilitation in iron ore mining areas from the Eastern Brazilian Amazon	9
Variance, locality and structure: Three experimental challenges in the study of the response of soil microbial communities to multiple perturbations	8
Impact of litter quality on soil nematode communities with the intensifies of grassland degradation: Shifting from resource input to environmental stress	8
First record of Enchytraeidae in a no-tillage system in Southern Brazil	8
Trophic groups of soil fauna in semiarid: Impacts of land use change, climatic seasonality and environmental variables	8
Effects of multispecies management on the soil protist community in Pinus massoniana plantations in subtropical China	7
Dynamics of soil microarthropod populations affected by a combination of extreme climatic events in tropical home gardens of Kerala, India	7

A standardized and miniaturized method to investigate rhizosphere microorganisms, with a focus on methanogenic archaea and methanotrophic bacteria	7
Effects of experimental warming on soil enzyme activities in an alpine swamp meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	7
Organic matter content rather than farming practices modulates microbial activities in vineyard soils	6
Fast improvement of macrofauna communities and soil quality in plantain crops converted to agroecological practices	6
Reintroduction of threatened digging mammals influences soil microbial communities differently along a rainfall gradient	6
Below-ground pitfall traps for standardised monitoring of soil mesofauna: Design and comparison to Berlese/Tullgren funnels	6
Soil macrofauna and water-related functions in patches of regenerating Atlantic Forest in Brazil	6
The effects of sample storage duration on tardigrade density and community composition in moss samples	6
Oribatid (Acari: Oribatida) diversity in natural and altered open arid ecosystems of South-Eastern Caucasus	6
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Soil properties and climate affect arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil microbial communities in Mediterranean rainfed cereal cropping systems	6
Decreased burrowing activity of endogeic earthworms and effects on water infiltration in response to an increase in soil bulk density	6
Litter thickness and soil pH influence the diversity of saprotrophic fungi in primary forest fragments in the Amazon	5
Microbial, physical and chemical indicators together reveal soil health changes related to land cover types in the southern European sites under desertification risk	5
Control strategies for the invasive plant kudzu (Pueraria montana) only minimally impacts soil activity, chemistry, and bacterial and fungal communities	5
Asian knotweed’s impacts on soil chemistry and enzyme activities are higher in soils with low-nutrient status	5
Soil properties are affected by vegetation types in a semi-arid mountain landscape	5
Climate change in edaphic systems – Impact of salinity intrusions in terrestrial invertebrates	5
The effects of straw returning and nitrogen fertilizer application on soil labile organic carbon fractions and carbon pool management index in a rice–wheat rotation system	5
Collembola community contains larger species in frequently flooded soil	5
Soil metabolomics reveal complex interactions between Arthrobacter ureafaciens and Trichoderma harzianum when co-inoculated on wheat	5
Bacterial communities in the potato tuberosphere share similarities with bulk soil and rhizosphere communities, yet possess distinct features	5
Greater impacts of phosphorus fertilization on soil phosphatase activity in tropical forests than in non-tropical natural terrestrial ecosystems: A meta-analysis	5
Food choice and pharyngeal pumping activity of bacterial-feeding nematodes are driven by different functional traits	5
Leaf-cutting ant (Atta cephalotes) nests may be hotspots of methane and carbon dioxide emissions in tropical forests	4
Long life at low temperatures – The life-history of Folsomia candida at ecological relevant temperatures	4
Litter inputs drive increases in topsoil organic carbon after scrub encroachment in an alpine grassland	4
Communities of Collembola show functional resilience in a long-term field experiment simulating climate change	4
Weak effect of plant canopy but strong impact of depth on variation of cultivable microfungal communities through soil profiles in semiarid Spain	4
Mycorrhizal ecology would benefit from region-specific hypotheses	4
Effects of defoliation frequencies on above- and belowground biodiversity and ecosystem processes in subtropical grasslands of southern Brazil	4
Responses of oribatid mites to warming in boreal peatlands depend on fen type	4
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Responses of bulk and rhizosphere soil microbiomes to different cover crop inputs and their connection and contribution to soil fertility and plant growth	4
Comparison of isopod assemblages (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) among four different habitats—Evergreen forest, exotic bamboo plantation, grass and urban habitat	4
Rehabilitation promotes rapid recovery of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in iron mining areas	4
Short-term intensive warming shifts predator communities (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) in boreal forest soils	3
Forest type and pH affecting the occurrence and life status of land snails in South American temperate forest	3
Differential responses of soil microorganisms to precipitation changes in austral semiarid grasslands	3
Carbon and nutrient cycling responses to repeated application of biochar and NPK fertilizers depend on microenvironmental differences among hierarchical aggregate fractions	3
Attraction of pitfall trap preservation fluids complicates the estimation of Collembola density	3
Evergreen gymnosperm tree abundance drives ground beetle density and community composition in eastern US temperate forests	3
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High-throughput sequencing and conventional morphotyping show different soil nematode assemblages but similar community responses to altitudinal gradients on Mt. Ibuki, Japan	3
Dynamic response of root-associated fungal community structure to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in a subtropical forest	3
Collembola (Isotomidae) and mowing management practices control distinct aspects of thatch decomposition in a lawn mesocosm experiment	2
Divergent responses between lineages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to soil phosphorus and nitrogen availability	2
“Best food” does not apply to all: Quality of nematode diet for development and fitness of their predator Parasitus sp. (Mesostigmata: Parasitidae)	2
Responses of N2O production and associated functional genes to increasing temperature and moisture in surface and subsurface soils of a temperate forest	2
Microhabitat and seasonal dynamics of soil fauna communities in upper Andean successional forests	2

Soil microbial activity improved while intensifying vegetable production by use of plant-based fertilisers, cover crops and reduced tillage	2
Geochemical characteristics control potential microbial activity in exposed Late Quaternary alluvial deposits	2
Finding the optimal strategy for quantitative sampling of springtails community (Hexapoda: Collembola) in glacial lithosols	2
Shade tree identity rather than diversity influences soil macrofauna in cacao-based agroforestry systems	2
Drainage increases species richness and density of soil macro-invertebrates in the Zoige peatland of eastern Tibetan Plateau	2
A simple dynamic equilibrium model shows that high phosphatase activity in tropical forest soils could be explained by rapid microbial turnover	2
Characterization of the thermal death time landscape for Enchytraeus albidus	2
Metabarcoding of a mock community of soil invertebrates: DNA extraction, false positives, and data filtration	2
Bioturbation by dung beetles and termites. Do they similarly impact soil and hydraulic properties?	2
Investigating the response of soil nitrogen cycling to grass invasion	2
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Dark septate endophytes enhance the drought tolerance of Haloxylon ammodendron in sterilized and nonsterilized soil	1
Changes in urban soil yeast communities after a reduction in household waste during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Short-term effects of microplastics and earthworms on greenhouse gases emissions from a sandy-loam soil	1
Forest types matter for the community and co-occurrence network patterns of soil bacteria, fungi, and nematodes	1
Exploring the influence of ground-dwelling ant bioturbation activity on physico-chemical, biological properties and heavy metal pollution in coal mine spoil	1
Slow recovery of soil methane oxidation potential after cessation of N addition in a typical steppe	1
Temporal monitoring of free-living nematode communities for evaluation of soil health in an arable crop rotation	1
Biological control of damping-off by Fusarium oxysporum and F. verticillioides on pine and oak seedlings using edible ectomycorrhizal fungi	1
Modelling litter decomposition rates along a geographic, climatic, and land-use gradient in Southern Amazonia and Pará	1
Mapping the effects of Melinis minutiflora invasion on soil nitrogen dynamics in the Brazilian savanna: A dual-isotope approach	1
Increases in substrate availability and decreases in soil pH drive the positive effects of nitrogen addition on soil net nitrogen mineralization in a temperate meadow steppe	1
Conventional agricultural management negatively affects soil fauna abundance, soil physicochemical quality and multifunctionality	1
Effects of diversionary feeding on abundance of microbes involved in soil nitrogen cycling on a Mediterranean mountain	1
Forest plantations reduce soil functioning in terrestrial ecosystems from South Africa	1
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Bacterial assemblies in acidic dryland vs. paddy soils across depth profiles in southern China's red soil region	1
Minimizing salinity-induced Pb toxicity to microbial N cycling processes in saline Pb-polluted soils amended with biochar	1
Response of soil biodiversity to global change	1
Fire effects on biochemical properties of a semiarid pine forest topsoil at cm-scale	1
Unveiling the hidden world beneath: A showcase of soil microorganisms at MikroMondo	1
The magnitude and direction of priming were driven by soil moisture and temperature in a temperate forest soil of China	1
Mineral fertilization impacts microbial activity and endophytic fungi but not microbial biomass in semiarid grasslands	1
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Precise method to measure fungal and bacterial necromass using high pressure liquid chromatography with fluorescence detector adjusted to inorganic, organic and peat soils	1
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Mesofauna community influences litter chemical trajectories during early-stage litter decay	1
Impacts of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata, Brassicaceae) invasion on oribatid mites in urban forest soils vary with the size of the invaded patch	1