Soil Biology & Biochemistry

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Revisiting process-based simulations of soil nitrite dynamics: Tighter cycling between nitrite and nitrate than considered previously	628
Biogeography of soil protistan consumer and parasite is contrasting and linked to microbial nutrient mineralization in forest soils at a wide-scale	463
Altered rainfall greatly affects enzyme activity but has limited effect on microbial biomass in Australian dryland soils	431
The soil microbial community and plant biomass differentially contribute to the retention and recycling of urinary-N in grasslands	219
A microbial-explicit model with comprehensive nitrogen processes to quantify gaseous nitrogen production from agricultural soils	181
Legacy effects of rhizodeposits on soil microbiomes: A perspective	179
Drying-rewetting of permanent pasture and agricultural soils induces a shift towards microbial use of more C-rich organic matter	167
Wildland fire ash enhances short-term CO2 flux from soil in a Southern African savannah	163
Microbial “hotspots” of organic matter decomposition in temperate peatlands are driven by local spatial heterogeneity in abiotic conditions and not by vegetation structure	156
Abundant and rare fungal taxa exhibit different patterns of phylogenetic niche conservatism and community assembly across a geographical and environmental gradient	146
Limited effects of century-old biochar on taxonomic and functional diversities of collembolan communities across land-uses	143
Protists modulate fungal community assembly in paddy soils across climatic zones at the continental scale	137
Responses of root architecture and the rhizosphere microbiome assembly of maize (Zea mays L.) to a soil texture gradient	135
The influence of soil development on the depth distribution and structure of soil microbial communities	131
Scaling up taxon-specific microbial traits to predict community-level microbial activity in agricultural systems	129
Trophic interrelationships drive the biogeography of protistan community in agricultural ecosystems	126
Nitrate-induced hydroxyl radical releases deep soil organic carbon by opening the ‘enzyme latch’ under micro-aerobic conditions	123
Strong rhizosphere priming effects on N dynamics in soils with higher soil N supply capacity: The ‘Matthew effect’ in plant-soil systems	120
Spatially-distributed microbial enzyme activities at intact, coated macropore surfaces in Luvisol Bt-horizons	119
Impact of common sample pre-treatments on key soil microbial properties	118
Microbial transformation mechanisms of particulate organic carbon to mineral-associated organic carbon at the chemical molecular level: Highlighting the effects of ambient temperature and soil moistur	117
Carbon acquisition ecological strategies to connect soil microbial biodiversity and carbon cycling	115
Stability of iron-carbon complexes determines carbon sequestration efficiency in iron-rich soils	114
Phosphorus addition ameliorates soil micro-food web simplification due to nitrogen enrichment but does not restore nematode community composition	111
Earthworms in an enhanced weathering mesocosm experiment: Effects on soil carbon sequestration, base cation exchange and soil CO2 efflux	111

Crop productivity, resource allocation and nitrogen concentration as affected by soil decomposers, mixed cropping and crop genotype	111
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Earthworm ecotype diversity mitigates resource limitations of microbial community in arable soils	110
Root exudation processes induce the utilization of microbial-derived components by rhizoplane microbiota under conservation agriculture	109
Tackling global biogeography and drivers of soil microbial dehalogenation traits and taxa: Insights from metagenomic profiling based on a curated dehalogenase database	108
Distinct mechanisms drive plant-nitrifier interactions in topsoil and subsoil	103
Shrub effects on the decomposition microenvironment and changes in litter quality have opposing effects on litter decomposition	100
Nitrogen induced soil carbon gains are resistant to loss after the cessation of excess nitrogen inputs	99
Multi-amplicon nitrogen cycling gene standard: An innovative approach for quantifying N-transforming soil microbes in terrestrial ecosystems	96
Response of soil microbial diversity and functionality to snow removal in a cool-temperate forest	95
Fungal decomposition and transformation of molecular and colloidal fractions of dissolved organic matter extracted from boreal forest soil	95
Conversion of SIC to SOC enhances soil carbon sequestration and soil structural stability in alpine ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	93
Biochar addition regulates soil and earthworm gut microbiome and multifunctionality	93
Soil oxidoreductase zymography: Visualizing spatial distributions of peroxidase and phenol oxidase activities at the root-soil interface	92
Arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation and plant response strongly shape bacterial and eukaryotic soil community trajectories	88
Soil macrofauna: Study problems and perspectives	88
Metabolic pathways of CO2 fixing microorganisms determined C-fixation rates in grassland soils along the precipitation gradient	87
VNIR and MIR spectroscopy of PLFA-derived soil microbial properties and associated soil physicochemical characteristics in an experimental plant diversity gradient	87
Long-term warming-induced trophic downgrading in the soil microbial food web	85
Nitrogen addition altered the plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi network through reducing redundant interactions in an alpine meadow	83
Straw return and low N addition modify the partitioning of dissimilatory nitrate reduction by increasing conversion to ammonium in paddy fields	82
Different responses of nitrous oxide emissions to liming and manure amendment of an acidic ultisol are controlled by autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification	82
Tree decline and mortality following pathogen invasion alters the diversity, composition and network structure of the soil microbiome	81
Drought-induced changes in rare microbial community promoted contribution of microbial necromass C to SOC in a subtropical forest	81
Comparative analysis of diversity and environmental niches of soil bacterial, archaeal, fungal and protist communities reveal niche divergences along environmental gradients in the Alps	81
Soil metabolomics - current challenges and future perspectives	79
Dual role of silt and clay in the formation and accrual of stabilized soil organic carbon	79
Time-dependent regulation of soil aggregates on fertilizer N retention and the influence of straw mulching	78
Aggregate fractions shaped molecular composition change of soil organic matter in a rice paddy under elevated CO2 and air warming	78
Contrasting effects of biological soil crusts on soil respiration in a typical steppe	78
Tidal rewetting in salt marshes triggers pulses of nitrous oxide emissions but slows carbon dioxide emission	77
Expedited loss of soil biodiversity in blue carbon ecosystems caused by rising sea levels	76
From rhizosphere to detritusphere – Soil structure formation driven by plant roots and the interactions with soil biota	75
Corrigendum to “Spatial and temporal detection of root exudates with a paper-based microfluidic device” [Soil Biol. Biochem. 195 (2024), 109456]	75
Resolving dynamic mineral-organic interactions in the rhizosphere by combining in-situ microsensors with plant-soil reactive transport modeling	74
Testing the environmental controls of microbial nitrogen-mining induced by semi-continuous labile carbon additions in the subarctic	74
Enhanced mite grazing leads to pattern shifts in soil N2O emissions after organic fertilizer application	74
Long-term N-addition alters the community structure of functionally important N-cycling soil microorganisms across global grasslands	74
Rapid transfer of C and N excreted by decomposer soil animals to plants and above-ground herbivores	73
Selective utilization of organic carbon molecules promotes arsenic methylation by increasing methyltransferase activity in arsM-harboring microbes of paddy soils	72
Sporadic P limitation constrains microbial growth and facilitates SOM accumulation in the stoichiometrically coupled, acclimating microbe–plant–soil model	72
Plant-microbe interactions in response to grassland herbivory and nitrogen eutrophication	72
Root-o-Mat: A novel tool for 2D image processing of root-soil interactions and its application in soil zymography	71
Climate change drivers alter root controls over litter decomposition in a semi-arid grassland	71
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have a greater role than root hairs of maize for priming the rhizosphere microbial community and enhancing rhizosphere organic P mineralization	69
Rice root Fe plaque increases paddy soil CH4 emissions via the promotion of electron transfer for syntrophic methanogenesis	67
Manure application effects on subsoils: Abundant taxa initiate the diversity reduction of rare bacteria and community functional alterations	67
Use and abuse of potential rates in soil microbiology	67
Depth effects on bacterial community assembly processes in paddy soils	67
Continuous application of conservation tillage affects in situ N2O emissions and nitrogen cycling gene abundances following nitrogen fertilization	66

Contrasting responses of microbial diversity and community structure in decaying root bark and xylem to N addition in an alpine shrubland	66
No thermal adaptation in soil extracellular enzymes across a temperate grassland region	66
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Thermodynamic control on the decomposition of organic matter across different electron acceptors	66
Addition of base cations increases microbial carbon use efficiency and biomass in acidic soils	65
Mineral type and land-use intensity control composition and functions of microorganisms colonizing pristine minerals in grassland soils	65
The effects of climate warming and exogenous nitrogen input on soil N2O emissions from mangroves	64
Spatial and temporal detection of root exudates with a paper-based microfluidic device	64
Historical forest disturbance reduces soil microbial efficiency across multiple carbon sources	64
Soil textural control on moisture distribution at the microscale and its effect on added particulate organic matter mineralization	64
Bacteria responsible for nitrate-dependent antimonite oxidation in antimony-contaminated paddy soil revealed by the combination of DNA-SIP and metagenomics	63
Root-induced fungal growth triggers macroaggregation in forest subsoils	62
Microbial resistance in rhizosphere hotspots under biodegradable and conventional microplastic amendment: Community and functional sensitivity	62
Microbial necromass as the source of soil organic carbon in global ecosystems	62
Shedding light on the functional role of the Ignavibacteria in Italian rice field soil: A meta-genomic/transcriptomic analysis	62
Impact of graphite nano amendments on soil enzyme activities, functional genes and microbiome composition in a soil-plant system	62
Pathways of biogenically excreted organic matter into soil aggregates	62
Nitrogen availability and mineral particles contributed fungal necromass to the newly formed stable carbon pool in the alpine areas of Southwest China	62
Energy and matter dynamics in an estuarine soil are more sensitive to warming than salinization	61
Plant residue chemical quality modulates the soil microbial response related to decomposition and soil organic carbon and nitrogen stabilization in a rainfed Mediterranean agroecosystem	61
Disentangling carbon stabilization in a Calcisol subsoil amended with iron oxyhydroxides: A dual-13C isotope approach	61
The interplay between Azospirillum brasilense and the native bacterial communities in the soil and rhizosphere of maize (Zea mays L.)	61
Reductive dissolution of iron phosphate modifies rice root morphology in phosphorus-deficient paddy soils	59
Organic cropping systems alter metabolic potential and carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling capacity of soil microbial communities	59
Kinetics of arsenic and antimony reduction and oxidation in peatlands treating mining-affected waters: Effects of microbes, temperature, and carbon substrate	59
Alternate wetting-drying had no preferences for rice P uptake but increased microbial P allocation to phospholipids: Evidence from dual 32P and 33P labeling	59
Role of different size classes of organisms in cropped soils: What do litterbag experiments tell us? A meta-analysis	58
Spatial access and resource limitations control carbon mineralization in soils	57
Eukaryotes in soil aggregates across conservation managements: Major roles of protists, fungi and taxa linkages in soil structuring and C stock	57
Effects of warming on bacterial growth rates in a peat soil under ambient and elevated CO2	57
Drought shifts soil nematodes to smaller size across biological scales	56
Soil carbon dynamics during drying vs. rewetting: Importance of antecedent moisture conditions	55
Soil carbon mineralization and microbial community dynamics in response to pyrogenic organic matter addition	55
Soil clay minerals: An overlooked mediator of gross N transformations in Regosolic soils of subtropical montane landscapes	55
Identification of the rhizosphere microbes that actively consume plant-derived carbon	55
Carbon flow from roots to rhizobacterial networks: Grafting effects	54
Plant root exudates and rhizosphere bacterial communities shift with neighbor context	54
Coupling energy balance and carbon flux during cellulose degradation in arable soils	54
Altered microbial CAZyme families indicated dead biomass decomposition following afforestation	53
Abundant and rare bacteria possess different diversity and function in crop monoculture and rotation systems across regional farmland	53
A global meta-analysis on freeze-thaw effects on soil carbon and phosphorus cycling	53
Mixing with coniferous tree species alleviates rhizosphere soil phosphorus limitation of broad-leaved trees in subtropical plantations	53
Tillage and pesticide seed treatments have distinct effects on soil microbial diversity and function	52
A global meta-analysis reveals the positive effect of invasive alien plants on soil heterotrophic respiration	52
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Primary carbon sources and self-induced metabolic landscapes shape community structure in soil bacterial hotspots	51
Root exudation and rhizosphere microbial assembly are influenced by novel plant trait diversity in carrot genotypes	51
Field application of pure polyethylene microplastic has no significant short-term effect on soil biological quality and function	51
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Soil nematode community profiling using reference-free mito-metagenomics	51
Forest restoration increases energy flow through the fungal channel and decreases energy flow through the herbivorous channel in soil micro-food webs	50
Nitrifier controls on soil NO and N2O emissions in three chaparral ecosystems under contrasting atmospheric N inputs	50
Corrigendum to “Plant phenology modulates and undersown cover crops mitigate N2O emissions” [Soil Biol. Biochem. 198 (2024) 109548]	50
Transferring concepts from plant to microbial ecology: A framework proposal to identify relevant bacterial functional traits	49
Do chromogenic assays of soil enzyme activities need buffers? More disadvantages than advantages of modified universal buffer in the para-nitrophenyl-based assay of phosphomonoesterase and β-glucosida	49
Modeling ecosystem-scale carbon dynamics in soil: The microbial dimension	49
Dynamic stability of mineral-associated organic matter: enhanced stability and turnover through organic fertilization in a temperate agricultural topsoil	48
Simplified estimates of soil nematode body mass using maximum diameter: Insights from large-scale grasslands across China	48
Disproportional oxidation rates of ammonia and nitrite deciphers the heterogeneity of fertilizer-induced N2O emissions in agricultural soils	48
Spatiotemporal variation in soil methane uptake in a cool-temperate immature deciduous forest	48
Soil P availability and mycorrhizal type determine root exudation in sub-tropical forests	48
Tillage homogenizes soil bacterial communities in microaggregate fractions by facilitating dispersal	48
Priming effect varies with root order: A case of Cunninghamia lanceolata	48
How does organic amendment affect soil microbial nitrate immobilization rate?	48
Molecular weight of dissolved organic matter determines its interactions with microbes and its assembly processes in soils	48
Soil microbial response to silicate fertilization reduces bioavailable arsenic in contaminated paddies	47
Regulation of soil nitrogen cycling by shrubs in grasslands	47
Factors predictive of the biogeographic distribution of comammox Nitrospira in terrestrial ecosystems	47
Alterations in substrate stoichiometry control the responses of soil diazotrophs to nutrient enrichment	46
Evaluation of the relation between soil biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and glomalin-related soil protein in conservation agriculture	46
Dominant plants affect litter decomposition mainly through modifications of the soil microbial community	46
Phosphorus limitation regulates the responses of microbial carbon metabolism to long-term combined additions of nitrogen and phosphorus in a cropland	45
Divergent responses of soil glomalin and microbial necromass to precipitation reduction: New perspectives from soil aggregates and multi-trophic networks	45
Litter diversity accelerates labile carbon but slows recalcitrant carbon decomposition	45
Dynamic changes in bacterial community structure are associated with distinct priming effect patterns	45
Rice rhizodeposition promotes the build-up of organic carbon in soil via fungal necromass	45
Priming effect on soil carbon decomposition by root exudate surrogates: A meta-analysis	45
Priming mechanisms providing plants and microbes access to mineral-associated organic matter	44
Negative effects of multiple global change factors on soil microbial diversity	44
Fiddler crab bioturbation stimulates methane emissions in mangroves: Insights into microbial mechanisms	44

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Microbial community assembly and its influencing factors of secondary forests in Qinling Mountains	43
High stochasticity in rare bacterial community assembly in rice-wheat rotation soils at a regional scale	43
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Earthworm influence on soil aggregate distribution and protected carbon at managed forest sites in Vermont, USA	42
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Linking Rock-Eval parameters to soil heterotrophic respiration and microbial residues in a black soil	42
Corrigendum to “A meta-analysis of global cropland soil carbon change from cover cropping” [Soil Biol. Biochem. 143 (2020) 107735]	42
Corrigendum to “Biological nitrogen fixation in peatlands: Comparison between acetylene reduction assay and 15N2 assimilation methods” [Soil Biology and Biochemistry 131 (2019) 157–165]	42
The soil microbial methylome: A tool to explore the role of epigenetic memory in driving soil abiotic legacy effects	42
Aeolian dust deposition as a driver of cyanobacterial community structure in biological soil crusts	41
Structure and function of bacterial metaproteomes across biomes	41
Distinct seasonal and annual variability of prokaryotes, fungi and protists in cropland soil under different tillage systems and soil texture	40
Elevated CO2 and nitrogen interactively affect the rhizosphere priming effect of Cunninghamia lanceolata	40
Deciphering factors controlling decay and nitrogen accumulation in coarse wood debris of five tree species using 15N labeled wood disks	40
Microplastics exert minor influence on bacterial community succession during the aging of earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) casts	40
Degradation dynamics and microbial processes in yak dung on the Tibetan Plateau	40
Restructuring of soil food webs reduces carbon storage potential in boreal peatlands	40
Topographic differences in nitrogen cycling mediate nitrogen retention in a subtropical, N-saturated forest catchment	40
N-induced soil acidification triggers metal stimulation of soil methane oxidation in a temperate steppe ecosystem	40
Plant mixture effects on carbon-degrading enzymes promote soil organic carbon accumulation	39
Acidic amelioration of soil amendments improves soil health by impacting rhizosphere microbial assemblies	39
Nematode community diversity and function across an alpine landscape undergoing plant colonization of previously unvegetated soils	39
Preceding crop legacy modulates the early growth of winter wheat by influencing root growth dynamics, rhizosphere processes, and microbial interactions	39
The only constant is change: Endogenous circadian rhythms of soil microbial activities	38
Precipitation balances deterministic and stochastic processes of bacterial community assembly in grassland soils	38
Nitrogen addition increases the glucose-induced priming effect of the particulate but not the mineral-associated organic carbon fraction	38
Time-lapse approach to correct deficiencies of 2D soil zymography	38
When microclimates meet soil microbes: Temperature controls soil microbial diversity along an elevational gradient in subtropical forests	38
Visualizing the transfer of organic matter from decaying plant residues to soil mineral surfaces controlled by microorganisms	38
Carbon and nitrogen transfer from litter to soil is higher in slow than rapid decomposing plant litter: A synthesis of stable isotope studies	37
Co-localised phosphorus mobilization processes in the rhizosphere of field-grown maize jointly contribute to plant nutrition	37
Interplanting leguminous shrubs boosts the trophic interactions of soil micro-food web in a karst grassland	37
Plant organ rather than cover crop species determines residue incorporation into SOC pools	37
Carbon cycle in the microbial ecosystems of biological soil crusts	36
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Differential accumulation patterns of microbial necromass induced by maize root vs. shoot residue addition in agricultural Alfisols	36
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Contributions of microbial necromass and plant lignin to soil organic carbon stock in a paddy field under simulated conditions of long-term elevated CO2 and warming	35
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Wood decomposition in poorly-drained forested wetland soils: How important are termites?	35
The role of the soil microbiome in the colonisation of glacier forefields by Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) under current and future climate change scenarios	35
Obituary : Clive Arthur Tudor Edwards - 16 June 1925–20 July 2021	35
Aridity thresholds of microbiome-soil function relationship along a climatic aridity gradient in alpine ecosystem	35
Tracing sources and turnover of soil organic matter in a long-term irrigated dry forest using a novel hydrogen isotope approach	35
Seed treatment with plant-defense elicitors decreases the abundance of ammonia oxidizers associated with winter wheat roots	34
Specific utilization of biopolymers of plant and fungal origin reveals the existence of substrate-specific guilds for bacteria in temperate forest soils	34
Adult body mass influences multi-element stoichiometry in ground beetles	34
No effect of long-term soil warming on diffusive soil inorganic and organic nitrogen fluxes in a temperate forest soil	34
Nitrogen-15 natural abundance is robust to quantify nitrogen transfer from clover to grass in temporary grassland	34
Decoupled responses of leaf and root decomposition to nutrient deposition in a subtropical plantation	34
Disentangling the abiotic and biotic components of AMF suppressive soils	34
D genome acquisition and breeding have had a significant impact on interaction of wheat with ACC deaminase producers in soil or ACC deaminase potential activity in the rhizosphere	34
Land use intensification homogenizes soil protist communities and alters their diversity across Europe	34
Polar soils exhibit distinct patterns in microbial diversity and dominant phylotypes	33
Nitrogen deposition stimulates decomposition via changes in the structure and function of litter food webs	33
Iron oxidation coupled with nitrate reduction affects the acetate-assimilating microbial community structure elucidated by stable isotope probing in flooded paddy soil	33
Biocrusts drive soil respiration across seasons and depths in a cold-winter desert	33
Aligning theoretical and empirical representations of soil carbon-to-nitrogen stoichiometry with process-based terrestrial biogeochemistry models	33
The influence of forest-to-cropland conversion on temperature sensitivity of soil microbial respiration across tropical to temperate zones	33
The effects of tree-mycorrhizal type on soil organic matter properties from neighborhood to watershed scales	33
Can moisture affect temperature dependences of microbial growth and respiration?	33
Distinct N-cycling microbial communities contribute to microtopographic variation in soil N2O emissions from denitrification	33
Long-term N inputs shape microbial communities more strongly than current-year inputs in soils under 10-year continuous corn cropping	33
Phosphorus fertiliser source determines the allocation of root-derived organic carbon to soil organic matter fractions	33
Bacterial community response to environmental change varies with depth in the surface soil	33
Linkages between the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration and microbial life strategy are dependent on sampling season	32
Physical characterisation of chia mucilage polymeric gel and its implications on rhizosphere science - Integrating imaging, MRI, and modelling to gain insights into plant and microbial amended soils	32
Obituary: Philip Charles Brookes: 26th March 1951–28th September 2023	32
Seasonal changes in soil biofilm microbial communities	32
Lithologic control of microbial-derived carbon in forest soils	32
Increase in iron-bound organic carbon content under simulated sea-level rise: A “marsh organ” field experiment	32
Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees cause a higher carbon to nitrogen ratio of soil organic matter decomposition via rhizosphere priming than ectomycorrhizal trees	32
Deepened snow in combination with summer warming increases growing season nitrous oxide emissions in dry tundra, but not in wet tundra	32
Shifts in C-degradation genes and microbial metabolic activity with vegetation types affected the surface soil organic carbon pool	32
Time-varying associations between absorptive fine roots and leaf litter decomposition across 23 plant species	32
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities of pristine rainforests and adjacent sugarcane fields recruit from different species pools	32
Strong conditionality in plant-fungal community assembly after soil inoculation in post-agricultural grasslands	31
Opposite priming responses to labile carbon versus oxygen pulses in anoxic peat	31
Soil aggregate isolation method affects interpretation of protistan community	31
Responses of soil rare and abundant microorganisms to recurring biotic disturbances	31
Respiration and carbon use efficiency characteristics of soluble protein-derived carbon by soil microorganisms: A case study at afforested sites	31
Insight into the role of competition in niche differentiation between ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in ammonium-rich alkaline soil: A network-based study	31
Year-round activity of microbial communities in cold-climate peatlands treating mining-affected waters	31
Predicting the influence of fertilization regimes on potential N fixation through their effect on free-living diazotrophic community structure in double rice cropping systems	31
Revising the dynamic energy budget theory with a new reserve mobilization rule and three example applications to bacterial growth	31
Plant community composition and traits modulate the impacts of drought intensity on soil microbial community composition and function	31
Influences of arsenate and/or phosphate adsorption to ferrihydrite on iron-reducing and arsenic-reducing microbial communities in paddy soil revealed by rRNA-13C-acetate probing	31
Are enzymes transported in soils by water fluxes?	31
Plants with nitrate preference can regulate nitrification to meet their nitrate demand	31
Recording earthworm diversity on the tropical island of Martinique using DNA barcoding unveiled endemic species in bromeliad plants	30
A rapid and sensitive assay to quantify amino sugars, neutral sugars and uronic acid necromass biomarkers using pre-column derivatization, ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography and high-resolut	30
Use of metabolomics to quantify changes in soil microbial function in response to fertiliser nitrogen supply and extreme drought	30