European Journal of Soil Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of European Journal of Soil Biology is 2. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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Earthworms in past and present agricultural landscapes of Hebridean Scotland49
Contrasting effects of long term phosphorus fertilization on glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP)41
The expansion of evergreen and deciduous shrubs changed the chemical characteristics and biological community of alpine meadows soil39
Effects of rumen microorganisms on straw returning to soil at different depths39
Responses of soil hexapod communities to warming are mediated by microbial carbon and nitrogen in a subarctic grassland36
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Abundant rather than rare fungi perform a vital role in maintaining the growth of continuous cropped cut chrysanthemum32
Effects of precipitation changes on soil heterotrophic respiration and microbial activities in a switchgrass mesocosm experiment32
Stable nitrogen-cycling capacity in relation to fertilization and intercropping in a sub-boreal grassland29
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Occurrence of added nitrogen interaction affected by nitrogen stabilizer and glucose additions in an Alfisol28
Effects of disturbances by plateau pikas on soil microbial communities in an alpine ecosystem of the southeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China28
The use of olive mill pomace compost increases the population of certain ground/soil organisms in olive groves27
A meta-analysis to compare the sensitivities of earthworms and enchytraeids to different stressors27
Responses of soil microbial biomass C:N:P stoichiometry to increased precipitation and nitrogen deposition in temperate shrublands26
Differentiation within the Drawida ghilarovi complex (Moniligastridae: Annelida) revealed by multigene transcriptomic dataset analysis26
Plant diversity enhanced nematode-based soil quality indices and changed soil nematode community structure in intensively-managed agricultural grasslands21
Microbial synthesis of arylsulfatase depends on the soluble and adsorbed sulfate concentration in soils21
Effects of tree diversity on soil microbial community in a subtropical forest in Southwest China18
Altitudinal variation in soil nematode communities in an alpine mountain region of the eastern Tibetan plateau17
Effects of salinity on microbial utilization of straw carbon and microbial residues retention in newly reclaimed coastal soil16
Microbial pathways account for the pH effect on soil N2O production15
Fate of low molecular weight organics in paddy vs. upland soil: A microbial biomarker approach15
Soil extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reveals the increased P limitation of microbial metabolism after the mixed cultivation of Korean pine and Manchurian walnut in Northeast China15
Warming reduces soil CO2 emissions but enhances soil N2O emissions: A long-term soil transplantation experiment14
Soil microbial biomass and community structure in response to agricultural use of deserts across northern China13
Synergistic application of biochar with organic fertilizer positively impacts the soil micro-food web in sandy loam soils12
Long-term nitrogen-addition-induced shifts in the ectomycorrhizal fungal community are associated with changes in fine root traits and soil properties in a mixed Pinus koraiensis forest12
Nutrient cycling and microbial responses to termite and earthworm activity in soils amended with woody residues in the Sudano-Sahel12
Gut content metabarcoding and citizen science reveal the earthworm prey of the exotic terrestrial flatworm, Obama nungara11
soilfoodwebs: An R package for analyzing and simulating nutrient fluxes through food webs11
Communities of nematodes, bacteria and fungi differ among soils of different wild cabbage populations10
Two distinct ecological behaviours within anecic earthworm species in temperate climates10
Responses of nitrification and denitrification in the rhizosphere of mudflat paddy to rice genotype and nitrogen fertilization10
Effects of N-enriched biochar on ecosystem greenhouse gas emissions, rice yield, and bacterial community diversity in subtropical rice paddy soils10
Soil acidification and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal abundance dominate the contrasting responses of soil N2O emissions to NH4+ and NO3− enrichment in a subtropical plantation10
Understanding the diversification and functional radiation of Aporrectodea (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) through molecular phylogenetics of its endemic species10
Glomalin related protein and C16:1ω5 PLFA associated with AM fungi as potential signatures for assessing the soil C sequestration under contrasting soil management practices9
Potential effect of nitrate applied during flood period on N2O emissions during subsequent drainage in a paddy soil9
Metal-driven bacterial community variation in urban and suburban park soils of Shanghai, China9
Impact of N-fertilization and peanut shell biochar on soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities in a Typic Haplustoll under different management practices9
Nutrient supply enhances positive priming of soil organic C under straw amendment and accelerates the incorporation of straw-derived C into organic C pool in paddy soils9
Dead bamboo culms promote litter mass, carbon and nitrogen loss, but do not modulate the effect of soil fauna on litter decomposition8
Asymmetric environmental selection on intraspecific body size in Collembola communities along an elevational gradient in northern Japan8
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Dominance of archaeal ammonia-oxidizers in soil nitrification across different soil types and fertilities in North China plain8
Tree species replacement from birch to spruce affects eukaryome in boreal forest soil8
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Terpenes and fungal biomass in the nest mounds of Formica aquilonia wood ants8
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Responses of crop yields, soil enzymatic activities, and microbial communities to different long-term organic materials applied with chemical fertilizer in purple soil8
Accumulation of microbial necromass carbon and its contribution to soil organic carbon in artificial grasslands of various vegetation types7
Composite organic amendment boosts soil remediation and Cd detoxification to rape under different nitrogen level7
A practical approach to constructing a knowledge graph for soil ecological research7
Plantation conversion of Eucalyptus promotes soil microbial necromass C accumulation7
Earthworm burrow number and vertical distribution are affected by the crop sequence of a grass-clover rotation system7
Differential responses of soil arthropods to the application of biogas slurry and biochar in a coastal poplar plantation7
Homogeneous earthworm communities in Southern Ontario7
Soil moisture drives the response of soil microbial nutrient limitation to N and P additions in an Inner Mongolian meadow steppe7
Differences in succession of bacterial communities during co-cultivation of corn straw with different soils7
Arginine and methionine increase the enzymatic activity of microbes involved in N and P cycles in arid soil from the Chihuahuan desert7
Earthworms impact the availability of Si to plants in northern Vietnamese paddy fields7
Soil biota community structure and litter traits of grape vine plantation and natural ecosystem from Southern Brazil7
Effect of land use and seasonality on nematode faunal structure and ecosystem functions in the Caatinga dry forest7
How applied reclamation treatments and vegetation type affect on soil fauna in a novel ecosystem developed on a spoil heap of carboniferous rocks7
Long-term impacts of organic and conventional farming on the soil microbiome in boreal arable soil7
Assessing the efficacy of antibiotic treatment to produce earthworms with a suppressed microbiome6
Root trenching and stable isotope analysis uncover trophic links of euedaphic collembola species to mycorrhizal mycelium in pine forests6
Two aspects of earthworm bioturbation: Crop residue burial by foraging and surface casting in no-till management6
Tracking earthworm fluxes at the interface between tree rows and crop habitats in a Mediterranean alley cropping field6
Introduction of earthworms into constructed soils has long-lasting effects on primary production6
Key drivers of soil arthropod community shift across a subalpine forest series vary greatly with litter and topsoil layers6
Aggregate-related changes in living microbial biomass and microbial necromass associated with different fertilization patterns of greenhouse vegetable soils6
Earthworms shape prokaryotic communities and affect extracellular enzyme activities in agricultural soil6
Earthworm Watch: Insights into urban earthworm communities in the UK using citizen science6
Variations of activity and community structure of nitrite-driven anaerobic methanotrophs in soils between native and invasive species in China's coastal wetlands6
Abundant denitrifying taxa rather than rare taxa responded more sensitively to temperature change in acidic paddy soils6
Long-term organic fertilizer and biofertilizer application strengthens the associations between soil quality index, network complexity, and walnut yield6
Soil pH controls the structure and diversity of bacterial communities along elevational gradients on Huangshan, China6
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Effects of single plant functional type loss on microbial community composition and litter decomposition in an alpine timberline ecotone6
Food web structure and energy flux dynamics, but not taxonomic richness, influence microbial ecosystem functions in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland6
Impacts of soil engineering processes and anthropogenic barriers on earthworm communities in urban areas5
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Environmental distances are more important than geographic distances for predicting earthworm gut bacterial community composition5
NemaRec: A deep learning-based web application for nematode image identification and ecological indices calculation5
Differences in the short-term responses of soil nitrogen and microbial dynamics to soil moisture variation in two adjacent dryland forests5
Effects of the tropical endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on the horizontal dispersal of soil nematodes5
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Organic residue valorization for Ethiopian agriculture through vermicomposting with native (Eudrilus eugeniae) and exotic (Eisenia fetida and Eisenia andrei) earthworms5
Effect of long-term nutrient management practices on soil health and paddy yield of rice-rice-fallow cropping system in tropic humid climate5
Differentiated impacts of the feeding-habits of three ant species on carbon mineralization in tropical forest soils5
The combined effects of faba bean and endogeic earthworms on soil microbial activity in intercrops5
Interactive effects of citric acid and mineral fertilization on soil microbial carbon use efficiency in the rhizosphere of two coniferous species5
Biocontrol agent amendments shape the soybean rhizosphere in a cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) conducive soil over a two-year field trial4
Effects of N addition and clipping on above and belowground plant biomass, soil microbial community structure, and function in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau4
Isotopic evidence for the effects of earthworm and straw amendment on root carbon uptake of upland rice and maize4
Biochar can reduce N2O production potential from rhizosphere of fertilized agricultural soils by suppressing bacterial denitrification4
Carbon and nitrogen fractions are more important than bacterial composition for carbon and nitrogen mineralization considering parent material and fertilization4
Unraveling the interaction effects of soil temperature and moisture on soil nematode community: A laboratory study4
Biodiversity in mosaic communities: Soil microbial diversity associates with plant functional groups relating to soil available phosphorus in Tibetan alpine meadow4
Spatial and temporal variations of the community structure and abundance of Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens-like archaea in paddy soils4
Effect of alfalfa-grass mixed culture and inoculation with Azotobacter and Rhizobium on soil biological properties and nutrient transformation activities4
Coupling amendment of microbial and compound fertilizers increases fungal necromass carbon and soil organic carbon by regulating microbial activity in flue-cured tobacco-planted field4
Regional-scale biogeographical patterns of soil extracellular enzyme activities across eight Chinese fir plantation locations4
Aboveground antagonists mitigate belowground plant–antagonist interactions but not affect plant–mutualist interactions4
Variability of earthworm's functional traits in eastern Amazon is more species-dependent than environment-dependent3
Seasonal responses of soil microbial biomass C and enzymatic activity comparing no-tillage and integrated crop-livestock systems3
Soil enzyme activity and stoichiometry indicates that litter quality regulates soil microbial nutrient demand in a Tibetan alpine meadow3
Environmental drivers of earthworm communities along an elevational gradient in the French Alps3
Rhizosphere microbial community changes due to weed-weed competition3
The combined role of plant cover and fire occurrence on soil properties reveals response to wildfire in the Mediterranean basin3
Long-term mineral fertilizer substitution by organic fertilizer and the effect on the abundance and community structure of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in paddy soil of south China3
Changes in peatland soil fauna biomass alter food web structure and function under warming and hydrological changes3
Non-target effects of pesticide and microbial seed treatments in maize and barley on the resident soil microbiota under conservation agriculture3
Fire alters soil bacterial and fungal communities and intensifies seasonal variation in subtropical forest ecosystem3
Molecular data confirms the existence of distinct lineages within Lumbricus friendi (Cognetti 1904) and related “friends”3
Varying microbial utilization of straw-derived carbon with different long-term fertilization regimes explored by DNA stable-isotope probing3
Deciphering environmental factors driving soil microbial elevational distribution in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau3
Dynamics of nitrogen mineralization and nitrogen cycling functional genes in response to soil pore size distribution3
Continuous measurement of red wood ant (Formica rufa) outdoor behaviour using passive acoustic monitoring3
Warming affects soil metabolome: The case study of Icelandic grasslands3
Corrigendum to “Molecular data confirms the existence of distinct lineages within Lumbricus friendi (Cognetti 1904) and related “friends” [Eur. J. Soil Biol. 108 (2022) 103382]3
The combined nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application reduced soil multifunctionality in Qinghai-Tibet plateau grasslands, China3
Varying interactive effects of climate, soil properties, and gross nitrogen dynamics on biomass production between the topsoil and the subsoil in natural grassland ecosystems3
Soil organic C and total N as well as microbial biomass C and N affect aggregate stability in a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations3
Two decades of monitoring earthworms in translocated grasslands at Manchester Airport3
Drainage class and soil phosphorus availability shape microbial communities in Irish grasslands2
Microbiological indicators of soil quality predicted via proximal and remote sensing2
Roles of plants in controlling the response of soil bacterial community to climate warming on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau2
Spatial heterogeneity of soil quality within a Mediterranean alley cropping agroforestry system: Comparison with a monocropping system2
Soil microbial community structure is unaltered by grazing intensity and plant species richness in a temperate grassland steppe in northern China2
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Biodiversity in mosaic communities: Predicting soil microbial diversity using plant functional traits in alpine meadow2
The effect of substrate concentration on the methane-driven interaction network2
Effects of ant mounts (Formica exsecta) on subsoil properties, in a heathland2
Straw amendment and soil tillage alter soil organic carbon chemical composition and are associated with microbial community structure2
Influence of tree residue retention in Mediterranean forest on soil microbial communities responses to frequent warming and drying events2
Changes in soil quality, bacterial community and anti-pepper Phytophthora disease ability after combined application of straw and multifunctional composite bacterial strains2
Management of grassland: A necessary tool to maintain plant and earthworm diversity2
Relationships between physico-chemical, biological and functional approaches for soil quality assessment. A case study along a gradient of disturbance2
Fungi contribute more to N2O emissions than bacteria in two paddy soils with different textures2
Eight years of manure fertilization favor copiotrophic traits in paddy soil microbiomes2
Effects of different soil organic amendments (OAs) on extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)2
Soil enzymes activity: Effect of climate smart agriculture on rhizosphere and bulk soil under cereal based systems of north-west India2
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Response of soil bacterial communities to organic carbon input under soil freeze-thaw in forest ecosystems2
Decomposer faecal food web and C sequestration in soil. Can near infrared spectroscopy describe transfers and transformations from fresh organic inputs to protected forms in soil aggregates?2
Biochar interaction with chemical fertilizer regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and the abundance of key C-cycling-related bacteria in rhizosphere soil2
Effects of nitrogen addition and warming on nematode ecological indices: A meta-analysis2
Quantifying earthworm soil ingestion from changes in vertical bulk density profiles2
Changes of acid and alkaline phosphatase activities in long-term chemical fertilization are driven by the similar soil properties and associated microbial community composition in acidic soil2
Census of below-ground biota associated with permafrost affected soils of western Greenland, with a focus on trophic structure2
Non-additive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on microbial biomass and residue distribution in a subtropical plantation2
The functional composition of dune nematode communities is structured by both biogeographic region and the local marram grass environment2
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