European Journal of Soil Biology

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Two distinct ecological behaviours within anecic earthworm species in temperate climates	76
Corrigendum to “Carbon and energy utilization in microbial cell extracts from soil” [Eur. J. Soil Biol. 124 (2025) 103713]	57
Microbial mechanisms maintaining soil phosphorus stability in Chinese fir plantations under long-term nitrogen addition	40
Foliar application of a Rugulopteryx okamurae extract enhances soil resilience in greenhouse grapevines	33
Carbon amendment drives microbial community to favor dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium over denitrification in paddy soil	32
Soil tillage promotes predatory and phototrophic protists over parasitic protists	32
Regulation of nutrient homeostasis by soil microbial functional differentiation and metabolic limitations under interactive forest type and Stropharia rugosoannulata cultivation	32
soilfoodwebs: An R package for analyzing and simulating nutrient fluxes through food webs	32
Differences in succession of bacterial communities during co-cultivation of corn straw with different soils	30
Tree species replacement from birch to spruce affects eukaryome in boreal forest soil	27
Dead bamboo culms promote litter mass, carbon and nitrogen loss, but do not modulate the effect of soil fauna on litter decomposition	24
Regional-scale biogeographical patterns of soil extracellular enzyme activities across eight Chinese fir plantation locations	24
Tracking earthworm fluxes at the interface between tree rows and crop habitats in a Mediterranean alley cropping field	22
Introduction of earthworms into constructed soils has long-lasting effects on primary production	22
Soil enzyme activity and stoichiometry indicates that litter quality regulates soil microbial nutrient demand in a Tibetan alpine meadow	21
Earthworms shape prokaryotic communities and affect extracellular enzyme activities in agricultural soil	21
Soil phosphorus dynamics and its correlation with ectomycorrhizal fungi following forest conversion in subtropical conifer (Picea asperata) forests	20
Land use and soil texture drive shifts in communities of soil biota across natural and anthropogenic tropical ecosystems	20
Environmental drivers of earthworm communities along an elevational gradient in the French Alps	20
The combined nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application reduced soil multifunctionality in Qinghai-Tibet plateau grasslands, China	20
Soil extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reveals the nutrient limitations of soil microbial metabolism under precipitation changes in Ningxia desert steppe of China	20
Evaluating DNA extraction methods for eDNA metabarcoding of soil invertebrate diversity	19
Responses of microarthropods and nematodes to long-term warming in alpine meadows are precipitation-dependent effects	19
Microbial community structure and function in paddy soil as affected by water-saving irrigation mode	18
Influence of tree residue retention in Mediterranean forest on soil microbial communities responses to frequent warming and drying events	17

Drought and litter quality effects on the contribution of soil fauna to decomposition in a Mediterranean forest	17
Ammonia oxidizing bacteria dominate soil nitrification under different fertilization regimes in black soils of northeast China	16
Nutrient source, management system and the age of the plantation affect soil biodiversity and chemical properties in raspberry production	15
Interaction between litter quality and soil faunal specialisation participate in driving home-field advantage for cellulose and lignin degradation in mixed-litter decomposition	15
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Do earthworm and litter inputs promote decomposition or stabilization of cryoturnated organic matter from melted permafrost?	15
Basaltic rock powder addition increases soil macrofauna but shows limited impact on microbial communities: insights from a temperate field trial	15
Addition of polyester microplastic fibers to soil alters the diversity and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and affects plant growth and nutrition	15
Microbial mechanism of soil organic carbon content under waterlogging and water table fluctuation in drained peat soils	15
Diazotrophic communities shift with organic fertilizer substitution and growth stages in tomato field soil	15
In-depth insights into carbohydrate-active enzyme genes regarding the disparities in soil organic carbon after 12-year rotational cropping system field study	15
Warmer summers have the potential to affect food security by increasing the prevalence and activity of Actinobacteria	15
Effects of long-term sugarcane-soybean intercropping coupled with varying levels of nitrogen input on soil legacies: A field experimental study	14
Enhancing soil quality and grain yields through fertilization strategies in integrated crop-livestock system under no-till in Brazilian Cerrado	14
Planting Chinese milk vetch with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria inoculation enhances phosphorus turnover by altering the structure of the phoD-harboring bacteria community	13
Patescibacteriota in soil and rhizosphere	13
Short-term plant mixtures alter soil organic carbon components and microbial network characteristics	13
Resilience of root and soil bacteria to drought stress depends on host plant's colonization affinity towards arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi	13
N2O emissions, microbial community composition and genes expressions in soil amended with vermicomposts derived from different feedstocks	13
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 soils	13
Short-term effect of changing water regimes on the soil nematode community in rice-duckweed system under water-saving irrigation	13
Microbial soil quality indicators depending on land use and soil type in a semi-arid dryland in Kenya	13
Responses of soil hexapod communities to warming are mediated by microbial carbon and nitrogen in a subarctic grassland	13
Dominance of indirect effects of deer populations on soil biodiversity	12
The expansion of evergreen and deciduous shrubs changed the chemical characteristics and biological community of alpine meadows soil	12
Microbial necromass carbon mediates nonlinear soil carbon response to nitrogen application in the greenhouse vegetable production system	12
Nocturnal soil-surface behaviour of a giant earthworm in the Black Forest, SW Germany	12
Microbial necromass carbon accumulation in degraded Moso bamboo forests is driven by bacterial r-strategy shift and enhanced carbon use efficiency	12
Synergistic application of biochar with organic fertilizer positively impacts the soil micro-food web in sandy loam soils	12
Soil acidification and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal abundance dominate the contrasting responses of soil N2O emissions to NH4+ and NO3− enrichment in a subtropical plantation	12
Communities of nematodes, bacteria and fungi differ among soils of different wild cabbage populations	12
Arginine and methionine increase the enzymatic activity of microbes involved in N and P cycles in arid soil from the Chihuahuan desert	11
Altitudinal variation in soil nematode communities in an alpine mountain region of the eastern Tibetan plateau	11
Effects of the tropical endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on the horizontal dispersal of soil nematodes	11
Differential responses of soil arthropods to the application of biogas slurry and biochar in a coastal poplar plantation	11
The decline of beneficial insects in a fragmented temperate forest landscape: the case of beetles and the green gold in Mexico	11
Contrasting strategies of two Camellia oleifera cultivars in shaping arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities under different phosphorus forms	11
Dynamics of nitrogen mineralization and nitrogen cycling functional genes in response to soil pore size distribution	10
Changes in peatland soil fauna biomass alter food web structure and function under warming and hydrological changes	10
Isotopic evidence for the effects of earthworm and straw amendment on root carbon uptake of upland rice and maize	10
Substitution of organic fertilizer did not change the dominant role of biochar on bacterial community stability but the soil carbon fractions	10
Earthworm Watch: Insights into urban earthworm communities in the UK using citizen science	10
Root trenching and stable isotope analysis uncover trophic links of euedaphic collembola species to mycorrhizal mycelium in pine forests	10
Effect of alfalfa-grass mixed culture and inoculation with Azotobacter and Rhizobium on soil biological properties and nutrient transformation activities	10
Increased nitrogen accumulation in mulberry trees due to the secretion of glomalin-related soil protein induced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	10
Mechanisms of furrow-applied biochar in enhancing rhizosphere soil microbiota and metabolites in continuous sesame cropping	10
Two decades of monitoring earthworms in translocated grasslands at Manchester Airport	10
Heterogeneous salinity and nitrogen in the root-zone influences soil water status, rhizosphere bacteria distributions and promotes tomato growth	10
Coupling amendment of microbial and compound fertilizers increases fungal necromass carbon and soil organic carbon by regulating microbial activity in flue-cured tobacco-planted field	10
Soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought under organic and conventional farming	9

The effects of agricultural practices on earthworm communities in Estonia	9
Vegetable residues retention: An effective and environment friendly way to handle tomato wastes from greenhouse production	9
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Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on the growth and reproduction of cherry tomato can be persistent to the next generation	9
Early- and late-dry season fires proved less conducive to earthworms than prescribed mid-dry season fire after eight years in the Lamto tropical savannah	9
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in rare earth mining areas: community vulnerability and functional roles in runoff regulation	9
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Differentiation within the Drawida ghilarovi complex (Moniligastridae: Annelida) revealed by multigene transcriptomic dataset analysis	8
Push-pull cropping system positively impacts diversity and abundance of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) as bioindicators of soil health	8
Bacteria contribute more than fungi to SOC decomposition in a paddy field under long-term free-air CO2 enrichment	8
Biochar and wood vinegar amendments influence the potential nitrification rate and nitrifier communities in high pH sodic saline soils	8
Leaf litter quantity shapes oribatid mite assemblages five years following forestry interventions in a European deciduous forest	8
Pristine and UV-aged polyethylene microplastics’ impact on gut microbiome and reproduction of earthworm Eisenia andrei	8
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 forest	8
Stable isotope insights into arthropod food chains and nitrogen cycling in a rehabilitated tailings chronosequence	8
Interplanting Phoebe bournei modifies soil microbial community characteristics in Cunninghamia lanceolata monocultures	8
Long-term application of legume green manure improves rhizosphere soil bacterial stability and reduces bulk soil bacterial stability in rice	8
Effects of N-enriched biochar on ecosystem greenhouse gas emissions, rice yield, and bacterial community diversity in subtropical rice paddy soils	7
Microbial synthesis of arylsulfatase depends on the soluble and adsorbed sulfate concentration in soils	7
Plant diversity enhanced nematode-based soil quality indices and changed soil nematode community structure in intensively-managed agricultural grasslands	7
Biocontrol agent amendments shape the soybean rhizosphere in a cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) conducive soil over a two-year field trial	7
Metal-driven bacterial community variation in urban and suburban park soils of Shanghai, China	7
Fate of low molecular weight organics in paddy vs. upland soil: A microbial biomarker approach	7
Soil moisture drives the response of soil microbial nutrient limitation to N and P additions in an Inner Mongolian meadow steppe	7
How applied reclamation treatments and vegetation type affect on soil fauna in a novel ecosystem developed on a spoil heap of carboniferous rocks	7
Management of grassland: A necessary tool to maintain plant and earthworm diversity	7
Responses of nitrification and denitrification in the rhizosphere of mudflat paddy to rice genotype and nitrogen fertilization	7
Effects of tree diversity on soil microbial community in a subtropical forest in Southwest China	7
Long-term organic fertilizer and biofertilizer application strengthens the associations between soil quality index, network complexity, and walnut yield	7
Non-target effects of pesticide and microbial seed treatments in maize and barley on the resident soil microbiota under conservation agriculture	7
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One for the road: Aspect-linked temperature variation affects earthworm community structure but not litter decomposition	6
The combined role of plant cover and fire occurrence on soil properties reveals response to wildfire in the Mediterranean basin	6
Soil pH controls the structure and diversity of bacterial communities along elevational gradients on Huangshan, China	6
Long-term nitrogen inputs reshape soil microbial communities and carbon cycling, reducing carbon emissions and enhancing soil carbon sequestration in subtropical forests	6
Effects of ant mounts (Formica exsecta) on subsoil properties, in a heathland	6
Fire and clipping drive microbial fixation pathways in soil phosphorus and sulfur cycling in China's key karst region	6
“Effects of cropping sequences and rotational grazing on diversity, biomass, density and body mass of earthworms”	6
Environmental distances are more important than geographic distances for predicting earthworm gut bacterial community composition	6
Biochar amendment slowed down the decomposition of wheat residue by suppressing the population of wheat residue-decomposers in bacterial community	6
Interactive effects of citric acid and mineral fertilization on soil microbial carbon use efficiency in the rhizosphere of two coniferous species	6
Deciphering environmental factors driving soil microbial elevational distribution in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	6
Earthworm burrows affect vertical distribution of springtails in soil	6
Soil texture contributes to shaping comammox Nitrospira communities in rice-wheat rotation soils	6
Seasonal responses of soil microbial biomass C and enzymatic activity comparing no-tillage and integrated crop-livestock systems	6
Fire alters soil bacterial and fungal communities and intensifies seasonal variation in subtropical forest ecosystem	6
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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?	6
Quantifying earthworm soil ingestion from changes in vertical bulk density profiles	6
Microbial gene abundance mirrors soil nitrogen mineralization intensity across an age gradient in Chinese-fir plantations	5
Effects of grassland enclosure on phosphorus bioavailability and microbial nutrient limitations in the karst region of southwest China	5
phoD-harboring bacterial community assembly and co-occurrence in soil aggregates during roadside slope restoration	5
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Earthworms as soil health indicators in no-tillage agroecosystems	5
Bacterial and plant community successional pathways in glacier forefields of the Western Himalaya	5
Earthworms are sustained in a 116-year rye monoculture with ploughing by provision of soil organic carbon from farmyard manure	5
Effects of organic amendment on earthworm density and biomass in sugarcane fields with different soil pH	5
Earthworms and long-term straw management practices interactively affect soil carbon and nitrogen forms across soil depths	5
Estimating energy costs of earthworm burrowing using calorimetry	5
Longitudinal distributions of CO2-fixing bacteria in forest soils and their potential associations with soil multifunctionality	5
Long-term different fertilization regimes impact on the fate of root-derived C and microbial community structure in paddy soil	5
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Poultry litter biochar soil amendment affects microbial community structures, promotes phosphorus cycling and growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare)	5
The influences of iron plaque on nitrogen emissions from paddy soils under different water management practices	5
The metabolic intermediate of sulfonamides alters soil nitrous oxide emissions	5
High-rate pig manure substitution enhances comammox Nitrospira abundance and diversity in the Cinnamomum camphora coppice planting soils	5
Towards a standardization of new functional trait measurements by assessing intraspecific variation: the case of springtail mandibles	5
Stable nitrogen-cycling capacity in relation to fertilization and intercropping in a sub-boreal grassland	4
Organic fertilisation enhances network complexity among bacteria, fungi, and protists by improving organic matter and phosphorus in acidic agricultural soils	4
Effects of low-density polyethylene microplastics on soil functions and microbial communities across soil depths	4
Ant community composition defines nest mound dynamics across successional stages in desert restoration	4
Understanding the diversification and functional radiation of Aporrectodea (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) through molecular phylogenetics of its endemic species	4
Back and better: Soil food-web researchers integrate empirical data and develop novel tools	4
Deciphering the microbial mechanisms underlying glucose induced soil priming effects under low and high nutrient levels	4
Soil extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reveals the increased P limitation of microbial metabolism after the mixed cultivation of Korean pine and Manchurian walnut in Northeast China	4
The use of olive mill pomace compost increases the population of certain ground/soil organisms in olive groves	4
Legacy effects of grazing and nitrogen fertilization on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	4
Responses of grape yield and quality, soil physicochemical and microbial properties to different planting years	4
First assessment of soil mesofauna, microbiota, and humic substances associations in a minesoil revegetated with four grasses in Brazil: An 18-year field study	4

Effects of precipitation changes on soil heterotrophic respiration and microbial activities in a switchgrass mesocosm experiment	4
Effects of disturbances by plateau pikas on soil microbial communities in an alpine ecosystem of the southeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China	4
Regulation of soil microorganisms and phosphorus cycling genes on soil phosphorus availability in desert steppe under warming and phosphorus input	4