Biological soil crusts(biocrusts) widely occur in semiarid and arid regions throughout the world and play important roles in many desert ecosystems: protecting
The ridge-furrow tillage combined with furrow irrigation is being more widely applied and has been shown to be effective in the Loess Plateau of China. Accurate
The increased application of chemical fertilizers in citrus orchards and the non-point source nitrogen(N) and phosphorus(P)diffusion threaten the fresh water qu
Determining how soil erosion affects enzyme activity may enhance our understanding of soil degradation on eroded agricultural landscapes. This study assessed th
Salinity is a major soil contamination problem in Australia. To explore salinity remediation, we evaluated the concentrations of sodium(Na), potassium(K), magne
The diurnal fluctuation in soil temperature may influence soil organic carbon(SOC) mineralization, but there is no consensus on SOC mineralization response to t