Wetlands are essential ecosystems that provide a variety of ecological functions, including carbon sequestration, water ...

The Soil Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America seeks to promote an understanding of the importance of soil biota among ecologists, soil scientists, and members of related disciplines, ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function; for example, not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. These are the conclusions of a ...

To help farmers overcome these challenges, our lab studies soil microbial ecology and beneficial plant-microbial relationships. The soil microbial community regulates many critical agroecosystems ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function ... a research team led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Surprisingly, it applies to both ...

Lee, George Washington University; Laura Y. Podzikowski, Kansas University; Richard P. Phillips, Indiana University 2:10 PM: Recovery of soils from acidic deposition may exacerbate nitrogen export ...

When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further ...

Earthworms are vital for soil health and Andrea Cook brings a few in to explain and show why. What is composting & why is it ...

We hope that this work will help reverse the trend of soil degradation and ensure future food security. Richard Bardgett / Professor of Ecology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ...

This profound interdependence has proved difficult to model, and traditional summaries of fire’s ecology point instead to fire’s effects on plants, animals, soil, air, water, and so on.