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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
9743
World Ranking
4737
National Ranking
492

Best Publications

  • How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

    Stephen Joseph;Annette L. Cowie;Annette L. Cowie;Lukas Van Zwieten;Lukas Van Zwieten;Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan

  • Short term soil priming effects and the mineralisation of biochar following its incorporation to soils of different pH

    Y. Luo;Y. Luo;M. Durenkamp;M. De Nobili;Q. Lin

  • Microbial biomass growth, following incorporation of biochars produced at 350 °C or 700 °C, in a silty-clay loam soil of high and low pH

    Y. Luo;Y. Luo;M. Durenkamp;M. De Nobili;Q. Lin

  • Competitive interaction with keystone taxa induced negative priming under biochar amendments

    Lijun Chen;Yuji Jiang;Chao Liang;Yu Luo

  • Microbial stoichiometric flexibility regulates rice straw mineralization and its priming effect in paddy soil

    Zhenke Zhu;Tida Ge;Yu Luo;Shoulong Liu

  • Microplastics shape microbial communities affecting soil organic matter decomposition in paddy soil.

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  • Contrasting patterns and drivers of soil bacterial and fungal diversity across a mountain gradient

    Congcong Shen;Anna Gunina;Yu Luo;Jianjun Wang

  • Biochar reduces soil heterotrophic respiration in a subtropical plantation through increasing soil organic carbon recalcitrancy and decreasing carbon-degrading microbial activity.

    Yongchun Li;Yongfu Li;Scott X. Chang;Yunfeng Yang

  • C:N:P stoichiometry regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and concomitant shifts in microbial community composition in paddy soil

    Xiaomeng Wei;Zhenke Zhu;Yi Liu;Yu Luo

  • Comparing carbon and nitrogen stocks in paddy and upland soils: Accumulation, stabilization mechanisms, and environmental drivers

    Liang Wei;Tida Ge;Tida Ge;Zhenke Zhu;Yu Luo

  • Carbon input and allocation by rice into paddy soils: A review

    Yalong Liu;Yalong Liu;Tida Ge;Zhenke Zhu;Shoulong Liu

  • Microbial community succession in soil is mainly driven by carbon and nitrogen contents rather than phosphorus and sulphur contents

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  • Feedstock determines biochar-induced soil priming effects by stimulating the activity of specific microorganisms

    Z. Yu;L. Chen;S. Pan;Y. Li

  • Structural and functional differentiation of the root-associated bacterial microbiomes of perennial ryegrass

    Lin Chen;Lin Chen;Philip C. Brookes;Jianming Xu;Jiabao Zhang

  • The diversity of microbial community and function varied in response to different agricultural residues composting.

    Yuanji Wang;Li Liu;Jianfeng Yang;Yumin Duan

  • Formation of soil organic carbon pool is regulated by the structure of dissolved organic matter and microbial carbon pump efficacy: A decadal study comparing different carbon management strategies

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  • Priming effects in biochar enriched soils using a three-source-partitioning approach: 14C labelling and 13C natural abundance

    Yu Luo;Huadong Zang;Zhuyun Yu;Zhiyi Chen

  • Drivers of microbially and plant‐derived carbon in topsoil and subsoil

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  • Biochar induces mineralization of soil recalcitrant components by activation of biochar responsive bacteria groups

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  • The effects of combinations of biochar, lime, and organic fertilizer on nitrification and nitrifiers

    Kaile Zhang;Lin Chen;Yong Li;Philip C. Brookes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianming Xu
Jianming Xu Zhejiang University
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Philip C. Brookes
Philip C. Brookes Zhejiang University
Bhupinder Pal Singh
Bhupinder Pal Singh University of New England
Georg Guggenberger
Georg Guggenberger University of Hannover
Zhenke Zhu
Zhenke Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lukas Van Zwieten
Lukas Van Zwieten New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Scott X. Chang
Scott X. Chang University of Alberta
Jinshui Wu
Jinshui Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Caixian Tang
Caixian Tang La Trobe University

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