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    Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil. Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that...
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    plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. Soil consists...
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    Base for Soil Resources Soil biology Soil microbiology Soil chemistry Soil biochemistry Soil mineralogy Soil physics Pedotransfer function Soil mechanics...
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    Soil pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of a soil. Soil pH is a key characteristic that can be used to make informative analysis both...
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    related to the fate of 14C- and 15N-labeled urea added to soil". Biology and Fertility of Soils. 42 (2): 137–145. Bibcode:2005BioFS..42..137M. doi:10...
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    carbonate minerals, even with the same amount of acid rain.[citation needed] Soil biology and chemistry can be seriously damaged by acid rain. Some microbes are...
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  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1969 and published by Elsevier. It focuses on research papers...
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  • Soil formation, also known as pedogenesis, is the process of soil genesis as regulated by the effects of place, environment, and history. Biogeochemical...
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    manures" and other soil-enhancing practices which make it hard for the soils to be equalized. Such farming methods attempt to mimic the biology of barren lands...
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    "Inorganic and organic carbon dynamics in a limed acid soil are mediated by plants". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 57: 549–555. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2012...
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    Jean-François (2001). "Does soil acidity explain altitudinal sequences in collembolan communities?" (PDF). Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 33 (3): 381–393...
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    such as soil fertility. Soil biology Soil ecology Soil functions Soil life Trophic cascade Food web Entomopathogenic nematode "Soil Biology Primer Photo...
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    Soil respiration refers to the production of carbon dioxide when soil organisms respire. This includes respiration of plant roots, the rhizosphere, microbes...
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  • change drivers in regulating early stages of litter decomposition". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 129: 144–152. Bibcode:2019SBiBi.129..144O. doi:10.1016/j...
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  • Elaine Ingham (category Soil scientists)
    microbiologist and soil biology researcher and founder of Soil Foodweb Inc. She is known as a leader in soil microbiology and research of the soil food web, She...
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  • Soil microbiology is the study of microorganisms in soil, their functions, and how they affect soil properties. It is believed that between two and four...
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    Mycorrhiza (category Soil biology)
    surroundings. Mycorrhizae play important roles in plant nutrition, soil biology, and soil chemistry. In a mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the...
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    Myrold, David D. (2010). "Ectomycorrhizal mats alter forest soil biogeochemistry". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 42 (9): 1607–1613. Bibcode:2010SBiBi..42...
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    Protist (section Soil)
    Bonkowski, Michael (2016). "The soil food web revisited: Diverse and widespread mycophagous soil protists". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 94: 10–18. doi:10...
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    Earthworm (category Soil biology)
    Karaca, Ayten (ed.), "Earthworms as Bioindicators of Soil Quality", Biology of Earthworms, Soil Biology, vol. 24, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg...
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  • Soil biodiversity refers to the relationship of soil to biodiversity and to aspects of the soil that can be managed in relative to biodiversity. Soil...
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    Rhizosphere (category Soil biology)
    region of soil or substrate that is directly influenced by root secretions and associated soil microorganisms known as the root microbiome. Soil pores in...
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  • Soil crusts are soil surface layers that are distinct from the rest of the bulk soil, often hardened with a platy surface. Depending on the manner of formation...
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    Biological soil crusts are communities of living organisms on the soil surface in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. They are found throughout the world with...
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  • Tilth (category Soil biology)
    Tilth is a physical condition of soil, especially in relation to its suitability for planting or growing a crop. Factors that determine tilth include the...
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    Humus (category Soil improvers)
    classical soil science, humus is the dark organic matter in soil that is formed by the decomposition of plant and animal matter. It is a kind of soil organic...
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  • fertility or soil mechanics). It includes soil conservation, soil amendment, and optimal soil health. In agriculture, some amount of soil management is...
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    "Evolutionary-Economic Principles as Regulators of Soil Enzyme Production and Ecosystem Function". Soil Enzymology. Soil Biology. Vol. 22. pp. 229–243. CiteSeerX 10...
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  • critical appraisal of the impact of microbial inoculants on soil microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 148, 107874. Nguyen, T. H., Kennedy,...
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  • "Effects of temperature, soil water status, and soil type on swine slurry nitrogen transformations". Biology and Fertility of Soils. 36 (6): 442–46. Bibcode:2002BioFS...
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