European Journal of Soil Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of European Journal of Soil Biology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Warming reduces soil CO2 emissions but enhances soil N2O emissions: A long-term soil transplantation experiment62
The expansion of evergreen and deciduous shrubs changed the chemical characteristics and biological community of alpine meadows soil44
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Responses of soil hexapod communities to warming are mediated by microbial carbon and nitrogen in a subarctic grassland39
Stable nitrogen-cycling capacity in relation to fertilization and intercropping in a sub-boreal grassland37
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Soil extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reveals the increased P limitation of microbial metabolism after the mixed cultivation of Korean pine and Manchurian walnut in Northeast China34
A meta-analysis to compare the sensitivities of earthworms and enchytraeids to different stressors32
Two distinct ecological behaviours within anecic earthworm species in temperate climates31
Microbial synthesis of arylsulfatase depends on the soluble and adsorbed sulfate concentration in soils30
Responses of soil microbial biomass C:N:P stoichiometry to increased precipitation and nitrogen deposition in temperate shrublands26
Legacy effects of grazing and nitrogen fertilization on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau24
Effects of disturbances by plateau pikas on soil microbial communities in an alpine ecosystem of the southeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China23
Soil microbial biomass and community structure in response to agricultural use of deserts across northern China22
Effects of tree diversity on soil microbial community in a subtropical forest in Southwest China22
soilfoodwebs: An R package for analyzing and simulating nutrient fluxes through food webs18
Effects of precipitation changes on soil heterotrophic respiration and microbial activities in a switchgrass mesocosm experiment17
Earthworms in past and present agricultural landscapes of Hebridean Scotland16
Abundant rather than rare fungi perform a vital role in maintaining the growth of continuous cropped cut chrysanthemum15
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 forest15
Altitudinal variation in soil nematode communities in an alpine mountain region of the eastern Tibetan plateau15
Responses of nitrification and denitrification in the rhizosphere of mudflat paddy to rice genotype and nitrogen fertilization15
Fate of low molecular weight organics in paddy vs. upland soil: A microbial biomarker approach14
The use of olive mill pomace compost increases the population of certain ground/soil organisms in olive groves14
Effects of rumen microorganisms on straw returning to soil at different depths13
Synergistic application of biochar with organic fertilizer positively impacts the soil micro-food web in sandy loam soils13
Nutrient cycling and microbial responses to termite and earthworm activity in soils amended with woody residues in the Sudano-Sahel12
Understanding the diversification and functional radiation of Aporrectodea (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) through molecular phylogenetics of its endemic species12
Soil acidification and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal abundance dominate the contrasting responses of soil N2O emissions to NH4+ and NO3− enrichment in a subtropical plantation12
Communities of nematodes, bacteria and fungi differ among soils of different wild cabbage populations11
Effects of salinity on microbial utilization of straw carbon and microbial residues retention in newly reclaimed coastal soil11
Effects of N-enriched biochar on ecosystem greenhouse gas emissions, rice yield, and bacterial community diversity in subtropical rice paddy soils11
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 soils11
Differentiation within the Drawida ghilarovi complex (Moniligastridae: Annelida) revealed by multigene transcriptomic dataset analysis10
Impact of N-fertilization and peanut shell biochar on soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities in a Typic Haplustoll under different management practices10
Microbial pathways account for the pH effect on soil N2O production10
Plant diversity enhanced nematode-based soil quality indices and changed soil nematode community structure in intensively-managed agricultural grasslands10
Contrasting effects of long term phosphorus fertilization on glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP)10
Gut content metabarcoding and citizen science reveal the earthworm prey of the exotic terrestrial flatworm, Obama nungara10
Terpenes and fungal biomass in the nest mounds of Formica aquilonia wood ants9
Metal-driven bacterial community variation in urban and suburban park soils of Shanghai, China9
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Arginine and methionine increase the enzymatic activity of microbes involved in N and P cycles in arid soil from the Chihuahuan desert9
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Long-term impacts of organic and conventional farming on the soil microbiome in boreal arable soil9
Accumulation of microbial necromass carbon and its contribution to soil organic carbon in artificial grasslands of various vegetation types9
Soil moisture drives the response of soil microbial nutrient limitation to N and P additions in an Inner Mongolian meadow steppe8
Tree species replacement from birch to spruce affects eukaryome in boreal forest soil8
Homogeneous earthworm communities in Southern Ontario8
Earthworms impact the availability of Si to plants in northern Vietnamese paddy fields8
Responses of crop yields, soil enzymatic activities, and microbial communities to different long-term organic materials applied with chemical fertilizer in purple soil8
Asymmetric environmental selection on intraspecific body size in Collembola communities along an elevational gradient in northern Japan8
Dominance of archaeal ammonia-oxidizers in soil nitrification across different soil types and fertilities in North China plain8
How applied reclamation treatments and vegetation type affect on soil fauna in a novel ecosystem developed on a spoil heap of carboniferous rocks7
Composite organic amendment boosts soil remediation and Cd detoxification to rape under different nitrogen level7
A practical approach to constructing a knowledge graph for soil ecological research7
Varying microbial utilization of straw-derived carbon with different long-term fertilization regimes explored by DNA stable-isotope probing7
Two decades of monitoring earthworms in translocated grasslands at Manchester Airport7
Plantation conversion of Eucalyptus promotes soil microbial necromass C accumulation7
Differential responses of soil arthropods to the application of biogas slurry and biochar in a coastal poplar plantation7
Differences in succession of bacterial communities during co-cultivation of corn straw with different soils7
Spatial and temporal variations of the community structure and abundance of Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens-like archaea in paddy soils7
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Long-term organic fertilizer and biofertilizer application strengthens the associations between soil quality index, network complexity, and walnut yield7
Soil biota community structure and litter traits of grape vine plantation and natural ecosystem from Southern Brazil7
Dead bamboo culms promote litter mass, carbon and nitrogen loss, but do not modulate the effect of soil fauna on litter decomposition7
Non-target effects of pesticide and microbial seed treatments in maize and barley on the resident soil microbiota under conservation agriculture7
Deciphering environmental factors driving soil microbial elevational distribution in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau7
Coupling amendment of microbial and compound fertilizers increases fungal necromass carbon and soil organic carbon by regulating microbial activity in flue-cured tobacco-planted field7
Soil organic C and total N as well as microbial biomass C and N affect aggregate stability in a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations6
Spatial heterogeneity of soil quality within a Mediterranean alley cropping agroforestry system: Comparison with a monocropping system6
Earthworm Watch: Insights into urban earthworm communities in the UK using citizen science6
Aboveground antagonists mitigate belowground plant–antagonist interactions but not affect plant–mutualist interactions6
Fire alters soil bacterial and fungal communities and intensifies seasonal variation in subtropical forest ecosystem6
Warming affects soil metabolome: The case study of Icelandic grasslands6
Seasonal responses of soil microbial biomass C and enzymatic activity comparing no-tillage and integrated crop-livestock systems6
Rhizosphere microbial community changes due to weed-weed competition6
Effects of N addition and clipping on above and belowground plant biomass, soil microbial community structure, and function in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau6
Regional-scale biogeographical patterns of soil extracellular enzyme activities across eight Chinese fir plantation locations6
Relationships between physico-chemical, biological and functional approaches for soil quality assessment. A case study along a gradient of disturbance6
Differentiated impacts of the feeding-habits of three ant species on carbon mineralization in tropical forest soils6
Tracking earthworm fluxes at the interface between tree rows and crop habitats in a Mediterranean alley cropping field6
Continuous measurement of red wood ant (Formica rufa) outdoor behaviour using passive acoustic monitoring6
Varying interactive effects of climate, soil properties, and gross nitrogen dynamics on biomass production between the topsoil and the subsoil in natural grassland ecosystems6
Interactive effects of citric acid and mineral fertilization on soil microbial carbon use efficiency in the rhizosphere of two coniferous species5
Assessing the efficacy of antibiotic treatment to produce earthworms with a suppressed microbiome5
Impacts of soil engineering processes and anthropogenic barriers on earthworm communities in urban areas5
Effect of alfalfa-grass mixed culture and inoculation with Azotobacter and Rhizobium on soil biological properties and nutrient transformation activities5
NemaRec: A deep learning-based web application for nematode image identification and ecological indices calculation5
Biodiversity in mosaic communities: Soil microbial diversity associates with plant functional groups relating to soil available phosphorus in Tibetan alpine meadow5
Organic residue valorization for Ethiopian agriculture through vermicomposting with native (Eudrilus eugeniae) and exotic (Eisenia fetida and Eisenia andrei) earthworms5
Variability of earthworm's functional traits in eastern Amazon is more species-dependent than environment-dependent5
Effects of single plant functional type loss on microbial community composition and litter decomposition in an alpine timberline ecotone5
Key drivers of soil arthropod community shift across a subalpine forest series vary greatly with litter and topsoil layers5
The combined role of plant cover and fire occurrence on soil properties reveals response to wildfire in the Mediterranean basin5
Changes in peatland soil fauna biomass alter food web structure and function under warming and hydrological changes5
Carbon and nitrogen fractions are more important than bacterial composition for carbon and nitrogen mineralization considering parent material and fertilization4
The combined effects of faba bean and endogeic earthworms on soil microbial activity in intercrops4
Biochar can reduce N2O production potential from rhizosphere of fertilized agricultural soils by suppressing bacterial denitrification4
Abundant denitrifying taxa rather than rare taxa responded more sensitively to temperature change in acidic paddy soils4
Variations of activity and community structure of nitrite-driven anaerobic methanotrophs in soils between native and invasive species in China's coastal wetlands4
Root trenching and stable isotope analysis uncover trophic links of euedaphic collembola species to mycorrhizal mycelium in pine forests4
Environmental distances are more important than geographic distances for predicting earthworm gut bacterial community composition4
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Effect of long-term nutrient management practices on soil health and paddy yield of rice-rice-fallow cropping system in tropic humid climate4
Two aspects of earthworm bioturbation: Crop residue burial by foraging and surface casting in no-till management4
Differences in the short-term responses of soil nitrogen and microbial dynamics to soil moisture variation in two adjacent dryland forests4
Earthworms shape prokaryotic communities and affect extracellular enzyme activities in agricultural soil4
Effects of the tropical endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on the horizontal dispersal of soil nematodes4
Introduction of earthworms into constructed soils has long-lasting effects on primary production4
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Isotopic evidence for the effects of earthworm and straw amendment on root carbon uptake of upland rice and maize4
Food web structure and energy flux dynamics, but not taxonomic richness, influence microbial ecosystem functions in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland4
Responses of soil microbial community structure under litter to changes in precipitation and nitrogen addition in a desert steppe3
Soil enzyme activity and stoichiometry indicates that litter quality regulates soil microbial nutrient demand in a Tibetan alpine meadow3
Management of grassland: A necessary tool to maintain plant and earthworm diversity3
Biochar interaction with chemical fertilizer regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and the abundance of key C-cycling-related bacteria in rhizosphere soil3
Environmental drivers of earthworm communities along an elevational gradient in the French Alps3
Response of soil bacterial communities to organic carbon input under soil freeze-thaw in forest ecosystems3
Corrigendum to “Molecular data confirms the existence of distinct lineages within Lumbricus friendi (Cognetti 1904) and related “friends” [Eur. J. Soil Biol. 108 (2022) 103382]3
The combined nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application reduced soil multifunctionality in Qinghai-Tibet plateau grasslands, China3
Biocontrol agent amendments shape the soybean rhizosphere in a cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) conducive soil over a two-year field trial3
Unraveling the interaction effects of soil temperature and moisture on soil nematode community: A laboratory study3
Effects of nitrogen addition and warming on nematode ecological indices: A meta-analysis3
Soil bacterial communities benefit from long-term cover crop mixtures3
Molecular data confirms the existence of distinct lineages within Lumbricus friendi (Cognetti 1904) and related “friends”3
Dynamics of nitrogen mineralization and nitrogen cycling functional genes in response to soil pore size distribution3
Soil phosphorus dynamics and its correlation with ectomycorrhizal fungi following forest conversion in subtropical conifer (Picea asperata) forests3
Soil pH controls the structure and diversity of bacterial communities along elevational gradients on Huangshan, China3
Microbial tradeoffs in internal and external use of resources regulated by phosphorus and carbon availability3
Drainage class and soil phosphorus availability shape microbial communities in Irish grasslands2
Nutrient source, management system and the age of the plantation affect soil biodiversity and chemical properties in raspberry production2
Seasonal dynamics of agricultural land use impacts on earthworm communities: Insights into diversity, abundance, and functional composition2
Non-additive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on microbial biomass and residue distribution in a subtropical plantation2
Eight years of manure fertilization favor copiotrophic traits in paddy soil microbiomes2
Earthworms increase soil greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential in a long-term no-till Mollisol2
Straw amendment and soil tillage alter soil organic carbon chemical composition and are associated with microbial community structure2
Influence of tree residue retention in Mediterranean forest on soil microbial communities responses to frequent warming and drying events2
Soil texture contributes to shaping comammox Nitrospira communities in rice-wheat rotation soils2
Mulching drive changes in soil microbial community assembly processes and networks across aggregate fractions2
Leaf litter morphological traits, invertebrate body mass and phylogenetic affiliation explain the feeding and feces properties of saprophagous macroarthropods2
The effect of substrate concentration on the methane-driven interaction network2
Soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought under organic and conventional farming2
The functional composition of dune nematode communities is structured by both biogeographic region and the local marram grass environment2
Increased nitrogen accumulation in mulberry trees due to the secretion of glomalin-related soil protein induced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi2
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?2
Earthworm records and habitat associations in the British Isles2
Effects of ant mounts (Formica exsecta) on subsoil properties, in a heathland2
Aporrectodea caliginosa life history traits are improved by positive earthworm interaction and organic matter addition2
Soil microbial community structure is unaltered by grazing intensity and plant species richness in a temperate grassland steppe in northern China2
Fungi contribute more to N2O emissions than bacteria in two paddy soils with different textures2
Glomalin-related soil proteins respond negatively to fertilization and fungicide application in China's arid grassland2
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on the growth and reproduction of cherry tomato can be persistent to the next generation2
Effects of earthworms on microbial community structure, functionality and soil properties in soil cover treatments for mine tailings rehabilitation2
Responses of soil microbial biomass carbon and microbial entropy to soil properties in typical sloping croplands of China under erosion conditions2
Water content and communities of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria affect elemental sulfur oxidation in silty and sandy loam soils2
Coupling methane oxidation and N2 fixation under methanogenic conditions in contrasting environments2
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Changes in soil quality, bacterial community and anti-pepper Phytophthora disease ability after combined application of straw and multifunctional composite bacterial strains2
“Effects of cropping sequences and rotational grazing on diversity, biomass, density and body mass of earthworms”2
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