Keyword

soil depth

Description: Soil depth is the vertical thickness of soil above bedrock or another limiting layer, an environmental property relevant to ecology and land management.

Primary topic: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (26%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q12017945

OpenAlex ID: keywords/soil-depth

The Vertical Distribution of Soil Organic Carbon and Its Relation to Climate and Vegetation

2000 · Esteban G. Jobbágy, Robert B. Jackson · Ecological Applications · 5,445

Is soil carbon mostly root carbon? Mechanisms for a specific stabilisation

2005 · Daniel P. Rasse, Cornelia Rumpel, et al. · Plant and Soil · 1,859

Calculation of organic matter and nutrients stored in soils under contrasting management regimes

1995 · B. H. Ellert, J. R. Bettany · Canadian Journal of Soil Science · 1,685

Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils via cultivation of cover crops – A meta-analysis

2014 · Christopher Poeplau, Axel Don · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 1,645

A global budget for fine root biomass, surface area, and nutrient contents

1997 · R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,480

The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerabilities, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls

2017 · Robert B. Jackson, Kate Lajtha, et al. · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 1,257

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Plant- or microbial-derived? A review on the molecular composition of stabilized soil organic matter

2021 · Gerrit Angst, Kevin E. Mueller, et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 1,193

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Microbial necromass as the source of soil organic carbon in global ecosystems

2021 · Baorong Wang, Shaoshan An, et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 982

Surface soil moisture parameterization of the VIC-2L model: Evaluation and modification

1996 · Xu Liang, Eric F. Wood, et al. · Global and Planetary Change · 960

Fungal Community Analysis by Large-Scale Sequencing of Environmental Samples

2005 · Heath E. O'Brien, Jeri Lynn Parrent, et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 953

Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon

2022 · Katerina Georgiou, Robert B. Jackson, et al. · Nature Communications · 941

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Soil organic matter stratification ratio as an indicator of soil quality

2002 · A.J Franzluebbers · Soil and Tillage Research · 941

Temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon after land-use change in the temperate zone - carbon response functions as a model approach

2011 · CHRISTOPHER POEPLAU, AXEL DON, et al. · Global Change Biology · 918

Digging deeper: A holistic perspective of factors affecting soil organic carbon sequestration in agroecosystems

2018 · Rattan Lal · Global Change Biology · 898

The soil production function and landscape equilibrium

1997 · Arjun M. Heimsath, William E. Dietrich, et al. · Nature · 897

Digging deeper to find unique microbial communities: The strong effect of depth on the structure of bacterial and archaeal communities in soil

2012 · Kathryn G. Eilers, Spencer Debenport, et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 895

Pattern and variation of C:N:P ratios in China’s soils: a synthesis of observational data

2009 · Hanqin Tian, Guangsheng Chen, et al. · Biogeochemistry · 842

2005 · Changming Fang, Pete Smith, et al. · Nature · 788

Soil microbiomes with distinct assemblies through vertical soil profiles drive the cycling of multiple nutrients in reforested ecosystems

2018 · Shuo Jiao, Weimin Chen, et al. · Microbiome · 759

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Comparison of microbial numbers and enzymatic activities in surface soils and subsoils using various techniques

2002 · J.P Taylor, B Wilson, et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 743

The under-recognized dominance of Verrucomicrobia in soil bacterial communities

2011 · Gaddy T. Bergmann, Scott T. Bates, et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 725

The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming

2017 · Caitlin E. Hicks Pries, C. Castanha, et al. · Science · 664

Bacterial and fungal abundance and biomass in conventional and no-tillage agroecosystems along two climatic gradients

1999 · S.D Frey, E.T Elliott, et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 651

Water Quality Functions of Riparian Forest Buffers in Chesapeake Bay Watersheds

1997 · Richard Lowrance, Lee S. Altier, et al. · Environmental Management · 642

Determining soil quality indicators by factor analysis

2005 · M.K. Shukla, R. Lal, et al. · Soil and Tillage Research · 624

Works count: 28,170

Citation count: 402,600