Semi-arid soils cover a significant area of Earth's land surface and typically contain large amounts of inorganic C. Determining the effects of biochar additions on CO2 emissions from semi-arid soils is therefore essential for evaluating the potential of biochar as a climate change mitigation strategy. Here, we measured the CO2 that evolved from semi-arid calcareous soils amended with biochar a...

The taxonomic hierarchy and nationwide distribution of soils with a salic horizon were studied using the USA Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database to provide a more holistic view of the role of soil-forming factors in pedogenesis than from isolated case studies. Soils with a salic horizon occupied an area of 11 000 km2, i.e., 0.1% of land area in the co...

Phosphorus (P) availability in calcareous forest soils is commonly low compared to siliceous soils. The main reason for this that phosphate ions tend precipitate with calcium (Ca). Weathering of rocks and the potential microorganisms dissolve parent material not fully understood. Therefore, we examined microbial carbonate dissolution abundance phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria temperate contrast...

C of wetlands is often highly problematic due to the need to consider soil, plant, and Calcareous wetlands are of great interest in conservation biology. Previous research has suggested that there are significant differences hydrologic factors as fundamental components of these in soil microbial N cycle processes between calcareous wetlands develecosystems (Bridgham et al., 1996). The term wetl...