Bryant C. Scharenbroch

TL;DR: Analysis of data from 48 sites in savanna grasslands, broadleaf forests and needleleaf forests spanning up to 65 years finds that frequently burned plots experienced a decline in surface soil carbon and nitrogen that was non-saturating through time, and predicts that the long-term losses of soil nitrogen that result from more frequent burning may in turn decrease the carbon that is sequestered by net primary productivity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that urban soil properties are not only distinguishable from other systems, but also variable within types of landscapes in urban environments, and that as time since initial disturbance increases, the impacts of urbanization are reduced by processes improving physical, biological, and chemical soil properties.

TL;DR: It was found that local species richness and abundance typically peaked at higher latitudes, displaying patterns opposite to those observed in aboveground organisms, which suggest that climate change may have serious implications for earthworm communities and for the functions they provide.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of treefall gaps on soil properties and processes in old growth northern hardwood-hemlock forests in the upper Great Lakes region, USA was examined.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured soil physical, chemical, and biological properties and compared with vegetation composition and structure from these same plots and found that burn plots had greater canopy openness, greater herbaceous richness, and a lower spring/summer herbaceous ratio.