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in 74 processes · 269 steps

Plant roots

in 76 processes · 251 steps

Soil microbes

in 55 processes · 166 steps

Soil

in 47 processes · 120 steps

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in 44 processes · 89 steps

Clay minerals

in 41 processes · 83 steps

Mycorrhizal fungi

in 34 processes · 81 steps

in 27 processes · 75 steps

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Soil organic matter

in 34 processes · 67 steps

Rain

in 35 processes · 62 steps

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Soil bacteria

in 13 processes · 58 steps

Soil solution

in 31 processes · 57 steps

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Decomposers

in 23 processes · 52 steps

in 28 processes · 49 steps

Iron oxides

in 22 processes · 49 steps

Wind

in 18 processes · 45 steps

Sun

in 21 processes · 41 steps

in 21 processes · 40 steps

in 21 processes · 39 steps

Soil aggregates

in 20 processes · 37 steps

Drainage water

in 22 processes · 36 steps

Denitrifying bacteria

in 13 processes · 35 steps

Rhizosphere microbes

in 13 processes · 35 steps

in 9 processes · 34 steps

Rock

in 8 processes · 34 steps

in 12 processes · 33 steps

in 17 processes · 31 steps

Extracellular enzymes

in 11 processes · 29 steps

Fungal hyphae

in 11 processes · 27 steps

in 7 processes · 27 steps

Soil surface

in 12 processes · 27 steps

in 13 processes · 26 steps

in 17 processes · 25 steps

Saprotrophic fungi

in 9 processes · 25 steps

in 10 processes · 24 steps

Groundwater

in 12 processes · 24 steps

Bacteriophages

in 6 processes · 23 steps

Earth system

in 10 processes · 23 steps

in 12 processes · 23 steps

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Parent material

in 8 processes · 23 steps

Iron-reducing bacteria

in 10 processes · 22 steps

in 8 processes · 22 steps

in 9 processes · 21 steps

Mineral surfaces

in 7 processes · 21 steps

in 10 processes · 20 steps

Fire

in 8 processes · 19 steps

in 3 processes · 19 steps

Methanotrophic bacteria

in 4 processes · 19 steps

in 6 processes · 19 steps

in 13 processes · 18 steps

Dust

in 9 processes · 17 steps

Nitrifying bacteria

in 10 processes · 17 steps

in 8 processes · 15 steps

Springtails

in 3 processes · 15 steps

in 4 processes · 14 steps

Capillary forces

in 5 processes · 14 steps

Microbial necromass

in 5 processes · 14 steps

in 5 processes · 14 steps

Cyanobacteria

in 8 processes · 13 steps

Legume roots

in 5 processes · 13 steps

in 6 processes · 13 steps

in 5 processes · 13 steps

Aluminum oxides

in 9 processes · 12 steps

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Top resources

in 136 processes · 457 steps

in 76 processes · 320 steps

in 86 processes · 248 steps

Carbon dioxide

in 77 processes · 166 steps

in 61 processes · 135 steps

Soil organic matter

in 61 processes · 133 steps

in 56 processes · 126 steps

in 43 processes · 94 steps

in 34 processes · 85 steps

Clay minerals

in 43 processes · 79 steps

in 33 processes · 77 steps

Heat

in 37 processes · 68 steps

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Organic carbon

in 27 processes · 68 steps

in 34 processes · 60 steps

Hydrogen ions

in 28 processes · 56 steps

in 22 processes · 48 steps

Iron oxides

in 22 processes · 45 steps

in 27 processes · 42 steps

Soil

in 19 processes · 41 steps

Iron

in 25 processes · 39 steps

in 11 processes · 39 steps

Nitrous oxide

in 19 processes · 37 steps

in 11 processes · 34 steps

Plant litter

in 22 processes · 32 steps

Water vapour

in 18 processes · 32 steps

in 15 processes · 31 steps

Organic acids

in 20 processes · 31 steps

Bacterial biomass

in 11 processes · 30 steps

Dead organic matter

in 12 processes · 30 steps

in 15 processes · 29 steps

Dissolved organic carbon

in 18 processes · 28 steps

in 14 processes · 28 steps

Rock

in 13 processes · 26 steps

Dust

in 11 processes · 25 steps

in 8 processes · 24 steps

in 9 processes · 22 steps

in 16 processes · 20 steps

Amino acids

in 12 processes · 19 steps

Fungal biomass

in 7 processes · 19 steps

in 12 processes · 19 steps

Soil aggregates

in 11 processes · 19 steps

Carbonic acid

in 13 processes · 18 steps

in 10 processes · 17 steps

in 7 processes · 16 steps

in 8 processes · 16 steps

Primary minerals

in 14 processes · 15 steps

Solar energy

in 10 processes · 15 steps

in 12 processes · 15 steps

in 7 processes · 14 steps

in 4 processes · 14 steps

Bicarbonate

in 9 processes · 13 steps

in 7 processes · 13 steps

Organic nitrogen

in 6 processes · 13 steps

Temperature

in 8 processes · 13 steps

in 4 processes · 12 steps

in 5 processes · 12 steps

Root exudates

in 9 processes · 12 steps

Calcium carbonate

in 7 processes · 11 steps

in 8 processes · 11 steps

Base cations

in 7 processes · 10 steps

in 4 processes · 10 steps

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Extracellular polysaccharides

in 5 processes · 9 steps

Infrared radiation

in 6 processes · 9 steps

in 6 processes · 9 steps

Root tissue

in 5 processes · 8 steps

Microbial biomass

in 6 processes · 7 steps

Polysaccharides

in 6 processes · 7 steps

in 3 processes · 7 steps

in 5 processes · 6 steps

Organic matter

in 4 processes · 6 steps

Soluble salts

in 2 processes · 6 steps

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