Restoration ecology is a young academic field, but one with enough history to judge it
against past and current expectations of the science's potential. The practice of ecological …

A wide range of bacteria capable of nitrogen fixation (free-living and associative) can be
found in all agricultural soils across Australia, however measurement of their effectiveness in …

植被在水土保持, 水源涵养及生态系统的固碳过程中起着重要的作用. 植被恢复是指运用生态学
原理, 通过保护现有植被, 封山育林或营造人工林, 灌, 草植被, 修复或重建被毁坏或被破坏的森林 …

Plant diversity is hypothesised to increase soil stability by increasing the diversity of root
types. To test this hypothesis, we took soil cores from machine-graded ski slopes and from …

Revegetation has been reported to be one of the most effective measures for reducing soil
erosion on the Loess Plateau in China. The Yunwu observatory, located in the northwestern …

In the context of Climate Change, the increasing of frequency and intensity of droughts and
heat waves constitutes a serious threat for agroecosystems in the Mediterranean region …

Soil microbial communities affect nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning. However, the
variations in microbial diversity and community composition within degraded landscapes …

Forefields of receding glaciers are unique and sensitive environments representing natural
chronosequences. In such habitats, microbial nitrogen fixation is of particular interest since …

Since the 1970s, increase in fire frequency has been observed in all European
Mediterranean regions. The objectives of this study were (1) to determine the effects of …

Recovery of belowground ecosystem processes, such as soil aggregation and organic
matter (OM) accumulation, in reconstructed soils is crucial to successful reclamation of …