Revegetation induced change in soil erodibility as influenced by slope situation on the Loess Plateau

M Guo, Z Chen, W Wang, T Wang, W Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erodibility is an indispensable parameter for predicting soil erosion and evaluating the
benefits of soil and water conservation. Slope situation can alter revegetation and its effects …

Recovery of soil microbial biomass, stoichiometry, and herb‐layer diversity with chronosequence of farmland land abandonment in the central Himalayas, India

RK Joshi, SC Garkoti, R Gupta, S Kumar… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Revegetation after farmland abandonment not only changes the aboveground biodiversity
but also soil physicochemical properties and soil microbial biomass. However, how the …

Changes in diversity patterns and assembly processes of soil nematode communities during forest secondary succession on the Loess Plateau

X Zhang, J Huang, J Chen, G Li, H He, T Huang… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The secondary succession of plant communities involves considerable changes in
belowground communities of microbes and animals. Nematodes are the most abundant …

Plant functional and phylogenetic diversity regulate ecosystem multifunctionality in semi-arid grassland during succession

M Wang, N Lu, N An, B Fu - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) is crucial for
understanding the processes of ecological restoration in semi-arid regions. However …

Forest Soils and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Natural Forest, Degraded, and Plantation Ecosystems

Y Kooch, M Heydari, ME Lucas-Borja, I Miralles - 2022 - Springer
The primary greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the natural forest ecosystems are carbon (C) and
nitrogen (N) cycles. Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) are the …

Soil mite communities (Acari, Mesostigmata) in pure stands on post-agricultural lands: does season matter?

J Malica, CK Urbanowski, K Turczański… - … and Applied Acarology, 2025 - Springer
Post-agricultural land differs from typical forest land in physical, chemical and biological
features. In addition, the environment of this land type is determined, among other things, by …

Taxonomic and structural diversity indices predict soil carbon storage better than functional diversity indices along a dieback intensity gradient in semi-arid oak forests

M Karami, A Sheykholeslami, M Heydari, ME Nimvari… - Trees, 2021 - Springer
Key message The use of structural diversity indices can be efficient tools to increase
understanding of changes in soil carbon storage as a key ecosystem function along the oak …

Current plant ecological features reflect historical forest management systems in semi-arid oak forests

M Heydari, SA Roshan, R Omidipour… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The influence of the type of management applied for centuries on vegetation understory has
still been underexplored in semi-arid forests. We have studied how the vegetation …

Regeneration of spruce-fir-beech mixed forests under climate and ungulate pressure

M Unkule - 2022 - theses.hal.science
Global environmental changes are affecting tree population demography with potentially
significant impacts on forest biodiversity and wood industry. Forest regeneration processes …