Much effort has been made to remediate the degraded mine lands that bring severe impacts
to the natural environments. However, it remains unclear what drives the recovery of …

Fire is an ecological disturbance that alters soil microbiomes and the functions they mediate
in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbial diversity in Mediterranean Basin ecosystems shows …

Land desertification directly impacts the services and functions of grassland ecosystems
globally, especially in alpine regions. Ecological restoration measures (eg, erecting fences …

Metal mining in drylands generates waste tailings with high toxicity, physical instability, as
well as water and thermal stresses that hamper their biological colonization. This limits the …

Background and aims Woody plant encroachment is a phenomenon of global concern in
drylands due to demonstrated reductions in livestock carrying capacity. However, shrubs are …

Aim Plant–plant interactions are an important factor in structuring plant biodiversity.
However, most studies on the impacts of plant–plant interactions on biodiversity focus on …

This study aimed to evaluate whether the improvement in soil conditions induced by the
vegetation spontaneously colonizing abandoned metal (loid) mine tailings from semiarid …

This work studies a set of soil indicators (physical, physico-chemical and biological),
evaluated under field and laboratory conditions, in different stages of spontaneous …

Facilitation by nurse plants is a key process involved in the organization of plant
communities and maintenance of biodiversity, particularly in harsh environments. Nurse …

Co‐occurrence network analysis based on amplicon sequences is increasingly used to
study microbial communities. Patterns of co‐existence or mutual exclusion between pairs of …