Ecological research conducted over the past five decades has shown that increasing tree
species richness at forest stands can improve tree resistance to insect pest damage …

There is limited knowledge on how the association of trees with different mycorrhizal types
shapes soil microbial communities in the context of changing tree diversity levels. We used …

Forests are essential biomes for global biochemical cycles, and soil microorganisms play a
key role in providing and maintaining forest ecosystem services. A comprehensive …

Aims Conversion from pure plantations to mixed plantations can significantly increase forest
productivity and provide better ecosystem services, yet there is still a lack effective of …

Forest conversion from monoculture plantations to mixed plantations has profound effects on
ecological functions as well as soil bacterial community structure, and the creation of mixed …

Vegetation restoration has been implemented to prevent ecosystem degradation worldwide.
However, the general response of soil microbial communities to vegetation restoration …

Land use influences soil biota community composition and diversity, and then belowground
ecosystem processes and functions. To characterize the effect of land use on soil biota, soil …

Picrorhiza kurrooa an endangered high-altitude Himalayan medicinal herb, is used as a
potent hepatoprotective due to the presence of various secondary metabolites, with …

Abstract Background Huperzine A (Hup A) has attracted considerable attention as an
effective therapeutic candidate drug used to treat Alzheimer's disease. Whereas, the …

Positive relationships between tree species diversity and soil communities are reported in
many studies. However, the effects of tree species richness and nitrogen (N)-fixing tree …