Effects of long-term grazing exclusion on plant and soil properties vary with position in dune systems in the Horqin Sandy Land

R Miao, Y Liu, L Wu, D Wang, Y Liu, Y Miao, Z Yang… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Grazing exclusion is an important policy currently being employed by the Chinese
government to recover degraded grasslands. Despite many field experiments, controversy …

Improvements in soil quality with vegetation succession in subtropical China karst

Y Zhang, X Xu, Z Li, C Xu, W Luo - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Secondary vegetation succession can alter soil functions and quality. However, data on
changes to soil quality at different stages of vegetation succession in karst areas of …

Long-term forest succession improves plant diversity and soil quality but not significantly increase soil microbial diversity: Evidence from the Loess Plateau

Y Liu, G Zhu, X Hai, J Li, Z Shangguan, C Peng… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Many studies have focused on the processes of vegetation succession, however, the
dynamics of soil microbes and the synergy between vegetation and soil are still poorly …

Significant association between soil dissolved organic matter and soil microbial communities following vegetation restoration in the Loess Plateau

H Hu, S Umbreen, Y Zhang, M Bao, C Huang… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) affects the fundamental biogeochemical
processes in soil including circulation and distribution of carbon and nutrients. Likewise …

[HTML][HTML] Positive effects of fungal β diversity on soil multifunctionality mediated by pH in the natural restoration succession stages of alpine meadow patches

C Duan, X Li, C Li, P Yang, Y Chai, W Xu - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
It is important to have a deep understanding of microbial diversity–multifunctionality
relationships. Studies on α diversity of microorganisms have been reported extensively, but …

Assessing the effects of 17 years of grazing exclusion in degraded semi-arid soils: evaluation of soil fertility, nutrients pools and stoichiometry

J de Souza Oliveira Filho, JN Vieira… - Journal of Arid …, 2019 - Elsevier
Grazing exclusion (GE) has been used as a strategy to restore degraded pastures
worldwide. In this study, the effects of 17 years of GE on a) soil fertility, b) stoichiometric …

Soil and vegetation development along a 10-year restoration chronosequence in tailing dams in the Xiaoqinling gold region of Central China

D Wang, B Zhang, L Zhu, Y Yang, M Li - Catena, 2018 - Elsevier
Gold mining has increased sharply in response to global demand. Gold extraction usually
causes the formation of tailing dams, in which organic matter and microbial activity …

Diminished rhizosphere and bulk soil microbial abundance and diversity across succession stages in Karst area, southwest China

H Xu, H Du, F Zeng, T Song, W Peng - Applied Soil Ecology, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms are important for plant nutrients and health. However, our
understanding of soil microbial communities in the rhziosphere and bulk soils as plant …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetation characteristics and soil properties of Artificially Remediated grasslands: The Case Study of the Shimenhe mining area in Qilian Mountains …

XM Yang, Q Feng, M Zhu - Research in Cold and Arid Regions, 2024 - Elsevier
The mining of limestone mines plays a crucial role in societal and economic advancement.
However, mining activities have led to destructive variations in grassland ecology and soil …

Changes in soil physical and chemical properties during vegetation succession on Miyake-jima Island

X Peng, K Tamura, M Asano, A Takano, M Kawagoe… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
The bare lands formed after volcanic eruptions provide an excellent opportunity to study the
interactions between vegetation succession and soil formation. To explore the changes in …