Ecosystem multifunctionality and soil microbial communities in response to ecological restoration in an alpine degraded grassland.

Linkages between microbial communities and multiple ecosystem functions are context-dependent. However, the impacts of different restoration measures on microbial communities and ecosystem functioning remain unclear. Here, a 14-year long-term experiment was conducted using three restoration modes: planting mixed grasses (MG), planting shrub with alone (SA), and planting shrub with plus planting mixed grasses (SG), with an extremely degraded grassland serving as the control (CK).

Linking between soil properties, bacterial communities, enzyme activities, and soil organic carbon mineralization under ecological restoration in an alpine degraded grassland.

Soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization is affected by ecological restoration and plays an important role in the soil C cycle. However, the mechanism of ecological restoration on SOC mineralization remains unclear. Here, we collected soils from the degraded grassland that have undergone 14 years of ecological restoration by planting shrubs with alone (SA) and, planting shrubs with plus planting mixed grasses (SG), with the extremely degraded grassland underwent natural restoration as control (CK).

Organic amendments enhance soil microbial diversity, microbial functionality and crop yields: A meta-analysis.

Fertilization plays an important role in changing soil microbial diversity, which is essential for determining crop yields. Yet, the influence of organic amendments on microbial diversity remains uncertain, and few studies have addressed the relative importance of microbial diversity versus other drivers of crop yields. Here, we synthesize 219 studies worldwide and found that organic amendments significantly increased microbial diversity components (i.

Contribution of atmospheric N deposition to riverine N load in a forest-dominated watershed through field monitoring for three years.

Increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition significantly impacts N cycling in freshwater ecosystems. Relative to lakes, the importance of N deposition in riverine N load is less studied. Thus, this study monitored N deposition and riverine N load for three years and then used the export coefficient model to explore N deposition's contribution to riverine N load in a forest-dominated watershed.