Resource limitation of soil microbes in karst ecosystems

H Chen, D Li, Q Mao, K Xiao, K Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about resource limitation to soil microbes is crucial for understanding
ecosystem functions and processes, and for predicting ecosystem responses to global …

Soil microbial processes and resource limitation in karst and non‐karst forests

H Chen, D Li, K Xiao, K Wang - Functional Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Soil micro‐organisms play a key role in soil biogeochemical cycles, but their growth and
activities are often limited by resource availability. Understanding soil processes that are …

Soil specific enzyme stoichiometry reflects nitrogen limitation of microorganisms under different types of vegetation restoration in the karst areas

HL Guan, JW Fan, X Lu - Applied Soil Ecology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about resource limitations faced by soil microorganisms is crucial for
understanding ecosystem functions and processes. In recent decades, vegetation …

[HTML][HTML] The soil biota composition along a progressive succession of secondary vegetation in a karst area

J Zhao, S Li, X He, L Liu, K Wang - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Karst ecosystems are fragile and are in many regions degraded by anthropogenic activities.
Current management of degraded karst areas focuses on aboveground vegetation …

Effects of disturbance to moss biocrusts on soil nutrients, enzyme activities, and microbial communities in degraded karst landscapes in southwest China

C Cheng, M Gao, Y Zhang, M Long, Y Wu… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biocrusts are ecosystem engineers providing vital functions and services on the Earth's land
surface, while biocrust ecology in degraded karst landscapes has not yet been well …

The persistence of bacterial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality along a disturbance intensity gradient in karst soil

Y Xue, J Tian, TA Quine, D Powlson, K Xing… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Extensive, progressive rock emergence causes localized variations in soil biogeochemical
and microbial properties that may influence the capacity for the regeneration of degraded …

Bacterial communities drive the resistance of soil multifunctionality to land-use change in karst soils

L Yang, R Barnard, Y Kuzyakov, J Tian - European journal of soil biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacterial communities play key roles in maintaining ecosystem multifunctionality. With
increasing land use intensity, soil biogeochemical and microbial characteristics change …

Relationship between vegetation restoration and soil microbial characteristics in degraded karst regions: a case study

WEI Yuan, YU Li-Fei, JC Zhang, YU Yuan-Chun… - Pedosphere, 2011 - Elsevier
The mechanism of vegetation restoration on degraded karst regions has been a research
focus of soil science and ecology for the last decade. In an attempt to preferably interpret the …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of soil microbial communities following vegetation succession in a karst mountain ecosystem, Southwest China

C Zhao, J Long, H Liao, C Zheng, J Li, L Liu… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The interaction between soil property and soil microbial community in karst area still remains
an open question. The characteristics of soil physicochemical properties and microbial …

Bacteria life-history strategies and the linkage of soil CNP stoichiometry to microbial resource limitation differed in karst and non-karst plantation forests in southwest …

T Yang, H Zhang, C Zheng, X Wu, Y Zhao, X Li, H Liu… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil microbial resource-acquisition strategies play a crucial role in soil nutrient cycling and
the accumulation of soil organic carbon (SOC) in vegetation restoration. Despite the growing …