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 …

Spontaneous vegetation succession after agricultural abandonment is a general
phenomenon in many areas of the world. As important indicators of nutrient status and …

Abstract Knowledge about resource limitations faced by soil microorganisms is crucial for
understanding ecosystem functions and processes. In recent decades, vegetation …

Reforestation has been widely adopted to restore soil fertility and ecosystem service in the
rocky-desertified Karst region of southwestern China. As a key indicator of ecosystem …

Soil microorganisms play crucial roles between plants and soil following afforestation.
However, the relationship between the microbial community and carbon: nitrogen …

Microbial functional diversity is significantly associated with both nutrient cycling and organic
matter decomposition. However, how different forests as well as the soil parent materials …

Multispecies restoration is considered a feasible practice to tackle the decline in ecosystem
services provided by monocultures. However, our understanding of how multispecies …

The impacts of natural restoration projects on soil microbial carbon (C) cycling functions
have not been well recognized despite their wide implementation in the degraded karst …

Abstract Knowledge about resource limitation to soil microbes is crucial for understanding
ecosystem functions and processes, and for predicting ecosystem responses to global …

Forest soils contain a large amount of organic carbon and contribute to terrestrial carbon
sequestration. However, we still have a poor understanding of what nutrients limit soil …