… Our results demonstrated that the secondary forest succession significantly affected
fungal β-diversity in the soils and roots (P < 0.05) (Fig. 3a and b). The change in fungal β-diversity …

… We demonstrate that in the harsh subalpine zone, rates of forest succession can vary two-
or threefold over relatively short distances. Although we confirmed the “equilibrium” prediction …

… During forest succession, basal area reached a maximum in the seral phase with a multi-layered
structure. The Tsuga forests, whose understory is restricted to a moss layer, were …

… during secondary forest succession … secondary succession in subalpine forests, the
rhizosphere and bulk soils of three typical successional stages (grassland, shrubland and secondary …

… microbial communities and their interactions respond to secondary forest succession, which
limits our understanding of the mechanism of secondary forest succession. As a result, the …

… 1990s, the secondary forests have been in the process of plant succession in the potential
… However, mechanisms of forest succession have not received sufficient statistical analysis. …

… While the 16 stands studied cover an actual time of observation of 44 years each, together
they cover a minimum of 110 years of forest succession. Since the tree survey indicated that …

… forest vegetation in a 4500-ha_ undisturbed "':ate_rshed in the subalpine zone of the Medicine
Bow Mountains, … Penodtc fi_re coupled with slow secondary succession has perpetuated …

… of forest succession on soil microbial community diversity and composition and little information
on successional series in the subalpine forest region, … change with forest succession? (2) …

… Soils from a secondary succession, grasslands → shrublands → secondary forests →
primary forests in subalpine regions, were sampled to compare the contribution of mycorrhizal …