Natural vegetation regeneration facilitated soil organic carbon sequestration and microbial community stability in the degraded karst ecosystem

H Cheng, X Zhou, R Dong, X Wang, G Liu, Q Li - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
… and natural regeneration on labile SOC and microbial communities in a degraded karst
ecosystem. We hypothesized that: Ⅰ) compared to afforestation, natural regeneration would …

Effect of vegetation types on chemical and biological properties of soils of karst ecosystems

X Lu, H Toda, F Ding, S Fang, W Yang, H Xu - European Journal of Soil …, 2014 - Elsevier
… recovery pathway on soil properties rather than providing information on the regeneration
of soil properties under vegetation recovery pathways that may occur within a landscape. …

Effects of vegetation restoration and environmental factors on understory vascular plants in a typical karst ecosystem in southern China

Z Ou, S Pang, Q He, Y Peng, X Huang, W Shen - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
… Study on understory flora could help improve understanding community dynamics, plant
responses to disturbance, and forest regeneration and helps guide conservation and …

Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering

X Tong, M Brandt, Y Yue, S Horion, K Wang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
… on carbon stocks and if vegetation regrowth occurs at a large … The highly sensitive and
vulnerable karst ecosystem in … rocky karst mountains as an area of sparse forest or vegetation

Changes in plant rhizosphere microbial communities under different vegetation restoration patterns in karst and non-karst ecosystems

Z Fan, S Lu, S Liu, H Guo, T Wang, J Zhou, X Peng - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
… the karst ecosystem. These findings further our understanding of microbial responses to
vegetation … and regeneration processes, despite the fact that karst forests are a relatively fragile …

Recovery approach affects soil quality in fragile karst ecosystems of southwest China: Implications for vegetation restoration

D Pang, J Cao, X Dan, Y Guan, X Peng, M Cui… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
karst ecosystems. In order to further explore the factors influencing soil quality in different
vegetation … , natural regeneration is a more suitable strategy for forest ecosystem restoration in …

Characteristics of woody plant regeneration in karren-habitats successional plant communities in Yunnan Shilin karst area of China

XY YU, YH LI - Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 2010 - plant-ecology.com
… Aims Degraded karst ecosystems appear around the world and include the European …
essential for karst vegetation succession. Our objective was to study woody plant regeneration in …

Difference in hydraulic resistance between planted forest and naturally regenerated forest and its implications for ecosystem restoration in subtropical karst …

R Yi, X Xu, S Zhu, Y Zhang, F Zhong, X Zeng, C Xu - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
… This study is the first to provide evidence of coordination between plant safety margin and
species-specific growing season length in fragile karst ecosystems. To increase vegetation

Effects of vegetation restoration on soil quality in fragile karst ecosystems of southwest China

H Guan, J Fan - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
… is important for karst ecosystems where soil erosion is significant. A large amount of vegetation
restoration has been implemented since the early 21st century in degraded karst areas …

Soil functions and ecosystem services research in the Chinese karst Critical Zone

SM Green, JAJ Dungait, C Tu, HL Buss, N Sanderson… - Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
… the rooting depth of crop plants and ultimate loss from the karst systems through the sub-…
The key question for regeneration and sustainable management of the karst landscapes in …