Open-pit mining has caused extensive land destruction, including land abandonment and
reduction in agricultural land, resulting in serious environmental problems. Ecological …

The Kingdom of Plantae is considered the main source of human food, and includes several
edible and medicinal plants, whereas mushrooms belong to the Kingdom of fungi. There are …

The drivers and mechanisms underlying succession and the spontaneous formation of plant
communities in mining wasteland remain largely unknown. This study investigated the use …

The tailings soil originating from an abandoned sulfur-iron mine in Sichuan Province, China,
exhibits elevated concentrations of heavy metals (HMs) and possesses limited soil …

Background: Mining activities are known to exert significant effects on the structure and
function of grassland ecosystems. However, the role of mining grasslands restoration in …

Direct revegetation is an important measure to immobilize heavy metals and improve the
microecological properties of metal smelting slag sites. However, the vertical distribution of …

Vegetation restoration of land post‐mining can strengthen the development of soil
aggregates and promote the accumulation of soil organic carbon (SOC), and Microbial …

Organic amendments in aided phytostabilization of waste slag containing high levels of
heavy metal (loid) s (HMs) are an important way to control the release of HMs in situ …

Plants alter soil biological communities, generating ecosystem legacies that affect the
performance of successive plants, influencing plant community assembly and successional …

Heavy metal (HM) contamination caused by mining and smelting activities can be harmful to
soil microbiota, which are highly sensitive to HM stress. Here, we explore the effects of HM …