Microbial assemblages and bioindicators as proxies for ecosystem health status: potential and limitations

C Astudillo-García, SM Hermans, B Stevenson… - Applied microbiology …, 2019 - Springer
Microorganisms play fundamental roles in the diversity and functional stability of
environments, including nutrient and energy cycling. However, microbial biodiversity loss …

[HTML][HTML] Archaea and their interactions with bacteria in a karst ecosystem

X Cheng, X Xiang, Y Yun, W Wang, H Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Karst ecosystems are widely distributed around the world, accounting for 15–20% of the
global land area. However, knowledge on microbial ecology of these systems does not …

Responses of soil organic carbon components and their sensitivity to karst rocky desertification control measures in Southwest China

J Lan - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Adequate karst rocky desertification control measures are very important in
enhancing the soil quality and soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in the karst regions …

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
Vegetation restoration is an effective strategy for sequestering soil organic carbon (SOC)
and restoring degraded ecosystems. However, the effects of different restoration strategies …

Priming of soil organic carbon mineralization and its temperature sensitivity in response to vegetation restoration in a karst area of Southwest China

H Cheng, X Zhou, R Dong, X Wang, G Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant residue input alters native soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization through the
priming effect, which strongly controls C sequestration during vegetation restoration …

[HTML][HTML] Keystone microbiomes revealed by 14 years of field restoration of the degraded agricultural soil under distinct vegetation scenarios

Z Zhang, X Han, J Yan, W Zou, E Wang, X Lu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Agricultural intensification accelerates the degradation of cropland, and restoration has
been managed by changing its vegetation. However, the keystone microbiome that drives …

Persistence and vertical distribution of neonicotinoids in soils under different citrus orchards chrono sequences from southern China

T Zheng, J Zhang, C Tang, Y Zhang, J Duan - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Continual input of neonicotinoid insecticides occurs in the citrus orchards from southern
China. However, it is still unknown about the variations in the distribution and accumulation …

Topsoil carbon sequestration of vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau

Y Huang, Z Xin, L Ran, Y Qin, M Cai - Ecological Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Vegetation restoration plays an important role in enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC)
sequestration. However, there are diverse types of vegetation restoration with different SOC …

Soil organic carbon stocks in an investigated watershed transect linked to ecological restoration practices on the Loess Plateau

Y Huang, Z Xin, J Hou, Z Li, L Yang… - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lager scale ecological restoration practices are increasing soil organic carbon (SOC)
stocks. Meta‐analysis is by far the most widely applied technique for describing SOC at …

Response of microbial communities and their metabolic functions to calcareous succession process

J Yan, Q Li, L Hu, J Wang, Q Zhou, J Zhong - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil chronosequence is of great important in studying rates and directions of soil evolution,
which can provide valuable information for the validation of soil genesis theory. However …