Desertification often occurs in fragile steppe ecosystems, which may lead to severe soil
degradation. Understanding how soil microbial communities respond to desertification is …

The soil microbial community is a key indicator used to evaluate the effectiveness of land
use changes in degraded ecosystems. However, there is currently limited information on the …

Researchers have used both soil nematode data and soil quality index (SQI) data as
indicators of soil quality. However, the relationship between soil nematodes and soil quality …

Backgrounds A large-scale ecological restoration project was initiated in the 1990s in
southwest China, which is one of the largest areas of rocky desertification globally. However …

Investigation of soil internal nitrogen cycles is useful for unravelling the mechanisms
responsible for soil nitrogen availability change. Here, gross nitrogen transformations were …

Purpose Soil nitrogen (N) availability plays an important role in determining ecosystem
structure and function. However, the variation patterns of soil N availability under different …

Backgrounds There are growing concerns regarding the restoration of karst rocky
desertification (KRD) areas. However, the soil conditions and its residing microorganisms …

Selective logging strongly affects forest structure and functions, which has direct and indirect
effects on the soil microbial community. However, the effect of selective logging on soil …

Soil microorganisms fundamentally regulate biochemical processes of soil organic matter
decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. In this study, we examined seasonal and yearly …

The effect of stand density on the soil bacterial community and diversity remains unclear.
Spectrophotometry and full-length 16S rRNA sequences were used to determine the effects …