Afforestation is an effective approach to rehabilitate degraded ecosystems, but often
depletes deep soil moisture. Presently, it is not known how an afforestation‐induced …

In the present paper, we investigated the effects of afforestation on nitrogen fractions and
microbial communities. A total of 24 soil samples were collected from farmland (FL) and …

Despite important progress in understanding the influence of deforestation on the bacterial α
diversity and community structure at local scales, little is known about deforestation impacts …

Grassland afforestation strongly influences the structure and function of soil microorganisms.
Yet the mechanisms of how afforestation could simultaneously alter both the soil fungal and …

Afforestation can substantially influence terrestrial carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphors
(P) stocks by changing soil microbial properties and functions, but the direction and …

Revegetation of degraded lands has a profound impact on the maintenance and stability of
ecosystem processes. However, the impacts of this land use change on functional diversity …

Objectives Afforestation changes soil chemical properties over several decades. In contrast,
microbial community structure can be shifted within the first decade and so, the direct effects …

It is well established that land use change can have a profound impact on soil
physicochemical properties but the associated changes in soil microbial communities are …

Afforestation results in a wide range of soil resources with carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and
phosphorus (P) levels that rarely meet microbial elemental demands. Such stoichiometric …

Afforestation may alter soil microbial community structure and function, and further affect soil
carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics. Here we investigated soil microbial carbon and …