Effect of grassland degradation on soil quality and soil biotic community in a semi-arid temperate steppe

X Han, Y Li, X Du, Y Li, Z Wang, S Jiang, Q Li - Ecological Processes, 2020 - Springer
Grasslands provide a number of ecosystem services for human society. Degradation of
grasslands results in the loss of biodiversity and leads to the deterioration of ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] The diversity and co-occurrence network of soil bacterial and fungal communities and their implications for a new indicator of grassland degradation

X Wu, J Yang, H Ruan, S Wang, Y Yang, I Naeem… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Grassland degradation is a retrogressive succession of grassland vegetation, which leads to
the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem functions. Soil microbiomes play …

Nematode faunal response to grassland degradation in Horqin Sandy Land

WJ Liang, S Zhong, HUA Jian-Feng, CAO Cheng-You… - Pedosphere, 2007 - Elsevier
The responses of soil nematode communities to grassland degradation were studied under
undegraded grassland (UG), degraded grassland (DG), and improved grassland (IG), in …

[HTML][HTML] Edge effects and spatial degradation process in highly fragmented grassland–Impact on soil microbial community

X Zhao, Y Song, T Xu, M Xu, J Cai, L Wang, Z Li - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Patchy degradation is a typical characteristic of grassland degradation. However, little is
known about the responses of soil microbial community composition and richness to patchy …

Response of soil microbial community composition and diversity at different gradients of grassland degradation in Central Mongolia

L Chao, X Ma, M Tsetsegmaa, Y Zheng, H Qu, Y Dai… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vegetation and soil microorganisms are important components of terrestrial ecosystems and
play a crucial role in ecosystem functioning. However, little is known about the synergistic …

Changes in soil microbial functional diversity under different vegetation restoration patterns for Hulunbeier Sandy Land

H Zhang, G Li, X Song, D Yang, Y Li, J Qiao… - Acta Ecologica …, 2013 - Elsevier
Grassland desertification seriously threatens economic and social sustainable development.
How to control grassland desertification, and even to restore and reconstruct grassland has …

[HTML][HTML] Grazing intensity, duration, and grassland type determine the relationship between soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in Chinese …

Z Yao, L Shi, Y He, C Peng, Z Lin, M Hu, N Yin, H Xu… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grazing can alter soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) through
feeding, trampling, and excreta deposition. However, it remains unclear how grazing …

Responses of soil microbial metabolic activity and community structure to different degraded and restored grassland gradients of the Tibetan plateau

D Wang, H Zhou, J Zuo, P Chen, Y She… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Climate change and land-use disturbances are supposed to have severely affected the
degraded alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. Artificial grassland establishment has …

Effects of different management practices on soil microbial community structure and function in alpine grassland

J Su, W Ji, X Sun, H Wang, Y Kang, B Yao - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Management practices, such as grazing exclusion and reseeding, have been implemented
to mitigate the degradation of grassland. Low grazing intensities and reseeding increase …

Plant and soil properties mediate the response of soil microbial communities to moderate grazing in a semiarid grassland of northern China

L Chen, H Xu, S Wu, T Baoyin - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Even though a growing amount of information about the effects of livestock grazing on soil
microbial communities have accumulated in literature, less is known about the combined …