Landscape context determines soil fungal diversity in a fragmented habitat

N Su, S Jarvie, Y Yan, X Gong, F Li, P Han, Q Zhang - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Habitat fragmentation is a primary cause of biodiversity loss. As an essential part of the
ecosystem, soil microorganisms participate in a series of ecosystem processes. However …

Three‐dimensional mapping of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in soil microbial biomass and their stoichiometry at the global scale

D Gao, E Bai, S Wang, S Zong, Z Liu… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbial biomass and microbial stoichiometric ratios are important for understanding
carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we compiled data from 12245 …

Global patterns and predictors of soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems

Z Wang, M Zhao, Z Yan, Y Yang, KJ Niklas, H Huang… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil microbes play key roles in driving and regulating nutrient cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems. However, a lack of global-scale information regarding the distribution of soil …

Stoichiometric imbalance of soil carbon and nutrients drives microbial community structure under long-term fertilization

Y Huang, Q Wang, W Zhang, P Zhu, Q Xiao, C Wang… - Applied soil ecology, 2021 - Elsevier
Fertilization affects soil microbial community by altering soil organic carbon (C) and nutrients
availability. However, it remains unclear how changes in stoichiometric C, N, and P ratios …

Response of soil microbial biomass C, N, and P and microbial quotient to agriculture and agricultural abandonment in a meadow steppe of northeast China

Y Yan, C Wang, J Zhang, Y Sun, X Xu, N Zhu… - Soil and Tillage …, 2022 - Elsevier
The carbon and nutrients in the soil microbial biomass (SMB) and their proportion in soil
elements, namely soil microbial quotient (SMQ), are the key indicators of the soil quality and …

Ecosystem functions are related to tree diversity in forests but soil biodiversity in open woodlands and shrublands

J Ding, M Delgado‐Baquerizo, JT Wang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Millions of trees are expected to be planted in forested and non‐forested ecosystems during
the United Nations Decade of Restoration. Trees and soil organisms are known to interact …

Links between microbial biomass and necromass components in the top-and subsoils of temperate grasslands along an aridity gradient

X Zhang, G Dai, T Ma, N Liu, H Hu, W Ma, JB Zhang… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial carbon has recently been highlighted to play a key role in the formation and
persistence of soil organic carbon, bearing significant implications for regulating ecosystem …

Global synthesis for the scaling of soil microbial nitrogen to phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems

Z Wang, M Wang, K Yu, H Hu, Y Yang… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are associated with the life history of all organisms. Soil
microbes play essential roles in nutrient cycling and ecosystem dynamics. As compared to …

Role of environment variables in spatial distribution of soil C, N, P ecological stoichiometry in the typical black soil region of Northeast China

Q Chen, Z Shi, S Chen, Y Gou, Z Zhuo - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The effects of environmental factors on topsoil nutrient distribution have been extensively
discussed, but it remains unclear how they affect spatial characteristics of soil carbon (C) …

Contrasting global patterns of soil microbial quotients of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems

D Gao, W Shi, H Wang, Z Liu, Q Jiang, W Lv, S Wang… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
The microbial quotient of soil, defined as the proportion of soil elements present in soil
microorganisms, reflects the capacity of microbial communities to regulate processes like …