The chemical traits of litter are among the most critical factors that affect its decomposition.
During vegetation restoration of planted forests, increasing age of the planted species and …

Decomposition of forest litter is an essential process for returning nutrients to the soil, which
is crucial for preserving soil fertility and fostering the regular biological cycle and nutrient …

Aims The impacts associated with litter decomposition in intensive cropping on eco-
enzymatic stoichiometry and microbial nutrient limitation are still under debate. Methods To …

Secondary succession has a major influence on vegetation and soil biogeochemical
processes, however, the dynamics of microbial metabolic activity and the driving factors …

Soil fungal communities, which drive many ecosystem processes, vary across soil horizons.
However, how fungal communities are influenced by soil horizon layers remains largely …

Forest conversion from monoculture plantations to mixed plantations has profound effects on
ecological functions as well as soil bacterial community structure, and the creation of mixed …

Soil biota are critical for services and the functionality of terrestrial ecosystems. Studying the
composition of total belowground soil biota across different ecological scales has become …

Comprehensive comparison of soil organic carbon (SOC) stock and its fractions in different
forest types with same age is scantily considered, especially between natural secondary …

Litter quality determines the decomposability of litter and the proportion of recalcitrant
residues, which in turn can affect the accumulation of soil organic carbon (SOC). However …

Litter decomposition represents a major path for atmospheric carbon influx into Arctic soils,
thereby controlling below‐ground carbon accumulation. Yet, little is known about how tundra …