Species mixing improves soil properties and enzymatic activities in Chinese fir plantations: A meta-analysis

J Guo, H Feng, P McNie, Q Liu, X Xu, C Pan, K Yan… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
It is becoming a tendency for multispecies plantations to be promoted worldwide to enhance
carbon sequestration and provide better ecosystem services. Soil physicochemical …

Species distribution models of Brant's oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.): The impact of spatial database on predicting the impacts of climate change

H Mirhashemi, M Heydari, K Ahmadi, O Karami… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Investigating the correlation between environmental variables and species distribution
should be performed using data acquired from appropriate spatial scales to meet adaptive …

Interactive effects of salinity and SOM on the ecoenzymatic activities across coastal soils subjected to a saline gradient

Y Dong, R Chen, E Petropoulos, B Yu, J Zhang, X Lin… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Salinity and soil organic matter (SOM) are key edaphic factors that exert substantial
influence on soil microbial activity. To understand the interactive effects of both factors on …

[HTML][HTML] Spontaneous vegetation colonizing abandoned metal (loid) mine tailings consistently modulates climatic, chemical and biological soil conditions throughout …

J Álvarez-Rogel, A Peñalver-Alcalá… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aimed to evaluate whether the improvement in soil conditions induced by the
vegetation spontaneously colonizing abandoned metal (loid) mine tailings from semiarid …

Tree dieback, woody plant diversity, and ecosystem driven by topography in semi-arid mountain forests: Implication for ecosystem management

M Heydari, J Cheraghi, R Omidipour… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mountain landscapes are highly heterogeneous due to topography, notably positions along
slope and slope shapes, which control ecosystem mechanisms. We hypothesized that tree …

Incorporating forest canopy openness and environmental covariates in predicting soil organic carbon in oak forest

L Su, M Heydari, MS Jaafarzadeh, SR Mousavi… - Soil and Tillage …, 2024 - Elsevier
The historical conversion of forests to rainfed agricultural lands in the semi-arid forest
ecosystems is one of the primary sources of human-induced, greenhouse gas emission and …

Soil biota community composition as affected by Cryptostegia madagascariensis invasion in a tropical Cambisol from North-eastern Brazil

EO de Lucena, T Souza, SIA da Silva, S Kormann… - Tropical Ecology, 2021 - Springer
We aimed to analyse the effects of Cryptostegia madagascariensis' invasion on soil biota
community composition from a tropical Fluvisol at the Brazilian Northeast. We collected soil …

Dieback intensity but not functional and taxonomic diversity indices predict forest productivity in different management conditions: Evidence from a semi-arid oak forest …

M Karami, M Heydari, A Sheykholeslami… - Journal of Arid Land, 2022 - Springer
The relationships between different aspects of diversity (taxonomic, structural and functional)
and the aboveground biomass (AGB) as a major component of global carbon balance have …

Plant colonization mediates the microbial community dynamics in glacier forelands of the Tibetan Plateau

Y Liu, M Ji, W Wang, T Xing, Q Yan, B Ferrari, Y Liu - Imeta, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming has increased the rate of glacier retreat in both high‐latitudes and high‐
altitude regions over the past 100 years [1, 2]. Retreating glaciers expose a large mass of …

Soil microbial relative resource limitation exhibited contrasting seasonal patterns along an elevational gradient in Yulong Snow Mountain

D Zhang, B Wu, J Li, X Cheng - Functional Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial relative resource limitations represented by enzyme stoichiometry reflect the
relationship between microbial nutrient requirements and nutrient status in soil, but the issue …