Plants Drive Microbial Biomass and Composition but Not Diversity to Promote Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Karst Vegetation Restoration

Microorganisms, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(3), P. 590 - 590

Published: March 4, 2025

Natural restoration has emerged as a prominent approach in recent decades for the rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems globally. However, specific changes and underlying mechanisms by natural that influence multifunctionality karst remain poorly understood. In this study, soil, litter, fine root samples were collected from four chronosequence stages vegetation restoration—grassland (G), shrubland (SH), shrub-tree land (ST), forest (F)—within ecosystem Southwestern China. The aim was to evaluate impacts on using an averaging approach. results demonstrated indices C-cycling functionality, N-cycling P-cycling total increased progressed, along with plant diversity. structure plant, bacterial, fungal communities varied across different restoration, exhibiting highest microbial diversity SH stage. Additionally, tightness complexity co-occurrence networks bacteria fungi advancing higher positive links observed than bacteria. functional significantly positively correlated increasing diversity, litter nutrient contents, biomass, community, enzyme activities, soil contents but not bacterial diversities. Furthermore, Random Forest model revealed plants exerted greater compared other factors. It is plausible community networks, levels through input nutrients rather altering enhance multifunctionality. Therefore, initiatives increase are beneficial sustainable ecological management regions

Language: Английский

Editorial: Effects and challenges of ecological protection and restoration strategies on elemental cycles

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: April 3, 2025

Language: Английский