Article
Environmental Sciences
Rudong Zhao, Mei He, Feng Liu
Summary: Soil respiration components (Rh and Ra) respond differently to long-term forest conversion, with Rh and Ra patterns primarily driven by soil microbial community (SMC) structures and microenvironmental factors. Plant community attributes and forest management play important roles in soil C emission into the atmosphere during forest conversion.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Lei Liu, Marc Estiarte, Per Bengtson, Jian Li, Dolores Asensio, Hakan Wallander, Josep Penuelas
Summary: Soil moisture strongly influences the decomposition of soil organic carbon by microbial activity, with long-term drought having significant legacy effects on soil respiration. The type of C input (glucose or cellulose) affects the priming effect on soil organic matter decomposition, with fungi playing a key role in cellulose decomposition.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Tayyab, Ziqi Yang, Caifang Zhang, Waqar Islam, Wenxiong Lin, Hua Zhang
Summary: Sugarcane monoculture leads to soil problems such as acidification and degradation, reducing soil fertility and beneficial microbes. Analysis showed the impact of this cultivation method on soil and microbial communities.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Ernest D. Osborn, Steven G. McBride, Joseph V. Kupper, Jim A. Nelson, David H. McNear, Rebecca L. McCulley, J. E. Barrett
Summary: Different methods were used to assess microbial responses to land use change and drought-rewetting in this study. The results showed that the responses detected by different methods were qualitatively different, indicating the importance of using multiple methodological approaches to fully understand microbial community responses to global change.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Hang Qiao, Longsheng Chen, Yajun Hu, Chenghua Deng, Qi Sun, Shaohong Deng, Xiangbi Chen, Li Mei, Jinshui Wu, Yirong Su
Summary: The age of planted forests determines soil microbial metabolism limitation and community assembly, with P limitation decreasing significantly and C limitation slightly increasing with stand age. The soil microbiota alpha diversity remains steady, while microbial communities shift from scattered to clustered, and soil bacterial community assembly transitions from stochastic to deterministic processes along stand age. This study provides new insights into the regulation of C and P management in subtropical planted forests.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yo-Jin Shiau, Ed-Haun Chang
Summary: Constructed wetlands are widely used as low-cost wastewater treatment systems and provide various ecosystem services. Microorganisms in wetland soils play a fundamental role in supporting wetland functions. This study found that both bacterial and fungal abundances increased with wetland age, with bacteria dominating the soil microbial communities in all ages of constructed wetlands. The stress indices showed that microbial stress may be influenced by changes in the availability of in situ nutrients in the wetland soils.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Xiuzhen Shi, Jianqing Wang, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Zhenyu Wang, Xue Li, Zhiqun Huang
Summary: The study found that ecosystem multifunctionality gradually increases during natural forest succession, with functions like carbon stocks and water regulation also showing an increasing trend with stand development. Microbial diversity is a key factor influencing changes in ecosystem multifunctionality, with bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, nematodes, G(+) bacteria, and G(-) bacteria diversity significantly and positively associated with ecosystem multifunctionality. Soil nematodes show a significantly positive correlation with most individual functions.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Nicolas Borchers, Jacqueline Hannam, Mark Pawlett
Summary: Soil translocation is an ecological habitat restoration technique that involves moving topsoil from one site to another. This study investigated the changes in soil chemistry and microbial community composition after the translocation of semi-ancient woodland soil to a nearby pasture. The results showed that the translocated soil had similar microbial community profile as the original woodland soil, but exhibited alterations in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacterial fatty acids, as well as an increase in pH. The study concluded that the translocated soil retained some characteristics of a woodland soil but showed signs of disturbance.
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Yanli Jing, Xueli Ding, Xuechao Zhao, Peng Tian, Fuming Xiao, Qingkui Wang
Summary: Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization have significant effects on soil microbes and their residues, with the interactive effect of N and P promoting fungal residue accumulation in small macroaggregates.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Carolyn Churchland, Per Bengtson, Cindy E. Prescott, Sue J. Grayston
Summary: Variable-retention harvesting is now a standard forest management practice that helps maintain mature forest species and structural diversity. The nutrient availability was surprisingly similar between dispersed retention and aggregated retention patch, while the microbial community structure varied between clear-cut and dispersed-retention treatments.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Jing-Zhong Lu, Stefan Scheu
Summary: The study shows that the functioning of soil microorganisms strongly depends on soil nutrient concentrations in the forest sites studied. In nutrient-poor sites, soil microorganisms were more stressed in pure and mixed coniferous forests, especially in Douglas-fir. In contrast, microbial structure and functional indicators in beech forests varied little with site conditions, likely due to ample root-derived resources provided by beech.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marlon Correa Pereira, Roisin O'Riordan, Carly Stevens
Summary: Urbanization leads to land sealing, causing changes in soil properties that result in reduced microbial activity and decreased soil carbon storage potential.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Yu-Han Gao, Xiao-Hong Lu, Rong-Jun Guo, Jian-Jun Hao, Zuo-Qing Miao, Li Yang, Shi-Dong Li
Summary: The research found that proper management of soil organic matter and biological properties, along with the use of balanced fertilizers such as potassium fertilizers, can effectively maintain the sustainability of greenhouse vegetable production. At the same time, appropriate management strategies should be considered to reduce the potential risk of soil salinization.
Article
Soil Science
R. Kent Connell, Lydia H. Zeglin, John M. Blair
Summary: The study revealed that the effects of plant-soil feedbacks on plant biomass were independent of their impact on SOM-derived CO2 production. However, differences in soil microbial communities induced by different plant species may have lasting effects on ecosystem processes.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Shuming Peng, Wei Liu, Gang Xu, Xiangjun Pei, Kayleigh Millerick, Baoli Duan
Summary: The conversion of natural forest to artificial vegetation results in decreased soil moisture, microbial carbon and nitrogen, bacteria, fungi, enzymatic activities, organic carbon, total carbon, total nitrogen, NO3-, total phosphorus, available phosphorus, cations, and cation exchange capacity, while increasing soil bulk density, pH, and NH4+. The loss of desirable soil properties is more likely to occur in warmer regions over time due to the greater consumption of soil nutrients and harder soil conditions. Stand age influences soil carbon and nitrogen ratios, as well as ratios of bacteria to fungi following natural forest conversion.
Article
Agronomy
Xiaofei Liu, Teng-Chiu Lin, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Zhijie Yang, Shidong Chen, Decheng Xiong, Chao Xu, Yiqing Li, Yusheng Yang
Article
Agronomy
Maokui Lyu, Xiaojie Li, Jinsheng Xie, Peter M. Homyak, Liisa Ukonmaanaho, Zhijie Yang, Xiaofei Liu, Chaoyue Ruan, Yusheng Yang
Article
Forestry
Decheng Xiong, Jinxue Huang, Zhijie Yang, Yingying Cai, Teng-Chiu Lin, Xiaofei Liu, Chao Xu, Shidong Chen, Guangshui Chen, Jinsheng Xie, Yiqing Li, Yusheng Yang
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Soil Science
Xiaojie Li, Jinsheng Xie, Qiufang Zhang, Maokui Lyu, Xiaoling Xiong, Xiaofei Liu, Tengchiu Lin, Yusheng Yang
Article
Forestry
Xiangyin Ni, Chengfang Lin, Guangshui Chen, Jinsheng Xie, Zhijie Yang, Xiaofei Liu, Decheng Xiong, Chao Xu, Kai Yue, Fuzhong Wu, Yusheng Yang
Summary: The rapid conversion of natural broadleaved forests to plantations in subtropical China has led to a significant decline in soil fertility. This decline is primarily due to lower litter production and slow nutrient release in plantations compared to natural forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Xiaojie Li, Xiaofei Liu, Jinsheng Xie, Qiufang Zhang, Zhijie Yang, Andreas Schindlbacher, Yusheng Yang
Summary: This study found significant differences in soil respiration in coniferous and broadleaved forests, indicating the importance of vegetation input on respiration. The effects of litter and root exclusion on microbial community composition and mineral soil organic matter decomposition were observed, with unexpected impacts on the latter under low plant C-input scenarios.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Qiufang Zhang, Jiacong Zhou, Xiaojie Li, Yong Zheng, Lin Xie, Zhijie Yang, Xiaofei Liu, Chao Xu, Huiying Lin, Xiaochun Yuan, Chengchung Liu, Biao Zhu, Yuehmin Chen, Yusheng Yang
Summary: Climate warming and nitrogen deposition have complex effects on soil microbial functional genes in subtropical forests, with warming alone not significantly impacting functional genes within four years. The combination of nitrogen addition and warming significantly increases the diversities and abundances of functional genes associated with carbon and nitrogen cycling, leading to accelerated soil nitrogen loss.
Article
Soil Science
Yuexin Fan, Shengxu Lu, Min He, Liuming Yang, Weifang Hu, Zhijie Yang, Xiaofei Liu, Dafeng Hui, Jianfen Guo, Yusheng Yang
Summary: Long-term droughts can significantly reduce the availability of phosphorus and organic phosphorus in subtropical forest soils, affecting microbial biomass and fine root biomass. The decline in microbial biomass phosphorus and fine root biomass phosphorus primarily contributes to the reductions of soluble phosphorus and organic phosphorus in soil.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shuxian Jia, Xiaofei Liu, Weisheng Lin, Yong Zheng, Jianwei Li, Dafeng Hui, Jianfen Guo
Summary: The study found that under nitrogen deposition, both total Glomalin-related soil protein (T-GRSP) and easily extractable Glomalin-related soil protein (EE-GRSP) in the soil were significantly reduced, influenced by soil organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometry, particularly by dissolved organic carbon.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Jiebao Liu, Xiaofei Liu, Maokui Lyu, Jinsong Wang, Yiqing Li, Jianfen Guo
Summary: The study revealed that the conversion to plantations inhibits the accumulation of soil carbon and nitrogen, particularly evident in the surface soil. Available nitrogen, especially NO3--N, plays a key role in influencing the microbial community composition.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Zixin Li, Anqi Sun, Xiaofei Liu, Qing-Lin Chen, Li Bi, Pei-Xin Ren, Ju-Pei Shen, Shengsheng Jin, Ji-Zheng He, Hang-Wei Hu, Yusheng Yang
Summary: Understanding the future distribution of antibiotic resistance in natural soil ecosystems is important for predicting their impacts on ecosystem and human health in the face of climate change. This study examined the effects of simulated climate warming on soil antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in plantation and natural forest ecosystems. The researchers found that the effects of warming on ARGs varied depending on the sampling seasons, and seasonality was a key factor in driving the patterns of ARG compositions in forest soils. Furthermore, changes in soil properties and community compositions of bacteria, fungi, and protists were found to explain the changes in soil ARGs under climate warming.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Zhihua Wei, Chengfang Lin, Chao Xu, Decheng Xiong, Xiaofei Liu, Shidong Chen, Tengchiu Lin, Zhijie Yang, Yusheng Yang
Summary: The study found that in the third year, the soil respiration rates of the young forest established through assisted natural regeneration were similar to those of the secondary forest, but significantly higher than those of the young plantation. Soil respiration rates in all forests mostly increased exponentially with rising soil temperature, but lacked significant relationships with soil moisture.
Article
Soil Science
Shuxian Jia, Xiaofei Liu, Weisheng Lin, Xiaojie Li, Liuming Yang, Siyi Sun, Dafeng Hui, Jianfen Guo, Xiaoming Zou, Yusheng Yang
Summary: In a subtropical moist forest and a tree plantation in southeastern China, root litter and exudates play a more crucial role than above-ground litterfall in the formation and stabilization of soil microbial necromass carbon (MNC).
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Qi Jiang, Linqiao Jia, Yuhui Chen, Zhijie Yang, Shidong Chen, Decheng Xiong, Xiaofei Liu, Xiaohong Wang, Xiaodong Yao, Tingting Chen, Ailian Fan, Dongmei Wu, Guangshui Chen, Yusheng Yang
Summary: This study investigates the acclimation of root respiration to global warming in subtropical forests. Results show that warming only decreases fine-root respiration rates during summer, indicating partial thermal acclimation. The study also finds that warming does not affect fine-root nitrogen concentration, suggesting no enzyme limitation on respiration. However, it does show that warming decreases root soluble sugar/starch ratio in summer, and glucose addition increases respiration only under warming, indicating a warming-induced substrate limitation.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Chao Xu, Teng-Chiu Lin, Jr-Chuan Huang, Zhijie Yang, Xiaofei Liu, Decheng Xiong, Shidong Chen, Minhuang Wang, Liuming Yang, Yusheng Yang
Summary: Following forest conversion, changes in soil inorganic nitrogen concentrations are mainly influenced by soil microbial biomass and enzyme activity, while the effect of runoff export attenuates after a few years.
