Article
Environmental Sciences
Lulu Xie, Chunying Yin
Summary: The diversity and composition of soil fungal communities in forests are significantly affected by forest type and season, which alter soil properties and root variables.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yuhua Ma, Chun Feng, Zhaocheng Wang, Cheng Huang, Xingzhao Huang, Wenjing Wang, Shaobo Yang, Songling Fu, Han Y. H. Chen
Summary: The study revealed that soil bacterial diversity increased over time since restoration, with community compositions shifting towards those of old-growth forests. The recovery process was prolonged, as significant differences in bacterial diversity between degraded and restored forests did not occur until after 24 years since restoration. Soil properties such as carbon, water content, and pH played a significant role in explaining variations in bacterial community dynamics following restoration.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Hojin Lee, Jihyeon Jeon, Minseok Kang, Sungsik Cho, Juhan Park, Minsu Lee, HoonTaek Lee, Danbi Kim, Hyun Seok Kim
Summary: The study compared the resilience of evergreen Korean pine and deciduous oak forests to drought, finding that the pine forest became a net carbon source during the drought while the oak forest showed smaller changes. Although some recovery was seen in subsequent years, the issues caused by drought legacies were not fully resolved.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Luyao Song, Teng Yang, Shangguang Xia, Thong Yin, Xu Liu, Shaopeng Li, Ruibo Sun, Hongjian Gao, Haiyan Chu, Chao Ma
Summary: In this study, the elevational distribution of bacterial communities in the surface and sub-surface soils of Huangshan Mountain in China was investigated. The results showed higher diversity of bacterial communities in the surface soil layers compared to the subsurface layers. Soil depth had a greater influence on the composition of bacterial communities than elevation. Additionally, the co-occurrence network structures and keystone species differed between the two soil layers.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Lin Cai, Yujing Yang, Yujie Chong, Jiatai Xiong, Juyang Wu, Xunru Ai, Qiuju Guo, Yiping Yuan, Zhongqiang Li
Summary: The effects of subtropical forest restoration types on soil aggregates and the underlying mechanisms were investigated. The research found that soil microbial communities and organic and inorganic binding agents were the main mechanisms of soil aggregation in the study area, resulting in higher soil aggregate stability in the subtropical coniferous plantation than in the natural forest.
Article
Forestry
Shaobo Yang, Chun Feng, Yuhua Ma, Wenjing Wang, Cheng Huang, Changjian Qi, Songling Fu, Han Y. H. Chen
Summary: Long-term restoration of degraded subtropical broadleaved mixed forests leads to increased soil organic carbon and total nitrogen concentrations, while soil phosphorus concentration decreases. The C:N:P ratios in the soil show changes over time, with soil stoichiometry in the 33-35-year age class approaching that of primary forests, indicating a shift in nutrient limitations during the restoration process.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Elisabeth Raehn, Leho Tedersoo, Kalev Adamson, Tiia Drenkhan, Ivar Sibul, Reimo Lutter, Sten Anslan, Karin Pritsch, Rein Drenkhan
Summary: Clear-cutting is the main forest management method in boreal and hemiboreal forests. The implementation of clear-cutting has raised concerns due to its effects on biodiversity, including soil fungal biota. This study aimed to assess the factors affecting fungal assemblages and changes in soil fungal diversity after clear-cutting in spruce and pine stands. The results showed that soil fungal communities were affected immediately after clear-cutting, but recovered within one year. The relative abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi declined, while saprotrophs and pathogens increased.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Qichi Yang, Hehe Zhang, Lihui Wang, Feng Ling, Zhengxiang Wang, Tingting Li, Jinliang Huang
Summary: Topography and soil factors have important impacts on the species composition of plant communities in subtropical evergreen-deciduous broadleaved mixed forests. This study classified subtropical forests in Hubei Province into 12 community types, with differences in species diversity and abundance among them. Factors such as elevation, slope, aspect, soil nitrogen and phosphorus content were identified as key drivers affecting species composition in each community type.
Article
Forestry
Wen-Qing Li, Yu-Xin Huang, Fu-Sheng Chen, Yuan-Qiu Liu, Xiao-Fan Lin, Ying-Ying Zong, Gao-Yang Wu, Zhi-Run Yu, Xiang-Min Fang
Summary: Replanting broad-leaved trees in coniferous forests can increase soil quality, fungal abundance, and diversity, leading to improved nutrient uptake by trees. In subtropical China, Masson pine is more adaptable than slash pine for establishing mixed forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Caishuang Huang, Yue Xu, Runguo Zang
Summary: This study investigated the functional diversity of evergreen and deciduous broadleaved plants in subtropical forests of China and found that evergreen species had higher functional richness but lower functional divergence and evenness than deciduous species. The functional richness and divergence of evergreen species decreased with increasing elevation, while those of deciduous species decreased with increasing latitude.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Taimoor Hassan Farooq, Xiaoyong Chen, Awais Shakoor, Yong Li, Jun Wang, Muhammad Haroon U. Rashid, Uttam Kumar, Wende Yan
Summary: Natural isotopic abundance in soil and foliar can provide integrated information related to long-term alterations of carbon and nitrogen cycles in forest ecosystems. The study revealed significant variations in soil and foliar isotopic abundance among different forest types and soil depths.
Article
Forestry
Yuan Gong, Christina L. Staudhammer, Susanne Wiesner, Gregory Starr, Yinlong Zhang
Summary: Understanding plant phenological changes and predicting growing season variations are important factors in the context of global climate change. This study found that soil water availability affects phenology, with greater availability leading to a longer growing season. It also observed that prescribed fires have limited impact on phenological processes, while short-term summer droughts can extend the growing season.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lu Jin, Jia-Jia Liu, Tian-Wen Xiao, Qiao-Ming Li, Li-Xiang Lin, Xiao-Na Shao, Chen-Xin Ma, Bu-Hang Li, Xiang-Cheng Mi, Hai-Bao Ren, Xiu-Juan Qiao, Ju-Yu Lian, Gang Hao, Xue-Jun Ge
Summary: Plastome-trees exhibit higher resolution and support for species relationships compared to barcode-trees and synthetic-trees. For local phylogenetic structure, all three trees showed consistent results with Faith's PD and MPD, but only the synthetic-tree showed significant clustering patterns using MNTD in some plots. In terms of functional traits, both barcode-tree and plastome-tree detected phylogenetic signal in maximum height, while only the plastome-tree detected signal in leaf width.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Yang Gao, Haiyan Song, Fan Zhou, Shuanglin Chen, Gang He, Junqing Yan, Qibiao Sun, Haozhi Long, Zhijun Zhai, Dianming Hu, Haijing Hu
Summary: Myxomycetes are important microorganisms in soil environments, and their community assembly is influenced by both biotic and spatial factors. Bacterial community structure has the greatest effect on the turnover of myxamoebae, followed by spatial factors. This study provides important insights into the distribution and function of these ecologically important microorganisms.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chenhui Wei, Qiong Wang, Manli Ren, Zhongxue Pei, Jiali Lu, Huimei Wang, Wenjie Wang
Summary: Differences in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen between broadleaved and coniferous forests were investigated by comparing 202 plots at six sites with 14 common afforestation tree species. Broadleaved forests exhibited significantly higher SOC and TN in bulk soils compared to coniferous forests, with aggregates contributing to the majority of the accrual. The high accrual was attributed to increases in SOC and TN concentration, macroaggregates fraction, aggregates diameter, and no significant differences in C/N ratio.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Wei Huang, Grizelle Gonzalez, Maria Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Xiaoming Zou
Summary: The study found that reduction in faunal diversity and increases in UV radiation can affect litter decomposition, with prescribed burn reducing soil arthropod diversity and increasing UV radiation to slow down plant litter decomposition.
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Cancan Zhao, Erhui Guo, Yuanhu Shao, Weixin Zhang, Chenlu Zhang, Yanchun Liu, Ying Li, Xiaoming Zou, Shenglei Fu
Summary: The study found that aboveground litter and root presence significantly impact soil nematode community structure, with litter resources playing a critical role in shaping nematode community structure and function. Interactions between litter addition and root presence may influence nematode ecological indices.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Editorial Material
Ecology
Jose Camilo Bedano, Patrick Lavelle, Xiaoming Zou
ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Yanan Li, Tengzi Zhang, Yongbin Zhou, Xiaoming Zou, You Yin, Hui Li, Liying Liu, Songzhu Zhang
Summary: The study found that ectomycorrhizal fungi can increase the uptake of calcium by plants under drought conditions, thereby enhancing the plants' drought resistance. Soil water-extractable calcium was significantly reduced by drought in non-ectomycorrhizal treatment, while ectomycorrhizal treatment significantly increased soil calcium availability and calcium uptake of Quercus acutissima seedlings under drought conditions. Seedling water use efficiency (WUE) was positively correlated with soil calcium availability and plant calcium content, indicating a potential mechanism for drought tolerance enhancement by ectomycorrhizal fungi.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Wei Huang, Grizelle Gonzalez, Maria Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Xiaoming Zou
Summary: This study compared leaf decomposition in subtropical rain and dry forests after hurricane disturbances and found that climate remains the predominant control on leaf decomposition, rather than substrate quality.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christopher J. Patrick, John S. Kominoski, William H. McDowell, Benjamin Branoff, David Lagomasino, Miguel Leon, Enie Hensel, Marc J. S. Hensel, Bradley A. Strickland, T. Mitchell Aide, Anna Armitage, Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, Victoria M. Congdon, Todd A. Crowl, Donna J. Devlin, Sarah Douglas, Brad E. Erisman, Rusty A. Feagin, Simon J. Geist, Nathan S. Hall, Amber K. Hardison, Michael R. Heithaus, J. Aaron Hogan, J. Derek Hogan, Sean Kinard, Jeremy J. Kiszka, Teng-Chiu Lin, Kaijun Lu, Christopher J. Madden, Paul A. Montagna, Christine S. O'Connell, C. Edward Proffitt, Brandi Kiel Reese, Joseph W. Reustle, Kelly L. Robinson, Scott A. Rush, Rolando O. Santos, Astrid Schnetzer, Delbert L. Smee, Rachel S. Smith, Gregory Starr, Beth A. Stauffer, Lily M. Walker, Carolyn A. Weaver, Michael S. Wetz, Elizabeth R. Whitman, Sara S. Wilson, Jianhong Xue, Xiaoming Zou
Summary: This study analyzed ecosystem time series data in the Northern Hemisphere to understand the patterns of resistance and resilience in coastal ecosystems subjected to tropical cyclones. The results suggest that there is a trade-off between resistance and resilience, which may be a result of evolutionary adaptation. These findings are important for predicting the impact of climate change on coastal ecosystems.
Article
Soil Science
Xing-Ye Yu, Yun-Jia Zhu, Long Jin, Bao-Teng Wang, Xia Xu, Xiaoming Zou, Hong-Hua Ruan, Feng-Jie Jin
Summary: Rhizosphere microorganisms have a significant impact on nutrient uptake by plant roots. Application of biogas slurry as fertilizer can increase fungal community diversity in rhizospheric soil, while having negligible effects on bacterial diversity.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Hanmei Xu, Qiuning Long, Yuan Sun, Runsong Wang, Xiaoming Zou, Honghua Ruan
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of biogas slurry (BS) and biochar (BC) application on soil arthropod communities in a newly established poplar plantation on reclaimed coastal land. The results showed that BS application significantly increased the abundance and richness of soil arthropods, while BC application decreased them. Furthermore, BS treatment increased the diversity of soil arthropods, while BC treatment decreased it.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY
(2022)
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
Soil Science
Yuanyuan Li, Jiahui Liao, Han Y. H. Chen, Xiaoming Zou, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Juanping Ni, Tingting Ren, Hanmei Xu, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Fertilization and drought are significant drivers of greenhouse gas emissions, but the role of soil macrofauna in mediating these responses is poorly understood. A microcosm experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of soil macrofauna on CO2, N2O, and CH4 emissions in response to varying levels of nitrogen and soil water availability. The results showed that soil fauna significantly influenced CO2 and N2O emissions and that earthworms and millipedes played important roles in modifying these emissions.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xuan Xu, Penghe Cao, Yuchao Wang, Wei Wu, Jiahuan Guo, Jiejie Sun, Xiaoming Zou, Weifeng Wang, Honghua Ruan
Summary: The soil food web plays a crucial role in terrestrial ecosystems. Naphthalene is commonly used to expel soil fauna for studying their effects on litter decomposition, assuming negligible impacts on soil microbial communities. However, experiments showed that naphthalene significantly suppressed soil fauna abundance and altered soil fungal community composition, resulting in a slowdown of litter decomposition. These findings suggest that naphthalene can alter specific taxa in the soil fungal community and impede the understanding of soil fauna's contribution to ecosystem functioning.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Wenhuan Xu, Hanmei Xu, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Michael J. Gundale, Xiaoming Zou, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Biochar has limited impact on the proportion of major bacterial phyla, but it significantly promotes the diversity of soil bacteria. The impacts of biochar on soil microbial community are influenced by biochar properties, experimental type, and soil properties such as C/N ratio and pH. Additionally, biochar load affects functional diversity by increasing the genetic richness consumed by soil microbes. Our work highlights the importance of selecting key biochar properties for improving soil quality, microbial function, and climate change mitigation while maintaining microbial diversity.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yuwei Liu, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Cuiting Wang, Chen Zhang, Honghua Ruan
Summary: The frequency and intensity of droughts worldwide pose challenges to the conservation of soil organic carbon. In a 3-year field experiment in a forest plantation, the impacts of drought intensities on microbial necromass at different soil depths were investigated. The results showed that the effects of drought on microbial necromass depend on microbial groups, soil depth, and drought intensity.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Ke Shi, Jiahui Liao, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Zhengming Yan, Tingting Ren, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Through rewilding, microbial extracellular and cellular residues can continuously accumulate in soils and significantly contribute to soil organic carbon sequestration. Extracellular residues are mainly driven by fine root biomass, while cellular residues are mainly driven by soil nitrogen and organic carbon content.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Forestry
You Yin, Yong-Bin Zhou, Hui Li, Song-Zhu Zhang, Yun-Ting Fang, Yong-Jiang Zhang, Xiaoming Zou
Summary: Water use efficiency (WUE) is a key physiological trait in studying plant carbon and water relations. This study found that tree WUE is influenced by calcium availability and precipitation. The research also established a tight coupling between water and calcium uptake, with soil calcium contributing more to WUE than precipitation.