Plant–soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges

WH Van der Putten, RD Bardgett, JD Bever… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Plant–soil feedbacks is becoming an important concept for explaining vegetation dynamics,
the invasiveness of introduced exotic species in new habitats and how terrestrial …

The role of plants in the effects of global change on nutrient availability and stoichiometry in the plant-soil system

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Plant physiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The impact on nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycles of human activity is a growing
concern and has several causes and consequences (MacDonald et al., 2011; Peñuelas et …

Differential responses of soil microbial biomass, diversity, and compositions to altitudinal gradients depend on plant and soil characteristics

C Ren, W Zhang, ZK Zhong, X Han, G Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Alt'itudinal gradients strongly affect plant biodiversity, but the effects on microbial patterns
remain unclear, especially in the large scale. We therefore designed an altitudinal gradient …

The role of locally adapted mycorrhizas and rhizobacteria in plant–soil feedback systems

D Revillini, CA Gehring, NC Johnson - Functional Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The plant–soil feedback (PSF) framework has become an important theory in plant ecology,
yet many ecological and evolutionary factors that influence PSF s have yet to be fully …

Revegetation induced change in soil erodibility as influenced by slope situation on the Loess Plateau

M Guo, Z Chen, W Wang, T Wang, W Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erodibility is an indispensable parameter for predicting soil erosion and evaluating the
benefits of soil and water conservation. Slope situation can alter revegetation and its effects …

Adaptability of agricultural soil microbial nutrient utilization regulates community assembly under mulching measures on the Loess Plateau

J Hao, W Xu, J Song, G Gao, J Bai, Q Yu, G Ren… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil microbial nutrients and resource availability improve with mulching in agroecosystems,
resulting in changes of soil microbial nutrient utilization strategies. However, the responses …

Relationship between soil nutrient properties and biological activities along a restoration chronosequence of Pinus tabulaeformis plantation forests in the Ziwuling …

W Zhang, W Qiao, D Gao, Y Dai, J Deng, G Yang… - Catena, 2018 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to determine the dynamics of physicochemical properties and
biological activities of soil, and their relationship following afforestation. Soil samples were …

Linkages of C: N: P stoichiometry between soil and leaf and their response to climatic factors along altitudinal gradients

Y Zhang, C Li, M Wang - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Altitudinal gradients have been recognized as a natural experiment to assess the
structure and functions of above-and below-ground ecosystem under global climate change …

Unravelling the importance of forest age stand and forest structure driving microbiological soil properties, enzymatic activities and soil nutrients content in …

ME Lucas-Borja, J Hedo, A Cerdá… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the effects that stand age and forest structure have on
microbiological soil properties, enzymatic activities and nutrient content. Thirty forest …

Impact of farmland mulching practices on the soil bacterial community structure in the semiarid area of the loess plateau in China

F Huang, Z Liu, H Mou, J Li, P Zhang, Z Jia - European Journal of Soil …, 2019 - Elsevier
Farmland mulching is widely used to preserve soil moisture and increase crop yield in the
semiarid region of the Loess Plateau. However, the effect of different farmland mulching on …