Background Land degradation and climate change pose serious threats to global
biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. The key role of plant diversity in resisting …

Much has been achieved by research into ecological restoration as a nature-based solution
to the destruction of ecosystems, particularly in Canada. We conducted a national-level …

Plants interact with a large diversity of microbes and insects, both below and above ground.
While studies have shown that belowground microbes affect the performance of plants and …

Soil addition is now widely used in the restoration of degraded ecosystems, but how soil
addition influences multiple ecological functions of degraded grasslands, and whether these …

Beneficial soil microbes, such as mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria, can improve
plant nutrient acquisition and increase plant resilience to stressors. Yet, the waste materials …

Soil microbial community coalescence, where entire microbial communities mix and interact
under new conditions, is a widespread phenomenon whose applicability for targeted root …

Inoculation with soil from different ecosystems can induce changes in plant and soil
communities and promote the restoration of degraded ecosystems. However, it is unknown …

Reforestation is challenging when timber harvested areas have been degraded, invaded by
nonnative species, or are of marginal suitability to begin with. Conifers form mutualistic …

Plant-soil feedbacks have important implications for community composition and restoration.
However, relatively few field trials test the influence of plant-soil feedbacks, especially on …

Soil microbial communities have a profound influence on soil chemical processes and
subsequently influence tree nutrition and growth. This study examined how the addition of a …