Soil nutrients, enzyme activities, and bacterial communities in varied plant communities in karst rocky desertification regions in Wushan County, Southwest China.

ABSTRACT: Vegetation restoration has become a common practice in karst rocky desertification (KRD) areas of southwestern China. The bacteria, which have made a connection between soil and plants, have been an important role in regulating the succession and restoration of karst vegetation. However, it is still unclear how soil bacterial communities and soil properties respond to natural vegetation restoration processes in karst areas. To address this gap, we investigated the soil nutrients, enzyme activity, and soil bacterial community among various plant communities, including farmland (FL), land with herbs only (SSI), herb-and-shrub land (SSII), woody thickets (SSIII), coniferous forest (SSIV), coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest (SSV), and evergreen broad-leaved forest (SSVI). Our results fou

SUBMITTER: Gao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10301756 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature