Ecosystem multifunctionality and soil microbial communities in response to ecological restoration in an alpine degraded grassland.

ABSTRACT: Linkages between microbial communities and multiple ecosystem functions are context-dependent. However, the impacts of different restoration measures on microbial communities and ecosystem functioning remain unclear. Here, a 14-year long-term experiment was conducted using three restoration modes: planting mixed grasses (MG), planting shrub with Salix cupularis alone (SA), and planting shrub with Salix cupularis plus planting mixed grasses (SG), with an extremely degraded grassland serving as the control (CK). Our objective was to investigate how ecosystem multifunctionality and microbial communities (diversity, composition, and co-occurrence networks) respond to different restoration modes. Our results indicated that most of individual functions (i.e., soil nutrient contents

SUBMITTER: Shu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10431941 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature