Plants Drive Microbial Biomass and Composition but Not Diversity to Promote Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Karst Vegetation Restoration.

ABSTRACT: Natural restoration has emerged as a prominent approach in recent decades for the rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems globally. However, the specific changes and underlying mechanisms by natural restoration that influence the multifunctionality of karst ecosystems remain poorly understood. In this study, soil, litter, and fine root samples were collected from four chronosequence stages of vegetation restoration-grassland (G), shrubland (SH), shrub-tree land (ST), and forest (F)-within a karst ecosystem in Southwestern China. The aim was to evaluate the impacts of vegetation restoration on ecosystem multifunctionality using an averaging approach. The results demonstrated that the indices of C-cycling functionality, N-cycling functionality, P-cycling functionality, and total ecosystem mult

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11945124 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature