Soil Aggregate Fungal Network Complexity Drives Soil Multifunctionality During Vegetation Restoration.

ABSTRACT: Vegetation restoration is an effective strategy to improve the ecosystem function of the Loess Plateau. Soil microbiomes play a critical role in maintaining soil multifunctionality (SMF). However, the role of aggregate-scale microbial communities and interactions in regulating SMF during vegetation restoration remains poorly understood. Here, we selected six types of vegetation restoration measures in the Loess Plateau, including natural grassland (NL), Medicago sativa (MS), Hippophae rhamnoides (HR), Caragana korshinskii (CK), Armeniaca vulgaris (AV), and Populus alba (PA), and used abandoned land (AL) as a control to identify key microbial mechanisms driving SMF at the aggregate scale. The results show that vegetation restoration increased bacterial div

SUBMITTER: He R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12843732 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature