Afforestation promotes ecosystem multifunctionality in a hilly area of the Loess Plateau

Yue, Yan; Wang, Jing; Ding, Jingyi; Zhang, Shurong; Zhao, Wenwu

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2022.106905

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“…4 A), implying the significance of tree planting in regulating ecosystem multi-functionality. Consistent with our findings, Yan et al [ 55 ] demonstrated that the Robinia pseudoacacia tree planting is conducive to maintaining soil ecosystem multi-functionality in northern China. These findings suggest that the nutrients accumulation from leaf litter and other dead materials overtime increases soil organic matter, which positively affects overall soil health and functions [ 63 , 65 ].…”

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“…Anthropogenic pressures have caused ecological deterioration on a global scale, and agricultural ecosystems are experiencing increasing challenges (e.g., species loss) [ 53 , 54 ]. As a result, it is undoubtedly worth in soil ecosystems’ response pattern to human disturbance and how microbiota dominates ecosystem functional diversity under these changes [ 55 , 56 ]. Here, we present empirical proof that soil ecosystem multi-functions in our study have improved under C. camphora tree planting.…”

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Core microbiota drive multi-functionality of the soil microbiome in the Cinnamomum camphora coppice planting

Sun,

Li,

Zhao

et al. 2024

BMC Microbiol

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Background Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl (C. camphora) is an evergreen broad-leaved tree cultivated in subtropical China. The use of C. camphora as clonal cuttings for coppice management has become popular recently. However, little is known about the relationship between soil core microbiota and ecosystem multi-functionality under tree planting. Particularly, the effects of soil core microbiota on maintaining ecosystem multi-functionality under C. camphora coppice planting remained unclear. Materials and methods In this study, we collected soil samples from three points (i.e., the abandoned land, the root zone, and the transition zone) in the C. camphora coppice planting to investigate whether core microbiota influences ecosystem multi-functions. Results The result showed a significant difference in soil core microbiota community between the abandoned land (AL), root zone (RZ), and transition zone (TZ), and soil ecosystem multi-functionality of core microbiota in RZ had increased significantly (by 230.8%) compared to the AL. Soil core microbiota played a more significant influence on ecosystem multi-functionality than the non-core microbiota. Moreover, the co-occurrence network demonstrated that the soil ecosystem network consisted of five major ecological clusters. Soil core microbiota within cluster 1 were significantly higher than in cluster 4, and there is also a higher Copiotrophs/Oligotrophs ratio in cluster 1. Our results corroborated that soil core microbiota is crucial for maintaining ecosystem multi-functionality. Especially, the core taxa within the clusters of networks under tree planting, with the same ecological preferences, had a significant contribution to ecosystem multi-functionality. Conclusion Overall, our results provide further insight into the linkage between core taxa and ecosystem multi-functionality. This enables us to predict how ecosystem functions respond to the environmental changes in areas under the C. camphora coppice planting. Thus, conserving the soil microbiota, especially the core taxa, is essential to maintaining the multiple ecosystem functions under the C. camphora coppice planting.

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