Nitrogen addition significantly increased soil microbial necromass carbon and #fungalnecromasscarbon in a #desertsteppe, as well as fungal diversity while not affecting #bacterialnecromasscarbon or #bacterialdiversity.

#globalchange | #soilmicrobialdiversity

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Nitrogen addition, not warming, enhances soil #MicrobialNecromassCarbon accumulation in a #DesertSteppe

#GlobalChange | #FungalNecromassCarbon | #SoilMicrobialDiversity | #BacterialNecromassCarbon

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💚In addition to plant diversity, species composition also shaped soil legacy effects, especially for specific plant functional groups such as legumes🫛.

#Plant_soilFeedback | #SpeciesDiversity | #SoilNutrients | #MixedCropping | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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#PlantInvasion drives stage-dependent shifts in soil protistan diversity and #CommunityAssembly in #EstuarineWetlands

#ProtistanFunctionalGroups | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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【💡Editor's Choice】
Contrasting responses of plant and #SoilMicrobialDiversity to #AlteredPhosphorusSupply.

#PlantDiversity | #Meta_analysis | #NaturalGradientAnalysis

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Legume-Mediated Soil Legacy Effects Strengthen Plant #Diversity_ProductivityRelationships

#Plant_soilFeedback | #SpeciesDiversity | #SoilNutrients | #MixedCropping | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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Yang Liu et al. explored the distinct responses of plant and #SoilMicrobialDiversity to phosphorus availability changes on a global scale.

#PlantDiversity | #AlteredPhosphorusSupply | #Meta-analysis | #NaturalGradientAnalysis

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Hui Gao et al. explored the responses of soil environment and microbial communities to desert steppe degradation and Caragana korshinskii reseeding.

#DesertSteppeDegradation | #LegumeReseeding | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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💡Plant & #SoilMicrobialDiversity ➡️ phosphorus (P) availability changes

Methods: meta-analysis & #NaturalGradientAnalysis

Results:
#PlantDiversity exhibits greater sensitivity to altered soil P availability than soil microbial diversity.

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