Microbial secondary succession in a chronosequence of chalk grasslands [PDF]
ISME Journal, 2010 Abstract Although secondary succession has been studied extensively, we have little knowledge of the succession of soil-borne microbial communities. In this study, we therefore examined the structures of the microbial communities across two separate chronosequences of chalk grasslands in Limburg, the Netherlands, which are at different ...
Eiko E. Kuramae +2 more
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Nitrogen cycling during secondary succession in Atlantic Forest of Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 Carbon accumulation in tropical secondary forests may be limited in part by nitrogen (N) availability, but changes in N during tropical forest succession have rarely been quantified.
Joy B. Winbourne +5 more
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Resilience in plant-herbivore networks during secondary succession. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Extensive land-use change in the tropics has produced a mosaic of successional forests within an agricultural and cattle-pasture matrix. Post-disturbance biodiversity assessments have found that regeneration speed depends upon propagule availability and ...
Edith Villa-Galaviz +2 more
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Total soil nutrients drive the enhancement of ecosystem multifunctionality as the succession progresses of the poplar-birch secondary forest [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceEcosystem multifunctionality(EMF) refers to an integrated measure of an ecosystem's capacity to perform multiple co-occurring functions. However, change the multi-factor driving mechanism of EMF during poplar-birch secondary forest succession are still ...
Dongxu Ma +7 more
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The impact of vegetation regeneration succession on soil carbon composition and enzyme activity in the southwestern karst region [PDF]
PeerJVegetation regeneration enhances soil carbon sequestration in degraded karst ecosystems. However, how succession influences soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions and enzyme activities remains poorly understood in Southwest China’s karst landscapes.
Jianli Zhang +4 more
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Alterations of ecosystem nitrogen status following agricultural land abandonment in the Karst Critical Zone Observatory (KCZO), Southwest China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Secondary succession after agricultural land abandonment generally affects nitrogen (N) cycle processes and ecosystem N status. However, changes in soil N availability and NO3– loss potential following secondary succession are not well ...
Man Liu, Guilin Han
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Functional analysis of secondary tropical dry forests in a region of the Colombia, Caribbean [PDF]
, 2013 Secondary tropical forests are increasingly recognized for their role conserving biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and this role is especially important for seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF), one of the most threatened tropical forested ...
Castellanos Castro, C
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MAPPING SECONDARY FOREST SUCCESSION ON ABANDONED AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE POLISH CARPATHIANS [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016 Land abandonment and secondary forest succession have played a significant role in land cover changes and forest cover increase in mountain areas in Europe over the past several decades.
N. Kolecka +5 more
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Biology, 2021 Successional dynamics of plants and animals during tropical forest regeneration have been thoroughly studied, while fungal compositional dynamics during tropical forest succession remain unknown, despite the crucial roles of fungi in ecological processes.
Irene Adamo +5 more
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Trajectories in nitrogen availability during forest secondary succession: illustrated by foliar δ15N
Ecological Processes, 2022 Background Forest succession is an important ecological process and has been studied for more than a century. However, changes in nitrogen (N) availability during succession remain unclear as they may lead to either N saturation or N limitation. Here, we
Ying Tu +6 more
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