Reducing stand density significantly enhances #TreeSpeciesDiversity, which in turn promotes #SoilOrganicCarbon accumulation by influencing microbial carbon fixation and degradation potential.

#PlantDiversity | #SoilOrganicCarbonFractions | #CO2FixationPathways | #MicrobialCommunities | #MmicrobialCAZymeFamilies | #ForestCarbonSequestration

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf180

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Multiscale #LandUse Effects on Plant Diversity in the Hengduan Mountains: Beyond Simple Negative Impacts

#PlantDiversity | #MountainEcosystems | #αβγ | #SpatialScales

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag035

Climate factors and island area drive leaf economic trait variation by altering plant species richness and soil properties on tropical islands.

#Growth_defenseTrade_off | #IslandBiogeography | #LeafDryMatterContent | #PlantDiversity | #SoilNutrients | #SpecificLeafArea

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf145

6 years of #GrazingExclusion may be a critical turning point for #AlpineMeadow vegetation restoration. At this stage, the community achieves a dynamic balance between competition and coexistence.

#CommunityDynamics | #InterspecificAssociation | #NicheCharacteristic | #PlantDiversity

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf150

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Plant community exhibits stochastic assembly pattern at early stage of #VegetationRestoration in heavily degraded #AlpineMeadows on the #Qinghai_TibetanPlateau

#CommunityAssembly | #GrasslandManagement | #PlantDiversity

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag004

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

#PlantDiversity | #Meta_analysis | #NaturalGradientAnalysis

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf079

Yunlong He et al. investigated how climatic factors and #PlantDiversity affected temporal stability of aboveground net primary production (ANPP) in responses to nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) additions and its biotic mechanisms.

#EcosystemStability | #Grassland | #NutrientEnrichment | #PlantProductivity

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf114

Meng-Qiu Niu et al. constructed #Plant_plantCo_occurrenceNetworks within #CushionMicrohabitats at both regional and local scales in the Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains, focusing on the influences of multiple #CushionPlants in shaping plant–plant network structures.

#AlpineEcosystem | #ClimateChange | #PlantDiversity | #SpeciesExtinction

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf116

Meiqi Yin et al.
Effects of waste amendments on soil nutrients and plant growth: role of plant species and #Phosphorus-solubilizingBacteria

#AgriculturalWaste | #IndustrialWaste | #SoilPhosphorus | #SoilSilicon | #PlantDiversity

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf095

💨 Climatic factors & #PlantDiversity ➡️ Temporal stability of aboveground net primary production

Results:
1️⃣ Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) additions ➡️ #EcosystemStability⬇️.
2️⃣ Species richness⬆️,Effects⬆️.

#Grassland | #NutrientEnrichment | #PlantProductivity

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf114