Yu An et al. examined #SoilOrganicCarbon and total nitrogen storage, and #RootTraits of Leymus chinensis and plant community across a chronosequence of grazing-exclusion grasslands in China’s semi-arid #SongnenPlain.

#Community_weightedMean | #EcologicalRestoration | #SoilFunctions | #SongnenGrassland

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf131

Fangyuan Shen et al. explored the effects of #MixedCultivation of Larix gmelinii and Juglans mandshurica on the adaptive strategies of #FineRoots and #Root_associatedFungi.

#RootTraits | #MycorrhizalFungi

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf125

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Root-microbe-soil coupling enhances rhizosphere priming and nitrogen acquisition in #InvasivePlants

#RhizospherePrimingEffect | #RootTraits | #NutrientCycling | #MicrobialBiomass | #SoilEnzymeActivity

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag044

🔄 After grazing exclusion, #SoilOrganicCarbon (SOC) and #TotalNitrogen (TN) quickly recovered with their storage peaking at different exclusion durations. Differences in SOC and TN storage were primarily driven by #Roottraits at the community-level.

#Community_weightedMean | #EcologicalRestoration | #SoilFunctions | #SongnenGrassland

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf131

Fangyuan Shen et al. explored the effects of #MixedCultivation of Larix gmelinii and Juglans mandshurica on the adaptive strategies of #FineRoots and #Root_associatedFungi.

#RootTraits | #MycorrhizalFungi

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf125

Fangling Ma et al. found that #SoilChemistry exerts a more significant influence on bacterial responses to nitrogen disturbances than #RootExudates.

#NitrogenAddition | #CessationOfNAddition | #Bacteria | #Life_historyStrategies | #Plant_microbialInteractions | #RootTraits

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf107

🔎 Historical nitrogen (N) enrichment ➡️ Soil microbial communities: Effects & regulatory mechanisms

Results:
#SoilChemistry exerts a more significant influence on bacterial responses to nitrogen disturbances than #RootExudates.

#NitrogenAddition | #EssationofNAddition | #Bacteria | #Life_historyStrategies | #Plant_microbialInteractions | #RootTraits

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf107

Huifang Wu et al. explored the coordination of above- and below-ground trait relationships among #MangrovePlants in tropical China and compared it with those of #Non_mangrovesPlants.

#LeafWaterUseTraits | #LeafEconomicsTraits | #RootTraits | #LeafWaterStorageTissues | #Allometry

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf023

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Plant community #RootTraits outweigh target species in mediating soil carbon and nitrogen storage across grazing-exclusion chronosequences in semi-arid grasslands

#Community_weightedMean | #EcologicalRestoration | #SongnenGrassland | #SoilFunctions

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf131

【🎉Latest accepted article】
The effects of #MixedCultivation of Larix gmelinii and Juglans mandshurica on the adaptive strategies of #FineRoots and #Root_associatedFungi

#RootTraits | #MycorrhizalFungi

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf125