Vegetation restoration promotes soil carbon stability by enhancing mineral-associated organic carbon and microbial necromass accumulation in karst ecosystems
ZC Feng, Dan Chen, Tongqing Su, Lifen Xie, Zhenchuan Wang, Cong Wang, Jianbing Zhang, Xiaoyong Bai, Baoqing Hu
Topics & Concepts
Environmental scienceSoil carbonRestoration ecologyVegetation (pathology)KarstCarbon sequestrationEcosystemTotal organic carbonForest restorationAgroforestryLand useLand restorationEcosystem servicesPlant communitySoil scienceSoil organic matterSoil retrogression and degradationForest ecologyEcologyLand use, land-use change and forestryVegetation typeMicrobial population biologySoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics