❇️ #Rest-grazing in spring ➡️ #SoilMicrobialCommunity🟰 Effect❓
Place: #AlpineGrasslands
Results:
1️⃣ Increased #AbovegroundBiomass ➡️ Improved #PlantDiversity;
2️⃣ Increased #SoilOrganicCarbon ➡️ restored #SoilProperties.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae110

Rebekka Gerlach et al. found that #Irrigation and #Fertilization led to differences in #SoilProperties and #SoilNutrients without impact on sheer #PlantSpeciesDiversity but on #PlantSpeciesComposition. Thus, irrigation may prove a tool to differentiate between #PlantFunctionalTraits.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac072

Xu-Yan Liu et al. investigated #UnderstoryPlantCommunities in #ForestSwamps along a local #SoilChemicalGradient and determined 11 major and trace #Elements in leaves and roots of dominant and subordinate plants, examined the changes in #Leaf and #Root #ChemicalDiversity and their linkages with #SoilProperties.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac031

#PlantRoots show flexible traits to changing precipitation, but the factors driving root trait covariation remain poorly understood. Yi-Heng Li et al. explored the precipitation-induced #SoilProperties and #PlantCommunities mediate #RootStrategies in the #ZoigeAlpineMeadow.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae072

Xiang Tao et al. examined the impact of #ForestThinning and #GroundCoverPlantManagement on #SoilProperties and #BacterialCommunities in artificial #SpruceForests (#PiceaAsperata) within China’s #Huangtuliang ecological corridor, a crucial habitat for #GiantPandas.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae069

Soil Science: The Foundation of Healthy Plants – A Deeper Dive
https://roundaboutsprouts.com/soil-science-the-foundation-of-healthy-plants-a-deeper-dive
#ecofriendly #gardeningtips #indoorplants #organicsoil #outdoorplants #plantcare #soilproperties #soilscience #sustainableliving #typesofsoil