Multi-Trophic Species Diversity Contributes to the Restoration of Soil Multifunctionality in Degraded Karst Forests through Cascading Effects

• Published in: Forests Vol. 15; no. 3; p. 559
• Main Authors: Long, Fayu, Zhou, Guanghui, Zu, Lei, Zang, Lipeng, Chen, Danmei, Zhang, Guangqi, Sui, Mingzhen, He, Yuejun, Liu, Qingfu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biological diversity; China; Climate change; conservation areas; Correlation analysis; Degradation; Ecological function; Ecosystem degradation; Ecosystem restoration; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; equations; forest damage; Forest degradation; Forest ecosystems; Forest fauna; Forests; Investigations; Karst; karsts; Measurement; Microorganisms; Nature reserves; Plant diversity; Plant species; Plants (botany); shrublands; soil; Soil fauna; Soil fertility; Soil microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Soil quality; Soil sampling; Soils; Species diversity; Terrestrial ecosystems; Trophic levels; Variance analysis; Vegetation surveys; China

The biodiversity–ecosystem function (BEF) relationship is the basis for studying the restoration of degraded ecosystems, and the simultaneous assessment of multi-trophic-level biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality relationship is more conducive to unravelling the restoration mechanism of deg...