Aggregate Size Mediated the Changes in Soil Microbial Communities After the Afforestation of a Former Dryland in Northwestern China

Although the afforestation of former arable lands is a common global land-use conversion, its impact on soil microbial communities at the aggregate scale has not been adequately addressed. In this study, soil samples were categorized into large macroaggregates (LM, >2 mm), small macroaggregates (...

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Main Authors: Deming Zhang, Ling Bai, Wei Wang, Yanhe Wang, Tiankun Chen, Quan Yang, Haowen Chen, Shuning Kang, Yongan Zhu, Xiang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/11/696