Abstract
Characteristics of soil nutrients and their relationship with soil microbial properties in Artemisia sacrorum communities in the loess hilly region
Highlights
Soil is the basis of vegetation survival
Soil microbial biomass and enzyme activities initially decreased and increased in the A. sacrorum communities; soil basal respiration (SBR) increased gradually, indicating that the total activity of soil microorganisms tended to increase during the natural restoration of the A. sacrorum communities
Except for soil Available phosphorus (AP) and AK, the soil nutrient contents in the A. sacrorum communities increased as the growth year increased and reached a maximum at 37 a, with significantly improved soil quality
Summary
Soil is the basis of vegetation survival. It provides water and various nutrients for the growth and reproduction of vegetation, affecting the rate and process of vegetation restoration. Being an important component of the soil ecosystem, microbes participate in the transformation and cycling of soil nutrients, influence vegetation nutrition and soil fertility, and have become an important indicator for evaluating soil quality[1]. Soil microbial properties are important indicators used in the evaluation of soil fertility and are sensitivity parameters for soil health status. The intensity of soil basal respiration (SBR), an important activity indicator of soil microbes, can be used to evaluate soil fertility[5]. The SBR intensity represents the amount and activity of microbial biomass, indicating the trends in soil quality and the maturity of soil ecosystems. In the process of vegetation restoration, soil microbial biomass and soil nutrient status had more consistent improvement; soil microbe metabolic activity significantly effects soil chemistry; and soil microbes became more sensitive to the evolution of soil fertility. Little research investigated the variation in the relationship between community microbial properties and soil nutrients with growth years
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