Hui Gao et al. explored the responses of soil environment and microbial communities to desert steppe degradation and Caragana korshinskii reseeding.

#DesertSteppeDegradation | #LegumeReseeding | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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The absolute abundance of dominant (a) and less dominant (b) phyla in soil bacterial communities at different sites of desert steppe.

❓ Soil environment and microbial communities ➡️ #DesertSteppeDegradation and #CaraganaKorshinskii reseeding

Results:
Eight years of vegetation restoration recovered #SoilTexture and microbial community
➡️ structure ✔️
➡️ #CommunityComplexityAndStability ❌

#LegumeReseeding

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