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Soil Microorganisms, Plant Ecology and Sustainable Restoration

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1231

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Marcela Pagano

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Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil
Interests: soil microbiota; fungi; ecological restoration; amendments; greenhouse gases
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Dear Colleagues,

The degradation of lands and ecosystems worldwide is of major environmental risk. Thus, the restoration of degraded landscapes, agroecosystems and natural forests helps the restitution of ecosystem services and values, improving the sustainable management of ecosystems and conservation of living species, which is of high priority. Therefore, to obtain and compile information on soil microorganisms, plant ecology and ecological restoration are urgently needed.

This Special Issue is dedicated to research including advances in plant and soil science for a sustainable life and better ecosystem functioning.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: microbes as indicators of ecological restoration and soil health; the environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human environments; how ecosystems can be regenerated, conserved, and integrated into the current human lifestyle; and land degradation neutrality and carbon sequestration 

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Marcela Pagano
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • plant microbiota
  • fungi
  • ecological restoration
  • soil quality

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Drainage and Afforestation More Strongly Affect Soil Microbial Composition in Fens than Bogs of Subtropical Moss Peatlands
by Putao Zhang, Junheng Yang, Haijun Cui, Weifeng Song, Yingying Liu, Xunxun Shi, Xiaoting Bi and Suyao Yuan
Sustainability 2024, 16(19), 8621; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16198621 - 4 Oct 2024
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Subtropical moss peatlands have important ecological functions, and their protection and restoration are urgent. The lack of understanding of the biogeochemical changes in subtropical moss peatlands after human disturbance, particularly regarding their underground ecological changes, limits the efforts towards their protection and restoration. [...] Read more.
Subtropical moss peatlands have important ecological functions, and their protection and restoration are urgent. The lack of understanding of the biogeochemical changes in subtropical moss peatlands after human disturbance, particularly regarding their underground ecological changes, limits the efforts towards their protection and restoration. In this study, typical subtropical moss peatlands and the Cryptomeria swamp forest (CSF) formed by long-term (more than 20 years) drainage and afforestation in the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau of China were selected as the research sites. Moreover, 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing technology was used to study the differences in soil bacterial community diversity and composition among a natural Sphagnum fen (SF), Polytrichum bog (PB), and CSF to explore the effects of drainage and afforestation on different types of moss peatlands and its mechanism combined with soil physicochemical properties. Results showed that (1) drainage and afforestation significantly reduced the α diversity of soil bacterial communities in SF while significantly increasing the α diversity of soil bacterial communities in PB. Soil bacterial communities of SF had the highest α diversity and had many unique species or groups at different taxonomic levels. (2) The impact of drainage and afforestation on the soil bacterial community composition in SF was significantly higher than that in PB. Drainage and afforestation caused significant changes in the composition and relative abundance of dominant groups of soil bacteria in SF at different taxonomic levels, such as significantly reducing the relative abundance of Proteobacteria, significantly increasing the relative abundance of Acidobacteria, and significantly reducing the ratio of Proteobacteria to Acidobacteria, but did not have a significant impact on the corresponding indicators of PB. The changes in the ratio of Proteobacteria to Acidobacteria may reflect changes in the trophic conditions of peatlands. (3) Soil moisture content, available phosphorus content, and pH were key driving factors for changes in soil bacterial community composition and diversity, which should be paid attention to in the restoration of moss peatlands. This study provides insights into the protection and restoration of subtropical moss peatlands. Full article
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