Long-term acidification of pH neutral grasslands affects soil biodiversity, fertility and function in a heathland restoration

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil biodiversity 100%
• heathland 91%
• grassland soil 87%
• fertility 72%
• acidification 66%
• restoration 51%
• sulfur 44%
• colonization 27%
• earthworm 22%
• nematode 22%
• litter 18%
• grassland 16%
• aluminum compound 15%
• soil biology 15%
• decomposition 14%
• soil fauna 13%
• soil acidification 12%
• soil 12%
• soil chemistry 12%
• acid 12%
• microbiology 11%
• soil fertility 10%
• soil condition 10%
• pasture 9%
• plant community 9%
• field experiment 8%
• grazing 8%
• fungus 8%
• grass 8%
• cation 8%
• fauna 7%
• sulfate 6%
• bacterium 6%
• biomass 5%
• vegetation 5%
• loss 5%
• index 5%
• effect 4%
• experiment 3%
• rate 3%