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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Long-Term Active Rather than Passive Restoration Promotes Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation by Alleviating Microbial Nitrogen Limitation in an Extremely Degraded Alpine Grassland.

Jinchao Gong, Feida Sun, Jingjing Wu, Shijie Zhou, Yue Xiu, Linlin Li, Tahmina Kausar, Zhouwen Ma, Jiqiong Zhou, Lin Liu and 6 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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16 authors.

Jinchao GongCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6327-7373
Feida SunCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.
Jingjing WuCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.
Shijie ZhouCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.
Yue XiuCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.
Linlin LiCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.
Tahmina KausarCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.
Zhouwen MaCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.
Jiqiong ZhouCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.
Lin LiuCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.
Yongxing CuiInstitute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Jordi SardansCSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF- CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Catalonia, Spain.
Josep PeñuelasCSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF- CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Catalonia, Spain.
Ahmed ElrysCollege of Agriculture, University of Al Dhaid, Al Dhaid, Sharja, United Arab Emirates.
Ji ChenState Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P. R. China.
Yanfu BaiCollege of Grassland Science & Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4621-1959

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32201382National Natural Science Foundation of China W2523003Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province 2023NSFSC0196Sichuan High-Caliber Talent Introduction Program, Haiju Plan 2025HJRC0054State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs H20240505State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University 2024-KF-07
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grassland degradation disrupts microbial nutrient cycling, yet the role of nitrogen (N) limitation in regulating soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics during restoration remains poorly understood. Here, 10 years of active (sowing of seeds of native plants) and passive restoration (sand barrier protection) in degraded grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are compared. Restoration impacts are assessed by integrating microbial metabolic traits such as stoichiometry-based nutrient limitation and C use efficiency (CUE

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CarbonGrasslandNitrogenSoilSoil MicrobiologyCarbonNitrogenSoilactive restorationalpine grasslandcarbon use efficiencymicrobial nitrogen limitationpassive restorationsoil enzyme activity

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PMID41317400
PMCPMC12903966

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