Aug 2026
Forest conversion is more strongly associated with soil microbial functioning than chronic trace element exposure in an industrialized coastal Mediterranean ecosystem.
Forest soils in industrialized coastal zones can experience chronic diffuse trace element (TE) exposure, yet how vegetation replacement influences soil microbial communities under these conditions remains poorly understood. This study compared soils from native sclerophyllous forests and exotic pine plantations in the...
S. Plaza, F. Tortella, Giovanni Larama et al.
· Environmental Pollution · 0 citations