Soil Microbiome Inoculation for Resilient and Multifunctional New Forests in Post‐Agricultural Landscapes

作者：Sofia I. F. Gomes, Per Gundersen, Т. Martijn Bezemer, Davide Barsotti, Ludovica D’Imperio, Konstantinos Georgopoulos, Mathias Just Justesen, Karelle Rheault, Yamina Micaela Rosas, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Leho Tedersoo, Lars Vesterdal, Yu Ming, Sten Anslan, Farzad Aslani, David Bille Byriel, Jesper Riis Christiansen, Sascha H. Hansen, Naksha Kasal, Chatchai Kosawang, Heidi Larsen, Klaus Steenberg Larsen, J. A. Lees, Annemiek C. P. van Dijke, Sebastian Kepfer‐Rojas · 发表于：Global Change Biology · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1111/gcb.70031 · 被引用次数：15 · 研究领域：Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions、Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies、Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Afforestation is increasingly recognized as a critical strategy to restore ecosystems and enhance biodiversity on post-agricultural landscapes. However, agricultural legacies, such as altered soil structure, nutrient imbalances, and depleted microbial diversity, can slow down forest establishment or cause ecosystems to deviate from expected successional trajectories. In this opinion paper, we explore the potential of soil inoculations as a tool to overcome these challenges by introducing beneficial microbial communities that can accelerate ecosystem recovery and forest development. Restoring soil biodiversity is a crucial aspect of this process that drives broader ecosystem functionality and resilience. We highlight the need to carefully consider the type and timing of inoculations and to ensure compatibility between the inoculum and recipient site characteristics to optimize the establishment of introduced species. While tree productivity is often a central focus of afforestation efforts, the restoration of soil biodiversity, which will also contribute to increased ecosystem-level functions, should also be a priority for long-term forest resilience. Agricultural legacies add complexities to the restoration process, creating unique challenges that need to be addressed in restoration planning. Thus, successful inoculation strategies require a thorough understanding of both donor and recipient site characteristics, also in relation to potential mismatches related to soil physio...