Linkages between Plant Community Composition and Soil Microbial Diversity in Masson Pine Forests.

ABSTRACT: Plant species identity influences soil microbial communities directly by host specificity and root exudates, and indirectly by changing soil properties. As a native pioneer species common in early successional communities, Masson pine (Pinus massoniana) forests are widely distributed in subtropical China, and play a key role in improving ecosystem productivity. However, how pine forest composition, especially the dominance of plant functional groups, affects soil microbial diversity remains unclear. Here, we investigated linkages among woody plant composition, soil physicochemical properties, and microbial diversity in forests along a dominance gradient of Masson pine. Soil bacterial and fungal communities were mainly explained by woody plant community composition rather than by woo

SUBMITTER: Guo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10181205 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature