Reforestation regulated soil bacterial community structure along vertical profiles in the Loess Plateau.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reforestation is a widely used strategy for ecological restoration in areas facing ecological degradation. Soil bacteria regulate many functional processes in terrestrial ecosystems; however, how they respond to reforestation processes in surface and deep soils remains unclear.

Methods

Artificial Robinia pseudoacacia plantation with different stand ages (8, 22, and 32 years) in a typical fallow forest on the Loess Plateau was selected to explore the differential response of soil bacterial community to reforestation in different soil depths (surface 0-200 cm, middle 200-500 cm, and deep 500-100 cm). Soil bacterial diversity, community composition and the co-occurrence patterns, as well as the functions were analyzed.

Results and discussion

The resul

SUBMITTER: Wu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10713748 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature