Soil fungal communities varied across aspects of restored grassland in former mining areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

ABSTRACT: To determine whether different aspects lead to a heterogeneous distribution of soil fungi, we investigated artificially established alpine grasslands in the Muli mining area in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Employing high-throughput sequencing techniques, we analyzed the composition, diversity, and function of soil fungal communities across various aspects (flat, East-facing, South-facing, West-facing, North-facing). We also examined their relationships with environmental factors. Soil fungal communities of restored alpine grasslands differed significantly across aspects in terms of the dominant phyla, classes and species level. Compared with No aspect, the Shannon index of fungi respectively decreased by 2.99%, 19.32%, 19.37% and 10.56% for East aspect, South aspect, West aspect and North as

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10965082 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature