Effect of plant communities on bacterial and fungal communities in a Central European grassland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Grasslands provide fundamental ecosystem services that are supported by their plant diversity. However, the importance of plant taxonomic diversity for the diversity of other taxa in grasslands remains poorly understood. Here, we studied the associations between plant communities, soil chemistry and soil microbiome in a wooded meadow of Čertoryje (White Carpathians, Czech Republic), a European hotspot of plant species diversity.

Results

High plant diversity was associated with treeless grassland areas with high primary productivity and high contents of soil nitrogen and organic carbon. In contrast, low plant diversity occurred in grasslands near solitary trees and forest edges. Fungal communities differed between low-diversity and high-diversity grasslands more st

SUBMITTER: Lepinay C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11188233 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature