Effects of forest age and season on soil microbial communities in Chinese fir plantations.

ABSTRACT: Understanding changes in the distribution patterns and diversity of soil microbial communities from the perspectives of age-related changes, seasonal variations, and the interaction between the two factors can facilitate the management of plantations. In Chinese fir plantations, we collected soils from different depths in over-mature forests, mature forests, near-mature forests, middle-aged forests, and young forests in summer, autumn, and winter in China's subtropical regions. As the forests developed, bacterial and fungal communities' diversity changed, reached a minimum value at near-mature forests, and then increased in mature forests or over-mature forests. Near-mature forests had the lowest topological properties. The Shannon index of microbial communities varied with seasonal change

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11302042 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature