Spartina alterniflora invasion reduces soil microbial diversity and weakens soil microbial inter-species relationships in coastal wetlands.

ABSTRACT: Soil microorganisms play a crucial role in the plant invasion process, acting as both drivers of and responders to plant invasion. However, the effects of plant invasion on the complexity and stability of co-occurrence networks of soil microbial communities remain unclear. Here, we investigated how the invasion of Spartina alterniflora affected the diversity, composition, and co-occurrence networks of soil bacterial and fungal communities in the Yellow River Delta, China. Compared to the native plant (Suaeda salsa), S. alterniflora invasion decreased the α-diversity of soil bacterial communities but did not affect that of fungal communities. The β-diversity of soil bacterial and fungal communities under S. salsa and S. alterniflora habitats also differed

SUBMITTER: Zhang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11325588 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature