Dominant Tree Species and Litter Quality Govern Fungal Community Dynamics during Litter Decomposition.

ABSTRACT: Litter decomposition is a crucial biochemical process regulated by microbial activities in the forest ecosystem. However, the dynamic response of the fungal community during litter decomposition to vegetation changes is not well understood. Here, we investigated the litter decomposition rate, extracellular enzyme activities, fungal community, and nutrient cycling-related genes in leaf and twig litters over a three-year decomposition period in a pure Liquidamabar formosana forest and a mixed L. formosana/Pinus thunbergii forest. The result showed that during the three-year decomposition, twig litter in the mixed forest decomposed faster than that in the pure forest. In both leaf litter and twig litter, β-cellobiosidase and N-acetyl-glucosamidase exhibited higher activit

SUBMITTER: Meng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11508307 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature