Effects of grassland degradation on soil ecological stoichiometry and soil microbial community on the South of the Greater Khingan Mountains.

ABSTRACT: Grassland which covers 40% of terrestrial land is an important ecosystem having a multitude of functions, which has suffered various degrees of degradation with the interaction between global climate change and unreasonable human utilization (e.g., grazing and reclamation). Improved understanding of soil and microbial community diversity during meadow steppe degradation is crucial for predicting degradation mechanisms and restoration strategies. Here, we used Illumina sequencing technology to investigate the patterns of soil microbial community structure and the driving factors of its change across different degradation degrees of meadow steppe [i.e., non-degraded grasslands (NDG), lightly degraded grasslands (LDG), moderately degraded grasslands (MDG), and severely degraded grasslands (SD

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11610252 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature