Effects of vegetation restoration on soil fungi community structure and assembly process in a semiarid alpine mining region.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Understanding responses of soil fungal community characteristics to vegetation restoration is essential for optimizing artificial restoration strategies in alpine mining ecosystems. Despite its ecological significance, current comprehension regarding the structure composition and assembly mechanisms of soil fungal communities following vegetation restoration in these fragile ecosystems remains insufficient.

Methods

We used the high-throughput sequencing and null model analysis to determine the variations and environmental drivers of soil fungal community structures and assembly processes across different restoration chronosequences (natural plant sites, unrestored sites, 2-year restoration sites, and 6-year restoration sites) in a semiarid alpine coal mining reg

SUBMITTER: Xue Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12272346 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature