Response of soil nematode communities in Stipa baicalensis meadow steppe to mowing frequencies.

ABSTRACT: Soil nematodes are essential indicator of organisms for assessing the health of grassland ecosystems, and their community structure is sensitive to changes in grassland utilization practices. However, there is still a lack of research on how long different mowing frequencies affect the characteristics of soil nematode communities. Therefore, this study aimed to address this gap by studying the impacts of different mowing frequencies M1, M2, and M3 on the nematode community structure and metabolic footprints. The results showed that a total of 45,320 soil nematodes were captured in the experimental area. Among them, the most dominant genera were Cervidellus and Acrobeloides (23.84%), and the dominant genera were Nygolaimus, Chiloplacus and Cephalobus (20.57%). Compared with no mowing treatm

SUBMITTER: Wu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12632105 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature