Soil core microbial taxa maintain community resistance to drive soil ecosystem multifunctionality under <i>Alternanthera philoxeroides</i> invasion.

ABSTRACT: Alien plant invasion exerts profound impacts on local ecosystems, like biodiversity, stability, and overall functionality. Understanding the ecological stability of soil microbial communities is essential for elucidating how plant invasions drive changes in soil ecosystem functions. In this study, soil ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) was examined in relation to the resistance of microbial communities across five Alternanthera philoxeroides-invaded sites (Xiaoxian, Hefei, Tongling, Anqing, and Huangshan) within different ecological functional zones in Anhui Province, China, with contrasting soil properties and environmental conditions. Soil samples were collected from invaded and uninvaded plots, microbial core taxa were identified, and structural equation modeling was applied to

SUBMITTER: Lin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12633765 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature