Rhizosphere microbial functions drive ecological stoichiometry in soils across an elevational gradient of a temperate mountain ecosystem.

ABSTRACT: The soil microbiome plays a vital role in maintaining soil nutrient levels and ecological stoichiometry balance. However, the relationships between rhizosphere microbiomes and soil ecological stoichiometric characteristics, including organic carbon (SC), total nitrogen (SN), total phosphorus (SP), and their ratios, remain poorly understood. Here, we used a temperate mountain ecosystem as a natural laboratory along a ~ 2190 m elevational gradient spanning a desert steppe-alpine meadow transition. We investigated rhizosphere microbiomes from 20 dominant plant populations across 17 sites by integrating environmental factors, microbial community structure, functional genes, microbial biomass, and ectorhizosphere soil stoichiometric characteristics. Ectorhizosphere soil stoichiometric character

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12916898 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature