The effects of afforestation on soil bacterial communities in temperate grassland are modulated by soil chemical properties.

ABSTRACT: Grassland afforestation dramatically affects the abiotic, biotic, and ecological function properties of the original ecosystems. Interference from afforestation might disrupt the stasis of soil physicochemical properties and the dynamic balance of microbiota. Some studies have suggested low sensitivity of soil properties and bacterial community to afforestation, but the apparent lack of a significant relationship is probably due to the confounding effects of the generalist habitat and rare bacterial communities. In this study, soil chemical and prokaryotic properties in a 30-year-old Mongolia pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litv.) afforested region and adjacent grassland in Inner Mongolia were classified and quantified. Our results indicate that the high richness of rar

SUBMITTER: Wu SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6330960 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature