Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Fungal and Bacterial Communities in Cool-Temperate Montane Forests.

ABSTRACT: Both fungal and bacterial communities in soils play key roles in driving forest ecosystem processes across multiple time scales, but how seasonal changes in environmental factors shape these microbial communities is not well understood. Here, we aimed to evaluate the importance of seasons, elevation, and soil depth in determining soil fungal and bacterial communities, given the influence of climate conditions, soil properties and plant traits. In this study, seasonal patterns of diversity and abundance did not synchronize between fungi and bacteria, where soil fertility explained the diversity and abundance of soil fungi but soil water content explained those of soil bacteria. Model-based clustering showed that seasonal changes in both abundant and rare taxonomic groups were different betw

SUBMITTER: Shigyo N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716449 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature