Short-Term Thinning Influences the Rhizosphere Fungal Community Assembly of Pinus massoniana by Altering the Understory Vegetation Diversity.

ABSTRACT: Thinning can significantly promote forest productivity and ecological function. Rhizosphere fungi play an indispensable role in regulating nutrient cycling between plants and the environment, and their community composition can positively respond to anthropogenic disturbance. However, the initial effects of thinning on rhizosphere fungal community assembly have seldom been reported. In this research, we studied the alterations in the rhizosphere fungal communities of 29-year-old Pinus massoniana in East Sichuan 2 years after three different thinning intensity treatments. In addition, the responses of fungal community and functional group composition to alterations in understory vegetation and soil physiochemical properties were analyzed. Three thinning intensities were set, which we

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985072 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature