Plant Diversity Enhances Soil Fungal Diversity and Microbial Resistance to Plant Invasion.

ABSTRACT: Interactions and feedbacks between aboveground and belowground biomes are fundamental in controlling ecosystem functions and stability. However, the relationship between plant diversity and soil microbial diversity is elusive. Moreover, it remains unknown whether plant diversity loss will cause the stability of soil microbial communities to deteriorate. To shed light on these questions, we conducted a pot-based experiment to manipulate the plant richness gradient (1, 2, 4, or 8 species) and plant [Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G. L. Nesom] invasion status. We found that, in the noninvasion treatment, soil fungal diversity significantly and positively correlated with plant diversity, while the relationship between bacterial and plant diversity was not significant. Under plant inv

SUBMITTER: Shen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8208136 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature