Network Properties of Local Fungal Communities Reveal the Anthropogenic Disturbance Consequences of Farming Practices in Vineyard Soils.

ABSTRACT: Agroecosystems are human-managed ecosystems subject to generalized ecological rules. Understanding the ecology behind the assembly and dynamics of soil fungal communities is a fruitful way to improve management practices and plant productivity. Thus, monitoring soil health would benefit from the use of metrics that arise from ecological explanations that can also be informative for agricultural management. Beyond traditional biodiversity descriptors, community-level properties have the potential of informing about particular ecological situations. Here we assess the impact of different farming practices in a survey of 350 vineyard soils from the United States and Spain by estimating network properties based on spatial associations. Our observations using traditional approaches show results

SUBMITTER: Ortiz-Alvarez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8269225 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature