Contrasting Responses of Multispatial Soil Fungal Communities of Thuja sutchuenensis Franch., an Extremely Endangered Conifer in Southwestern China.

ABSTRACT: Thuja sutchuenensis Franch. is an endangered species in southwest China, distributed sporadically in mountainous areas. Soil property and soil fungal community play a crucial role in plant growth and survival. Nevertheless, understanding soil properties and the soil fungal community in the areas where T. sutchuenensis is distributed is extremely limited. Hence, this study collected a total of 180 soil samples from five altitudinal distribution areas (altitudinal gradients) and three vertical depths throughout four horizontal distances from the base of each tree. The results found that altitudinal gradients and vertical depths altered soil properties, including pH, organic matter content, water content, total nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and available nitrogen, phosphorus, an

SUBMITTER: Zuo YW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9431436 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature