Aridity differentially alters the stability of soil bacterial and fungal networks in coastal and inland areas of Australia.

ABSTRACT: Despite the importance of soil bacterial and fungal communities for ecosystem services and human welfare, how their ecological networks respond to climatic aridity have yet been evaluated. Here, we collected soil samples from 47 sites across 2500 km in coastal and inland areas of eastern Australia with contrasting status of aridity. We found that the diversity of both bacteria and fungi significantly differed between inland and coastal soils. Despite the significant differences in soil nutrient availability and stoichiometry between the inland and coastal regions, aridity was the most important predictor of bacterial and fungal community compositions. Aridity has altered the potential microbial migration rates and further impacted the microbial assembly processes by increasing the importan

SUBMITTER: Chen QL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9825871 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature