Response of Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities to Near-Natural Forest Management and Tree Species within Chinese Fir Plantations
Jie Lei, Hanbin Wu, Xiaoyan Li, Wenfu Guo, Aiguo Duan, Jianguo Zhang
Abstract
Near-natural forest management is an important way to change the soil fertility decline and productivity reduction of pure Chinese fir plantations. At present, many detailed studies have been carried out on the impact of near-natural forest management on Chinese fir plantations at home and abroad. However, there are still few studies on the response of rhizosphere bacterial communities to near-natural forest management. Our study determined absolute quantities of Chinese fir rhizosphere bacterial communities in different mixed patterns. The results underscore the importance of near-natural forest management for Chinese fir plantation rhizosphere bacterial communities and provide new information on soil factors that affect rhizosphere bacterial communities in South China.