Plant colonization mediates the microbial community dynamics in glacier forelands of the Tibetan Plateau
Yang Liu, Mukan Ji, Wenqiang Wang, Tingting Xing, Yan Qi, Belinda C. Ferrari, Yongqin Liu
Abstract
It has long been recognized that pH mediates community structure changes in glacier foreland soils. Here, we showed that pH changes resulted from plant colonization. Plant colonization reduced pH and increased soil organic carbon, which increased bacterial diversity, changed the community structure of both bacteria and fungi, enhanced environmental filtering, and improved microbial network disturbance resistance.
Topics & Concepts
ColonizationGlacierPlateau (mathematics)Dynamics (music)GeologyPhysical geographyEcologyGeographyBiologyMathematicsPhysicsMathematical analysisAcousticsPolar Research and EcologyMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyIndigenous Studies and Ecology