Winter Grazing, Not Fencing or Unicast, Promotes Stability of Microbial Community and Function in the Qilian Mountains of Qinghai‐Xizang Plateau

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ID21648933
AuthorsSichen Pan (0009-0002-4135-289X, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Xining China), Caiyun Luo (0000-0002-2113-1371, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Xining China), Xin Chen (0000-0001-7221-0056, College of Life and Environmental Sciences Minzu University of China Beijing China), Dongdong Chen (0000-0002-3333-1135, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Xining China), Qi Li (0000-0003-3042-3584, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Xining China), Fuquan He (Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Xining China), Yukun Zhang (0000-0003-4487-9988, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Xining China), Li Zhang (0000-0002-4441-5131, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Xining China), Liang Zhao (0000-0002-7679-5087, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Xining China, corresponding author), Liu Zhao (0009-0002-9593-7332, Chinese Academy of Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2024
Publication date2024-10-21
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLand Degradation and Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1085-3278 • E-ISSN: 1099-145X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ldr.5330
OpenAlexW4403595142
LanguageEN
References cited72

In alpine meadows, microorganisms are essential to sustain the stability of terrestrial geochemical processes and vegetation–soil–microbial systems. The present study in order investigate how various management measures impact the microbial communities' composition and functionality, we utilize metagenomic sequencing techniques to examinate the composition and function of soil microbial communities in the southern Qilian Mountains of the Qinghai‐Xizang Plateau in response to the management practices of fencing enclose (FE), winter grazing (WG), transition zone between natural and artificial grasslands (TZ), and artificial unicast oats (AU). Vegetation diversity and soil physicochemical characteristics were dramatically altered by the management measures. The prokaryotic community structure was considerably similar in FE and WG, as well as in TZ and AU. Near‐natural (FE) and artificial establishment (AU) disturbances changed the fungal community structure. Enzymes related to carbon metabolism did not respond significantly to the management measures, whereas those related to nitrogen metabolism did not respond significantly in TZ and AU. The relative abundance of enzymes participating in nitrogen metabolism was higher under TZ and AU than under FE and WG. We concluded that grassland management measures altered the structure of aboveground graminoid and leguminous vegetation communities and belowground biomass allocation, resulting in changes in K uptake, causing striking changes in the structure of fungal communities and nitrogen‐metabolizing enzymes; moderate disturbance (WG) was beneficial for maintaining the stability of microbial communities in alpine grasslands

Biology · Fencing · Geography · Grazing · Physical geography · Unicast · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Gut microbiota and health · Mathematics · Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · Polar Research and Ecology · Ecology

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