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Microbial functional traits are sensitive indicators of mild disturbance by lamb grazing.
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SUBMITTER: Ma X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6474220 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Microbial functional traits are sensitive indicators of mild disturbance by lamb grazing.
The ISME journal 20190130 5
Mild disturbances are prevalent in the environment, which may not be easily notable but could have considerable ecological consequences over prolonged periods. To evaluate this, a field study was designed to examine the effects of very light-intensity lamb grazing on grassland soil microbiomes with different soil backgrounds. No significant change (P > 0.05) was observed in any vegetation and soil variables. Nonetheless, hundreds of microbial functional gene families, but not bacterial taxonomy, ...[more]
