Effects of natural vegetative restoration on soil fungal and bacterial communities in bare patches of the southern Taihang Mountains.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the distribution and composition of soil microbes in bare patches is a critical step to improving ecological remediation. The effects of different vegetative restoration types on soil microbes within semi-arid bare patches remain unclear. Here, we evaluated the distribution of soil fungi and bacteria among different ecological restoration types at the southern Taihang Mountains. Analysis of variance showed that the chemical properties of soil with vegetation cover have higher nutrient quality than those of the exposed soil. The results also suggested that vegetative restoration significantly improved the diversity and the richness of the soil fungal and bacterial communities. Sequencing results showed that Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the main soil fungal communities, wh

SUBMITTER: Zhao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6787810 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature