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SUBMITTER: Li ZF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7307571 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Zhong-Feng ZF Lü Peng-Peng PP Wang Yong-Long YL Yao Hui H Maitra Pulak P Sun Xiang X Zheng Yong Y Guo Liang-Dong LD
PeerJ 20200619
Grazing as one of the most important disturbances affects the abundance, diversity and community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in ecosystems, but the AM fungi in response to grazing in wetland ecosystems remain poorly documented. Here, we examined AM fungi in roots and soil in grazing and non-grazing plots in Zoige wetland on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Grazing significantly increased AM fungal spore density and glomalin-related soil proteins, but had no significant effect on t ...[more]