Journal
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
Volume 20, Issue 8, Pages 3192-3203Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-020-02629-9
Keywords
N addition; Precipitation regime; Fungi; Diversity; Network
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- Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) program [2019QZKK0308]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFC0500702]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41877046, 41501265]
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Purpose A field experiment was conducted to assess the role of nitrogen (N) and water addition in shaping soil fungal communities and co-occurrence networks in temperate grassland, northern China. Materials and methods We measured soil fungal and plant community compositions, and also soil properties including available N, phosphorus, potassium concentrations, soil pH, and soil moisture. Soil fungal co-occurrence networks were constructed using a random matrix theory-based network inference approach. Results and discussion Plant species richness was decreased by N addition but increased by water addition, whereas fungal richness was decreased by N addition. The fungal community composition was significantly changed by both N addition and water addition. Soil fungal alpha diversity and beta diversity were explained by a combination of variations in plant species richness and plant functional composition, and also by changes in soil pH via the soil acidification pathway induced by N and water addition. The fungal co-occurrence networks were more complex and clustered under water addition than that in ambient precipitation. Conclusions Our results suggested that plant functional composition, plant species richness, and soil acidification should be incorporated into ecosystem models for predicting soil fungal communities under future climate changes in terrestrial ecosystems.
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