supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41930754 and 41661061);the Natural Science Foundation of Tibet Autonomous Region of China(Nos.XZ2018ZRG-34(Z))
The Tibetan Plateau of China is uniquely vulnerable to the global climate change and anthropogenic disturbances.As soil bacteria exert a considerable influence on the ecosystem function,understanding their response to...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31170464, 41573111, and 31300322)
Biological soil crusts(BSCs)have important ecological functions in arid and semiarid lands,but they remain poorly understood in terms of the changes in microbial communities during BSC succession under in situ field c...
We thank Ms. LIU Weili, Dr. CAI Wenhua, Mr. LIU Bo, and Dr. FANG Lei from the Institute of Ap- plied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for assis- tance in sampling and Dr. XIONG Jingbo from the Ningbo University of China for assistance in bioinfor- matic analysis. This research was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Aca- demy of Sciences (No. XDB15010101), the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China (No. 2014CB954002), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41371254).
The effects of slope aspects on soil biogeochemical properties and plant communities in forested environments have been studied extensively; however, slope aspect influence on soil microbial communities remains largel...
Supported by the International S&T Cooperation Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2010DFA22770);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41090281)
A vast number of microorganisms colonize the leaf surface of terrestrial plants, known as the phyllosphere, and these microorganisms are thought to be of critical importance in plant growth and health. However, the ta...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.91025021);the Knowledge Innovation Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos.KSCX2-EW-G-16-02 and KSCX2-YW-G-074-02);the E-Science Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.INFO-115-D01-Z006)
Soil harbors remarkably stabilize bacterial communities at the phylum level. However, no two soils have exactly the same structure of bacterial phyla. The structure of microbial community is strongly influenced by the...