Influence of long-term enclosure and free grazing on soil microbial community structure and carbon metabolic diversity of alpine meadow.

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201808.004

Abstract

Abstract: Soil microbial community structure and functional diversity have great implications for the maintenance of the function and stability of grassland ecosystem. We studied the variation of soil microbial community structure, community diversity of carbon metabolism and their driving factors between the long-term enclosure and the free grazing grasslands in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by using phospholipid fatty acid and Biolog techniques. The results showed that: 1) there were significant differences in soil microbial community structure and the utilization of carbon source between the long-term enclosed and free grazed grasslands. 2) Long-term enclosure significantly increased the content of total PLFA, bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes. 3) Soil carbon metabolic activity, diversity and richness in free-grazing grassland was significantly higher than the enclosed grassland, but evenness showed an opposite pattern. 4) Compared with the free grazed grassland, long-term enclosure significantly increased the utilization of polymers, carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, and amines by soil microorganisms. 5) Results from the redundancy analysis showed that vegetation coverage significantly affected soil microbial community structure and carbon metabolism. The soil microbial content, carbon metabolism diversity and richness in the long-term enclosed grassland were higher than those of the free grazing grassland, indicating that long-term enclosure was more conducive to improve the diversity and carbon metabolism of soil microbial community.

XUE Ya-fang, ZONG Ning, HE Nian-peng, TIAN Jing, ZHANG Yong-qing. Influence of long-term enclosure and free grazing on soil microbial community structure and carbon metabolic diversity of alpine meadow.[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018, 29(8): 2705-2712.

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