Responses of plant, soil bacterial and fungal communities to grazing vary with pasture seasons and grassland types, northern Tibet

• Published in: Land degradation & development Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 1821 - 1832
• Main Authors: Zhang, Haorui, Fu, Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 28.02.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acidobacteria; alpine meadows; Ammonium; ammonium nitrogen; Ascomycota; Bacteria; Bacteroidetes; Basidiomycota; botanical composition; China; Chloroflexi; cold season; Community composition; community structure; Composition; Firmicutes; Forbs; Fungi; grassland type; Grasslands; Grazing; Herbivores; land degradation; Meadows; Microbial activity; microbial community; Microorganisms; nitrate nitrogen; Nitrogen; Pasture; pastures; Phosphorus; Plant communities; plant community; Proteobacteria; seasonal grazing; Seasons; Soil bacteria; Soil microorganisms; Soil moisture; soil water; Species richness; Steppes; Summer; Tibetan Plateau; Verrucomicrobia; warm season; China

Synthetic responses of plant and soil microbial communities to grazing are indefinite in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. Three paired, fenced and free grazing sites (alpine steppe meadow for winter pasture [ASMWP]; alpine steppe meadow for summer pasture [ASMSP]; alpine meadow for summer p...