Soil enzyme stoichiometry is tightly linked to microbial community composition in successional ecosystems after glacier retreat

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 162; p. 108429
• Main Authors: Wang, Jipeng, Wu, Yanhong, Li, Jingji, He, Qingqing, Bing, Haijian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2021
• Subjects: community structure; enzyme activity; Enzyme stoichiometry; Enzyme-encoding gene; enzymes; genetic traits; glaciers; Hailuogou chronosequence; microbial communities; Microbial community composition; Resource availability; soil; soil enzymes; Soil hydrolytic enzyme; soil organic matter; stoichiometry; Resource availability; Hailuogou chronosequence; Enzyme-encoding gene; Enzyme stoichiometry; Microbial community composition; Soil hydrolytic enzyme

Soil enzyme stoichiometry has been proposed to reflect microbial resource limitation. However, this view overlooks the profound variations in microbial community composition and soil abiotic properties that may also affect enzyme stoichiometry. In successional subalpine ecosystems after glacier retr...