Plants regulate the effects of experimental warming on the soil microbial community in an alpine scrub ecosystem

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 4; p. e0195079
• Main Authors: Ma, Zhiliang, Zhao, Wenqiang, Zhao, Chunzhang, Wang, Dong, Liu, Mei, Li, Dandan, Liu, Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 18.04.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abundance; Alpine environments; Alpine shrew; Analysis; Analysis of Variance; Biodiversity; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomarkers; Biomass; Carbon; Climate Change; Communities; Community structure; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem; Ecosystem biology; Ecosystems; Environmental restoration; Fungi; Global warming; Grasslands; Growing season; Influence; Laboratories; Microbial activity; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Nitrogen; Physiological aspects; Plant communities; Plant ecology; Plant populations; Plant removal; Plants; Prairies; Scrub; Short term; Soil - chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Soil structure; Soils; Temperature; Tibetan Plateau; China

Information on how soil microbial communities respond to warming is still scarce for alpine scrub ecosystems. We conducted a field experiment with two plant treatments (plant removal or undisturbed) subjected to warmed or unwarmed conditions to examine the effects of warming and plant removal on soi...