Rapid response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities to short-term fertilization in an alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Rapid response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities to short-term fertilization in an alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Background: The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) is home to the vast grassland in China. The QTP grassland ecosystem has been seriously degraded by human land use practices and climate change. Fertilization is used in this region to increase vegetation yields for grazers. The impact of long-term fertiliz...

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Main Authors: Xingjia Xiang, Sean M. Gibbons, Jin-Sheng He, Chao Wang, Dan He, Qian Li, Yingying Ni, Haiyan Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-07-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Fertilization
Plateau
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Community
Diversity
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2226.pdf

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