Heavy grazing reduces soil bacterial diversity by increasing soil pH in a semi-arid steppe
Background In a context of long-term highly intensive grazing in grassland ecosystems, a better understanding of how quickly belowground biodiversity responds to grazing is required, especially for soil microbial diversity. Methods In this study, we conducted a grazing experiment which included the...
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Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2024-03-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/17031.pdf |