Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities show low resistance and high resilience to wildfire disturbance
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities show low resistance and high resilience to wildfire disturbance
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DOI:
10.1007/s11104-015-2633-z
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发表时间:
2015-08
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影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
X. Xiang;S. Gibbons;Jian Yang;Jianjian Kong;Ruibo Sun;H. Chu
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作者:
X. Xiang;S. Gibbons;Jian Yang;Jianjian Kong;Ruibo Sun;H. Chu
AimsWildfires are important disturbances that help to shape the structure and function of forest ecosystems, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are key players in the post-fire recovery of soils and understory vegetation. We aimed to investigate the response of AMF communities to wildfire over different timescales.MethodsPrimer set AMV4.5NF/AMDGR was used to amplify soil 18S rRNA gene fragments for the 454 GS-FLX pyrosequencing platform to examine belowground AMF communities 1 and 11 years following low- and high-intensity wildfires in the Greater Khingan Mountains of China.ResultsThe majority of AMF sequences detected were annotated asGlomeraceae,Claroideoglomeraceae,DiversisporaceaeandAcaulosporaceae. Both AMF community composition and alpha-diversity were correlated with herbaceous and shrubby biomass, available phosphorus (AP) and NH4+, which were in turn altered by wildfire. AMF community composition, alpha-diversity, and phylogenetic structure were significantly altered 1-year-post-fire. However, AMF communities were indistinguishable from unburned forest soils 11-year-post-fire.ConclusionsOur results indicated that AMF communities are resilient to wildfire on decadal timescales. This resilience appears to depend on the post-fire regrowth of understory vegetation and the subsequent recovery of soil chemical properties.