摘要
Arbuscular mycorrhizal(AM) fungi form symbiotic associations with the majority of land plants and play crucial roles in ecosystems.Understanding the responses of belowground AM fungi in alpine meadow ecosystem facing environmental variation and anthropogenic manipulation may aid sustainable grassland management.Here we studied AM fungal responses to fertilization and plant identity in a natural alpine meadow and a sown pasture on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.AM fungal extraradical hyphal(ERH) density was significantly decreased by ammonium nitrogen(NH4+-N) only in May,but was significantly increased by urea and manure under Avena sativa and by manure only under Elymus nutans plantation.AM fungal spore density was not significantly affected by plant identity or fertilizer form,whereas was potentially decreased by higher rate(7.5 g N m-2 yr-1) compared with lower rate(1.5 g N m-2 yr-1) of N addition.Using high-throughput(454) sequencing of 18 S r RNA gene,we observed that AM fungal diversity was significantly higher under E.nutans than Vicia sativa cultivation condition,but AM fungal diversity was not significantly affected by fertilizer urea or sheep manure regardless of plant species.Structural equation model results showed that AM fungal community composition was significantly structured directly by plant identity rather than fertilization,but N rate could strongly affect soil characteristics which subsequently directly influenced community compositions of plants and AM fungi.Taken together,our findings highlight that AM fungal community was influenced by NH4+-N and/or nitrate N(NO3--N) fertilization via mainly altered soil characteristics in the natural alpine meadow,and that plant identity exerts stronger effect than fertilization on soil-dwelling AM fungi in the converted pastureland from the similar alpine meadow.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal(AM) fungi form symbiotic associations with the majority of land plants and play crucial roles in ecosystems.Understanding the responses of belowground AM fungi in alpine meadow ecosystem facing environmental variation and anthropogenic manipulation may aid sustainable grassland management.Here we studied AM fungal responses to fertilization and plant identity in a natural alpine meadow and a sown pasture on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.AM fungal extraradical hyphal(ERH) density was significantly decreased by ammonium nitrogen(NH4+-N) only in May,but was significantly increased by urea and manure under Avena sativa and by manure only under Elymus nutans plantation.AM fungal spore density was not significantly affected by plant identity or fertilizer form,whereas was potentially decreased by higher rate(7.5 g N m-2 yr-1) compared with lower rate(1.5 g N m-2 yr-1) of N addition.Using high-throughput(454) sequencing of 18 S r RNA gene,we observed that AM fungal diversity was significantly higher under E.nutans than Vicia sativa cultivation condition,but AM fungal diversity was not significantly affected by fertilizer urea or sheep manure regardless of plant species.Structural equation model results showed that AM fungal community composition was significantly structured directly by plant identity rather than fertilization,but N rate could strongly affect soil characteristics which subsequently directly influenced community compositions of plants and AM fungi.Taken together,our findings highlight that AM fungal community was influenced by NH4+-N and/or nitrate N(NO3--N) fertilization via mainly altered soil characteristics in the natural alpine meadow,and that plant identity exerts stronger effect than fertilization on soil-dwelling AM fungi in the converted pastureland from the similar alpine meadow.
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