Plant community stability is associated with a decoupling of prokaryote and fungal soil networks

0573980 - BÚ 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
in 't Zandt, Dina - Kolaříková, Zuzana - Cajthaml, Tomáš - Münzbergová, Zuzana
Plant community stability is associated with a decoupling of prokaryote and fungal soil networks.
Nature Communications. Roč. 14, č. 1 (2023), č. článku 3736. E-ISSN 2041-1723
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA20-01813S
Institutional support: RVO:67985939 ; RVO:61388971
Keywords : mesocosm experiment * plant communities * microbial communities
OECD category: Ecology; Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7) (MBU-M)
Impact factor: 16.6, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39464-8

In a 13-year mesocosm experiment, we determined links between plant community stability and soil microbial networks. We found that plant communities on soil abandoned from agricultural practices 60 years prior to the experiment promoted destabilising properties and were associated with coupled prokaryote and fungal soil networks. Conversely, plant communities on natural grassland soil exhibited a high stability, which was associated with decoupled prokaryote and fungal soil networks. We conclude that plant community stability is associated with a decoupling of prokaryote and fungal soil networks and mediated by plant-soil interactions.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0348408