🔎 #SlopePosition ➡️ growth and #AllometryGrowth of #CalocedrusMacrolepis

Results:
1️⃣ Trees on downslope exhibit better growth traits.
2️⃣ Key drivers: phosphorus & potassium.
3️⃣ Influence: #BacterialCommunities > fungi

#SoilMicrobialFunctionalGroups

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf054

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Nitrogen addition weakens #Home_fieldAdvantage of #LitterDecomposition by altering soil pH and #BacterialCommunities in a subtropical forest

#CarbonCycling | #MicrobialCommunityComposition | #MicrobialDiversity

@UniversityHohai @PKU1898

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf089

Xiang Tao et al. examined the impact of #ForestThinning and #GroundCoverPlantManagement on #SoilProperties and #BacterialCommunities in artificial #SpruceForests (#PiceaAsperata) within China’s #Huangtuliang ecological corridor, a crucial habitat for #GiantPandas.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae069
What affects microbial communities' ability to resist invading #pathogens? This study shows that adaptive changes in resource competition between species can make #BacterialCommunities more susceptible to invasion #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4ekriui
The strength of interspecies interaction in a microbial community determines its susceptibility to invasion

Microbial communities are constantly evolving, affecting their ability to resist invading pathogens. This study shows that adaptive changes in resource competition between species can make bacterial communities more susceptible to invasion.