Local community assembly mechanisms shape soil bacterial β diversity patterns along a latitudinal gradient

Xiao Zhang; Shirong Liu; Jingxin Wang; Yongtao Huang; Zachary Freedman; Shenglei Fu; Kuan Liu; Hui Wang; Xiangzhen Li; Minjie Yao; Xiaojing Liu; Jamie Schuler

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19228-4

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Local community assembly mechanisms shape soil bacterial β diversity patterns along a latitudinal gradient

Xiao Zhang,
Shirong Liu,
Jingxin Wang,
Yongtao Huang,
Zachary Freedman,
Shenglei Fu,
Kuan Liu,
Hui Wang,
Xiangzhen Li,
Minjie Yao,
Xiaojing Liu,
Jamie Schuler

Affiliations

Xiao Zhang: Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, China’s State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Shirong Liu: Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, China’s State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Jingxin Wang: Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University
Yongtao Huang: Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education. College of Environment and Planning, Henan University
Zachary Freedman: Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University
Shenglei Fu: Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education. College of Environment and Planning, Henan University
Kuan Liu: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Hui Wang: Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, China’s State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Xiangzhen Li: Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Minjie Yao: Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Xiaojing Liu: Baotianman Natural Reserve Administration
Jamie Schuler: Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19228-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The relative importance of regional species pool and local assembly processes as drivers of beta diversity is unclear. Here the authors investigate soil bacterial diversity patterns along a 3700-km latitudinal gradient in Chinese forests, finding that community assembly processes differ based on environmental heterogeneity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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