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Title: Evaluating the lingering effect of livestock grazing on functional potentials of microbial communities in Tibetan grassland soils

Abstract

Background and aims: Livestock grazing is a widely practiced land-use regime that can impose lingering effects on global biogeochemical cycles. Yet, elucidating the mechanisms of related eco-processes, which are largely mediated by the microbial community, remains challenging. Methods: In this work, we collected soil samples from two Tibetan grassland sites subjected to grazing in winter followed by a 3-month recovery. We then evaluated functional potentials of microbial communities via a metagenomic tool known as GeoChip 4.0. Results: Significant alterations were detected in post-grazing grassland soils, and further analysis showed that plant diversity was the best indicator of alterations in functional potentials. Relative abundances of labile C degradation genes decreased at the 3400-m site, but those of recalcitrant C degradation genes increased, which could be explained by the higher soil recalcitrant C input owing to their being substantially more forbs species at this site. Nitrification genes decreased at both sites, probably owing to increased soil moisture conducive to oxygen-limiting conditions. Relative abundance of denitrification genes increased at the 3200-m site, concomitant with increased N2O emissions. Conclusions: These findings demonstrated that functional gene compositions of the microbial community were altered in post-grazing grassland soils, and linked to soil biogeochemical processes.

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 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [1]
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  1. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
  3. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China); Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xining (China)
  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xining (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou (China)
  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Chengdu (China)
  7. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China); Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1567066
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; SC0004601
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Plant and Soil
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 407; Journal Issue: 1-2; Journal ID: ISSN 0032-079X
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Microbial functional potential; Tibetan grassland; Post-winter grazing; GeoChip

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Wang, Mengmeng, Wang, Shiping, Wu, Linwei, Xu, Depeng, Lin, Qiaoyan, Hu, Yigang, Li, Xiangzhen, Zhou, Jizhong, and Yang, Yunfeng. Evaluating the lingering effect of livestock grazing on functional potentials of microbial communities in Tibetan grassland soils. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1007/s11104-016-2897-y.
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Wang, Mengmeng, Wang, Shiping, Wu, Linwei, Xu, Depeng, Lin, Qiaoyan, Hu, Yigang, Li, Xiangzhen, Zhou, Jizhong, & Yang, Yunfeng. Evaluating the lingering effect of livestock grazing on functional potentials of microbial communities in Tibetan grassland soils. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-2897-y
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Wang, Mengmeng, Wang, Shiping, Wu, Linwei, Xu, Depeng, Lin, Qiaoyan, Hu, Yigang, Li, Xiangzhen, Zhou, Jizhong, and Yang, Yunfeng. Tue . "Evaluating the lingering effect of livestock grazing on functional potentials of microbial communities in Tibetan grassland soils". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-2897-y. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1567066.
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@article{osti_1567066,
title = {Evaluating the lingering effect of livestock grazing on functional potentials of microbial communities in Tibetan grassland soils},
author = {Wang, Mengmeng and Wang, Shiping and Wu, Linwei and Xu, Depeng and Lin, Qiaoyan and Hu, Yigang and Li, Xiangzhen and Zhou, Jizhong and Yang, Yunfeng},
abstractNote = {Background and aims: Livestock grazing is a widely practiced land-use regime that can impose lingering effects on global biogeochemical cycles. Yet, elucidating the mechanisms of related eco-processes, which are largely mediated by the microbial community, remains challenging. Methods: In this work, we collected soil samples from two Tibetan grassland sites subjected to grazing in winter followed by a 3-month recovery. We then evaluated functional potentials of microbial communities via a metagenomic tool known as GeoChip 4.0. Results: Significant alterations were detected in post-grazing grassland soils, and further analysis showed that plant diversity was the best indicator of alterations in functional potentials. Relative abundances of labile C degradation genes decreased at the 3400-m site, but those of recalcitrant C degradation genes increased, which could be explained by the higher soil recalcitrant C input owing to their being substantially more forbs species at this site. Nitrification genes decreased at both sites, probably owing to increased soil moisture conducive to oxygen-limiting conditions. Relative abundance of denitrification genes increased at the 3200-m site, concomitant with increased N2O emissions. Conclusions: These findings demonstrated that functional gene compositions of the microbial community were altered in post-grazing grassland soils, and linked to soil biogeochemical processes.},
doi = {10.1007/s11104-016-2897-y},
journal = {Plant and Soil},
number = 1-2,
volume = 407,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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Table 1 Table 1: Repeated measures analysis of two-way ANOVAs of post-grazing and site effects on environmental attributes
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