文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Peng, Wanxia ¹ ; Song, Min ³ ; Du, Hu ¹ ; Jiang, Shanghua ¹ ; Zeng, Fuping ¹ ; Chen, Huijun ¹ ; Song, Tongqing ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Subtrop Agr, Inst Ctr Shared Technol & Facil, Changsha 410125, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Sci, Huanjiang Agr Ecosyst Observat & Res Stn Guangxi, Guangxi Key Lab Karst Ecol Proc & Serv, Huanjiang Observat & Res Stn Karst Ecosyst, Huanjiang 547100, Guangxi, Peoples R China

3.Hunan Acad Agr Sci, Inst Agr Environm & Ecol, Changsha 410125, Peoples R China

4.Hunan Agr Univ, Coll Environm & Ecol, Changsha 410128, Peoples R China

关键词： Forest succession; Community assembly; Co-occurrence; Deterministic process; Stochastic process; Karst region

期刊名称：CATENA （ 影响因子：5.7； 五年影响因子：6.3 ）

ISSN： 0341-8162

年卷期： 2025 年 248 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Understanding the assembly processes of soil microbial communities as secondary succession proceeds offers a critical insight into ecosystem recovery after disturbance. However, a comprehensive understanding of which ecological processes govern the assembly remains elusive. In this study, soil samples were sampled across four seasons (i.e., spring, summer, autumn, and winter) from various forest succession including shrubland, secondary forest, and primary forest, within a karst region in southwestern of China. The assembly of microbial communities was analyzed using the method of the null model, coupled with measurements of environmental variability. The results demonstrate that soil bacterial assembly is primarily dominated by the deterministic processes with their relative influence increases as karst forest proceeds; while soil fungal assembly is dominated by the stochastic processes, and the relative significance of stochasticity peaks in the secondary forest. Moreover, both soil bacterial and fungal communities' co-occurrence networks intensifies as forest succession. The shift in the balance between deterministic and stochastic across successional stages is predicted by factors such as plant DBH and soil nutrient availability. Specially, soil nitrate nitrogen (NO3 --N), along with plant diameter at breast height (DBH), available potassium (AK), available phosphorus (AP), and total phosphorus (TP), emerged as crucial determinants of soil microbial assembly as karst forest succeeds. Overall, our study provides the evidence that the bacterial and fungal communities' assembly vary within and across forest succession, and highlights the importance of plant properties and soil micro-environment for these community assembly in karst soil.