THE HIDDEN RISK: CHANGES IN FUNCTIONAL POTENTIALS OF MICROBIAL KEYSTONE TAXA UNDER GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE JEOPARDIZING SOIL CARBON STORAGE IN ALPINE GRASSLANDS

The hidden risk: Changes in functional potentials of microbial keystone taxa under global climate change jeopardizing soil carbon storage in alpine grasslands

Climate change is endangering the soil carbon stock of alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), but the limited comprehension regarding the mechanisms that sustain carbon storage under hydrothermal changes increases the uncertainty associated with this finding.Here, we examined the relative abundance of soil microbial keystone taxa a

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Geographical Environment and Plant Functional Group Shape the Spatial Variation Pattern of Plant Carbon Density in Subalpine-Alpine Grasslands of the Eastern Loess Plateau, China

The carbon density of subalpine-alpine grasslands (SGs) is significantly vital to sustaining the carbon cycle in global terrestrial ecosystems.However, on the Loess Plateau of China, it remains unclear how the geographical environment and plant functional groups affect the spatial variation pattern of plant carbon density in these grasslands.Here,

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