Soil pH and Nutrient Content Sustain Variability of Soil Bacterial Community Structure and Activity after Forest Clear-Cutting

Bereczki, Katalin and Benke, Attila and Tóth, Endre György and Megyes, Melinda and Korponai, Kristóf and Szili-Kovács, Tibor and Illés, Gábor and Lados, Botond Boldizsár and Márialigeti, Károly (2024) Soil pH and Nutrient Content Sustain Variability of Soil Bacterial Community Structure and Activity after Forest Clear-Cutting. FORESTS, 15 (8). ISSN 1999-4907

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Abstract

Clear-cutting is the most robust intervention in a forest ecosystem, causing marked changes in ecosystem processes. Although the effects of forest harvesting have been widely investigated, comparative studies can provide vital supplementary information concerning specific fields, including changes in soil microbiota structure and functioning. Our study examined the soil bacterial community composition, diversity, and activity of a mixed pedunculate oak stand over three years after clear-cutting based on 16S rRNA sequencing and substrate-induced respiration data. In addition, we conducted a yearly comparison with a control oak stand already in the regeneration phase. According to our results, the forest harvest caused only limited changes in the diversity, structure, and activity of the soil bacterial community of the oak stand, suggesting that soil parameters influence the soil bacterial community structure and functioning more significantly than the cessation of forest cover.

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agricultural sciences > forestry and wildlife management
natural sciences > environmental science

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Soproni Egyetem

Item Type:	Article
SWORD Depositor:	Teszt Sword
Depositing User:	Csaba Horváth
Identification Number:	MTMT:35144262
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2024 07:14
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2024 07:14
URI:	http://publicatio.uni-sopron.hu/id/eprint/3251

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