Volume 19 Issue 3
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High-altitude forest soils on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau harbor diverse microbial communities, where specialists and generalists drive essential ecological processes. This study investigates bacterial and fungal subcommunities along Shergyla Mountain's elevation gradient (3,900 m to timberline), uncovering how elevation and nutrient availability shape their assembly. Generalists, with broad niches and high dispersal, are governed by stochastic processes, while specialists, influenced by deterministic factors like environmental selection, play keystone roles in ecosystem stability. Network analyses reveal specialists' central positions in microbial interactions, and nitrogen-cycling genes exhibit significant correlations with their diversity, highlighting their importance in nutrient cycling. By elucidating the environmental sensitivity and functional resilience of microbial specialists, this work emphasizes their irreplaceable role in nutrient cycling and ecosystem integrity in fragile high-altitude forests, informing targeted conservation strategies in rapidly changing mountain environments.
本期封面主题
青藏高原的高海拔森林土壤中蕴藏着多样的微生物群落，其中，特化物种与泛化物种共同驱动着关键的生态过程。本研究对色季拉山沿海拔梯度（3900米至林木线）的细菌和真菌亚群落展开了调查，旨在揭示海拔和养分可利用性是如何影响这些群落的组装过程的。泛化物种具有广泛的生态位和较强的扩散能力，其分布受随机过程的支配；而特化物种受环境选择等确定性因素的影响，在维持生态系统稳定性方面发挥着关键作用。网络分析表明，特化物种在微生物互作网络中占据核心地位，其多样性变化与氮循环功能基因之间存在显著的相关性，这凸显了它们在养分循环中的重要性。本研究通过阐释微生物特化物种对环境的敏感性以及功能恢复力，强调了它们在脆弱高海拔森林的养分循环和生态系统完整性维持中的不可替代性，同时也为在快速变化的山地系统环境中制定有针对性的保护策略提供了依据。
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