ArticleCommunications biology2025
Low soil phosphorus and high symbiotic fungal richness inhibits plant aboveground biomass in fragmented forests in China.
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- Variation in Soil Bacterial and Fungal Diversity, Community Composition, and Co-Occurrence Patterns Across Nearshore Islands in the Northern South China Sea.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Desertification Drives Functional Reassembly of Rhizosphere Fungal Communities from Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Dark Septate Endophytes in Temperate Grassland.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of Legume-Grass Mixture Composition and Seeding Ratio on Plant Community Traits, Soil Physicochemical Properties, and Soil Fungal Diversity.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Habitat fragmentation is a major threat to biodiversity, and it usually leads to microclimate variations. Habitat quality (e.g. nutrients and moisture) and fungal symbioses play important roles in plant growth and ecosystem productivity. However, the impact of habitat fragmentation on plant aboveground biomass (AGB) is unclear. We examined the soil nutrients, rhizosphere fungal richness, and the AGB of 10 woody plant species on 10 islands of the same age but varying in size and isolation, in a land-bridge island system of subtropical China. Here we show that island size, soil nutrients, and fungal symbioses are key factors driving plant growth patterns in a fragmented island system. Plant AGB is positively correlated with soil phosphorus (P) but negatively correlated with richness of symbiotic fungi, suggesting that P content is more impactful than fungal symbiosis on plant growth in subtropical fragmented forests. Across all islands, low soil P and high symbiotic fungal richness lead to decreased plant AGB on small islands. These findings highlight the critical role of environmental filtering in shaping plant development within island fragments.
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