Soil nitrogen-related functional genes undergo abundance changes during vegetation degradation in a Qinghai-Tibet Plateau wet meadow.

Unlabelled: Climate change and anthropogenic activities have significantly contributed to the degradation of wet meadows on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Soil nitrogen (N) availability is a crucial determinant of the productivity of wet meadow vegetation. Furthermore, soil microbial nitrogen functional genes (NFGs) are critical in the transformation of soil N.