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- This study found that afforestation significantly changes the structure of soil fungal communities, particularly when comparing different land uses like pasture and afforested areas.
- The research was conducted over 13 years in pastures that were planted with either Eucalyptus globulus or Pinus pinaster, observing how these changes were related to soil carbon levels.
- The results suggest that converting agricultural land to forest could help preserve diverse soil fungal communities by altering their composition, which may be beneficial for maintaining soil health.
Article Abstract
Relatively little is known about the effect of afforestation on soil fungal communities. This study demonstrated that afforestation altered fungal community structure and that changes were correlated to pools of soil C. Pasture at three locations on the same soil type was afforested with Eucalyptus globulus or Pinus pinaster. The structure of fungal communities under the three land uses was measured after 13y using automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA). Afforestation significantly altered the structure of fungal communities. The effect of location on the structure of fungal communities was limited to pasture soils; although these contained the same plant species, the relative composition of each species varied between locations. Differences in the structure of fungal communities between pasture, E. globulus and P. pinaster were significantly correlated with changes in the amount of total organic C and microbial biomass-C in soil. Afforestation of patches of agricultural land may contribute to conserving soil fungi in agricultural landscapes by supporting fungal communities with different composition to agricultural soils.
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