Spatial scale affects the relative role of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial communities in wheat fields across the North China Plain

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dc.contributor.authorShi, Yu
dc.contributor.authorLi, Yuntao
dc.contributor.authorXiang, Xingjia
dc.contributor.authorSun, Ruibo
dc.contributor.authorYang, Teng
dc.contributor.authorHe, Dan
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Kaoping
dc.contributor.authorNi, Yingying
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Yong-Guan
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Jonathan M.
dc.contributor.authorChu, Haiyan
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-23T10:01:47Z
dc.date.available2018-02-23T10:01:47Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-05
dc.description.abstractThe relative importance of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial communities is unclear, as are the possible influences that alter the balance between these. Here, we investigated the influence of spatial scale on the relative role of stochasticity and determinism in agricultural monocultures consisting only of wheat, thereby minimizing the influence of differences in plant species cover and in cultivation/disturbance regime, extending across a wide range of soils and climates of the North China Plain (NCP). We sampled 243 sites across 1092 km and sequenced the 16S rRNA bacterial gene using MiSeq. We hypothesized that determinism would play a relatively stronger role at the broadest scales, due to the strong influence of climate and soil differences in selecting many distinct OTUs of bacteria adapted to the different environments. In order to test the more general applicability of the hypothesis, we also compared with a natural ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau. Our results revealed that the relative importance of stochasticity vs. determinism did vary with spatial scale, in the direction predicted. On the North China Plain, stochasticity played a dominant role from 150 to 900 km (separation between pairs of sites) and determinism dominated at more than 900 km (broad scale). On the Tibetan Plateau, determinism played a dominant role from 130 to 1200 km and stochasticity dominated at less than 130 km. Among the identifiable deterministic factors, soil pH showed the strongest influence on soil bacterial community structure and diversity across the North China Plain. Together, 23.9% of variation in soil microbial community composition could be explained, with environmental factors accounting for 19.7% and spatial parameters 4.1%. Our findings revealed that (1) stochastic processes are relatively more important on the North China Plain, while deterministic processes are more important on the Tibetan Plateau; (2) soil pH was the major factor in shaping soil bacterial community structure of the North China Plain; and (3) most variation in soil microbial community composition could not be explained with existing environmental and spatial factors. Further studies are needed to dissect the influence of stochastic factors (e.g., mutations or extinctions) on soil microbial community distribution, which might make it easier to predictably manipulate the microbial community to produce better yield and soil sustainability outcomes.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationShi Y, Li Y, Xiang X, Sun R, Yang T, He D, Zhang K, Ni Y, Zhu Y-G, Adams J, Chu H, Spatial scale affects the relative role of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial communities in wheat fields across the North China Plain, Microbiome, Vol. 6, 2018, Paper 27en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2049-2618
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0409-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13028
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectDeterministicen_UK
dc.subjectStochasticen_UK
dc.subjectBacterial diversityen_UK
dc.subjectβNTIen_UK
dc.subjectSoil pHen_UK
dc.subjectPCNMen_UK
dc.titleSpatial scale affects the relative role of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial communities in wheat fields across the North China Plainen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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