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Xianping Li¹, Teng Li¹, Huixin Li¹

¹College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.

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Soil bacterial diversity and phylogenetic richness increase with altitude in alpine ecosystems. Functional diversity remained stable, but its strength varied with network connectivity and phylogenetic diversity.

Keywords:

altitudinal distribution co-occurrence network functional potential phylogenetic diversity soil bacteria

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Area of Science:

Soil microbiology
Ecology
Alpine ecosystems

Background:

Altitudinal gradients significantly influence soil bacterial communities, affecting diversity, composition, interactions, and function.
Understanding these changes is crucial, especially in sensitive alpine environments where patterns remain poorly understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate soil bacterial communities along a high-altitude gradient.
To elucidate patterns and associations in taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity, co-occurrence networks, and functional potentials.

Main Methods:

Analyzed soil bacterial communities across a high-altitude gradient.
Assessed taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity, co-occurrence network properties, and functional potentials.
Examined associations between these community dimensions and altitude.

Main Results:

Observed increasing trends in bacterial richness and phylogenetic diversity with altitude.
Found significant differences in taxonomic and phylogenetic composition across altitudes, with network connectivity decreasing at higher altitudes.
Noted high functional redundancy, leading to stable functional diversity, but its strength was modulated by network connectivity and phylogenetic diversity.

Conclusions:

Characterized altitudinal distribution of soil bacteria and their covariations.
Highlighted the role of phylogenetic lineages in functional redundancy, with functional dissimilarity strongly linked to phylogenetic dissimilarity.
Provided insights for predicting community changes and enhancing alpine ecosystem conservation.