03% ± 0.03% 0-100 m from the edge and 14.1% ± 1.7% 100-500 m from the edge) but was above 20% along OFEs (21.4 ± 5.2% 0-100 m and 32.4 ± 2.7% 100-500 m from the edge). We observed lower reproduction in upper ATEs (16 ± 9.9 cones/ha and 12.9 ± 5.3 viable seeds/cone 0-100 m from the edge) compared to forests below (317.1 ± 64.4 cones/ha and 32.5 ±…[Read more]

The major fungi phyla observed were Ascomycota and Basidiomycota, while the dominant archaea phyla are Euryarchaeota, Thaumarchaeota, and Crenarchaeota. Our diversity assessment showed that the rhizosphere microbial community was more abundant in the samples from the rotational crop site following VD>VDc>LT>LTc. Alpha diversity showed that there…[Read more]