Shrub encroachment soil-micro-amplicon
Amplicon sequences of soil bacteria from soils under different condition of shrub encroachment. NSE refers to grassland dominated by Stipa bungeana without any encroachment clines. SSE and SE are defined as areas where the coverage of Artemisia stechmanniana and Caragana brachypoda exceeds 50%, indicating severe encroachment by subshrub and shrub, respectively.