Conclusion
Our results demonstrate that the alpha diversity is highly dependent on
seasonal changes, while beta diversity only showed a geographical
variation pattern. Especially, our work showed that spatiotemporal
variation in fungal community alpha and beta diversity was mainly driven
by climatic factors and soil properties (e.g., AK), leaf properties
(e.g., P), respectively. Moreover, the leaf P and AK were mainly
explained by the geographic location effect rather than the seasonal
effect, and climatic factors showed opposite pattern. Taken together,
our study provides empirical evidence for the distinct spatiotemporal
patterns and driving factors between alpha and beta diversity in the
fungal community of the soil-plant continuum in rubber trees.