Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally
Soil biota play key roles in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, however, compared to our knowledge of above-ground plant and animal diversity, the biodiversity found in soils remains largely uncharacterized. Here, we present an assessment of soil biodiversity and biogeographic patterns acros...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspb.2014.1988 2024-09-09T19:25:23+00:00 Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally Ramirez, Kelly S. Leff, Jonathan W. Barberán, Albert Bates, Scott Thomas Betley, Jason Crowther, Thomas W. Kelly, Eugene F. Oldfield, Emily E. Shaw, E. Ashley Steenbock, Christopher Bradford, Mark A. Wall, Diana H. Fierer, Noah 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1988 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2014.1988 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2014.1988 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 281, issue 1795, page 20141988 ISSN 0962-8452 1471-2954 journal-article 2014 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1988 2024-08-26T04:21:00Z Soil biota play key roles in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, however, compared to our knowledge of above-ground plant and animal diversity, the biodiversity found in soils remains largely uncharacterized. Here, we present an assessment of soil biodiversity and biogeographic patterns across Central Park in New York City that spanned all three domains of life, demonstrating that even an urban, managed system harbours large amounts of undescribed soil biodiversity. Despite high variability across the Park, below-ground diversity patterns were predictable based on soil characteristics, with prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities exhibiting overlapping biogeographic patterns. Further, Central Park soils harboured nearly as many distinct soil microbial phylotypes and types of soil communities as we found in biomes across the globe (including arctic, tropical and desert soils). This integrated cross-domain investigation highlights that the amount and patterning of novel and uncharacterized diversity at a single urban location matches that observed across natural ecosystems spanning multiple biomes and continents. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic The Royal Society Arctic Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1795 20141988 |
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Soil biota play key roles in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, however, compared to our knowledge of above-ground plant and animal diversity, the biodiversity found in soils remains largely uncharacterized. Here, we present an assessment of soil biodiversity and biogeographic patterns across Central Park in New York City that spanned all three domains of life, demonstrating that even an urban, managed system harbours large amounts of undescribed soil biodiversity. Despite high variability across the Park, below-ground diversity patterns were predictable based on soil characteristics, with prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities exhibiting overlapping biogeographic patterns. Further, Central Park soils harboured nearly as many distinct soil microbial phylotypes and types of soil communities as we found in biomes across the globe (including arctic, tropical and desert soils). This integrated cross-domain investigation highlights that the amount and patterning of novel and uncharacterized diversity at a single urban location matches that observed across natural ecosystems spanning multiple biomes and continents. |
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Ramirez, Kelly S. Leff, Jonathan W. Barberán, Albert Bates, Scott Thomas Betley, Jason Crowther, Thomas W. Kelly, Eugene F. Oldfield, Emily E. Shaw, E. Ashley Steenbock, Christopher Bradford, Mark A. Wall, Diana H. Fierer, Noah |
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Ramirez, Kelly S. Leff, Jonathan W. Barberán, Albert Bates, Scott Thomas Betley, Jason Crowther, Thomas W. Kelly, Eugene F. Oldfield, Emily E. Shaw, E. Ashley Steenbock, Christopher Bradford, Mark A. Wall, Diana H. Fierer, Noah Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally |
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Ramirez, Kelly S. Leff, Jonathan W. Barberán, Albert Bates, Scott Thomas Betley, Jason Crowther, Thomas W. Kelly, Eugene F. Oldfield, Emily E. Shaw, E. Ashley Steenbock, Christopher Bradford, Mark A. Wall, Diana H. Fierer, Noah |
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Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally |
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Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally |
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Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally |
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Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally |
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Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally |
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biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in new york city's central park are similar to those observed globally |
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