Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes
The role of soil biodiversity in regulating multiple ecosystem functions is poorly understood, limiting our ability to predict how soil biodiversity loss might affect human wellbeing and ecosystem sustainability. Here, combining a global observational study with an experimental microcosm study, we p...
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ftvirginiatec:oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/98741 2024-05-19T07:42:55+00:00 Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes Nature Ecology & Evolution Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel Reich, Peter B. Trivedi, Chanda Eldridge, David J. Abades, Sebastian R. Alfaro, Fernando D. Bastida, Felipe Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw Cutler, Nick A. Gallardo, Antonio Garcia-Velazquez, Laura Hart, Stephen C. Hayes, Patrick E. He, Ji-Zheng Hseu, Zeng-Yei Hu, Hang-Wei Kirchmair, Martin Neuhauser, Sigrid Perez, Cecilia A. Reed, Sasha C. Santos, Fernanda Sullivan, Benjamin W. Trivedi, Pankaj Wang, Jun-Tao Weber-Grullon, Luis Williams, Mark A. Singh, Brajesh K. 2020-02 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10919/98741 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1084-y en eng 2397-334X http://hdl.handle.net/10919/98741 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1084-y 4 2 32015427 CC0 1.0 Universal http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Article - Refereed Text StillImage 2020 ftvirginiatec https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1084-y 2024-05-01T00:38:01Z The role of soil biodiversity in regulating multiple ecosystem functions is poorly understood, limiting our ability to predict how soil biodiversity loss might affect human wellbeing and ecosystem sustainability. Here, combining a global observational study with an experimental microcosm study, we provide evidence that soil biodiversity (bacteria, fungi, protists and invertebrates) is significantly and positively associated with multiple ecosystem functions. These functions include nutrient cycling, decomposition, plant production, and reduced potential for pathogenicity and belowground biological warfare. Our findings also reveal the context dependency of such relationships and the importance of the connectedness, biodiversity and nature of the globally distributed dominant phylotypes within the soil network in maintaining multiple functions. Moreover, our results suggest that the positive association between plant diversity and multifunctionality across biomes is indirectly driven by soil biodiversity. Together, our results provide insights into the importance of soil biodiversity for maintaining soil functionality locally and across biomes, as well as providing strong support for the inclusion of soil biodiversity in conservation and management programmes. Combining field data from 83 sites on five continents, together with microcosm experiments, the authors show that nutrient cycling, decomposition, plant production and other ecosystem functions are positively associated with a higher diversity of a wide range of soil organisms. Marie Sklodowska-Curie We thank N. Fierer, M. Gebert, J. Henley, V. Ochoa, F. T. Maestre and B. Gozalo for their help with laboratory analyses; O. Sala, C. Siebe, C. Currier, M. A. Bowker, V. Parry, H. Lambers, P. Vitousek, V. M. Pena-Ramirez, L. Riedel, J. Larson, K. Waechter, W. Williams, S. Williams, B. Sulman, D. Buckner and B. Anacker for their help with soil sampling in Colorado, Hawaii, Iceland, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico and Australia; the City of Boulder Open Space and ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland VTechWorks (VirginiaTech) Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 2 210 220 |
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The role of soil biodiversity in regulating multiple ecosystem functions is poorly understood, limiting our ability to predict how soil biodiversity loss might affect human wellbeing and ecosystem sustainability. Here, combining a global observational study with an experimental microcosm study, we provide evidence that soil biodiversity (bacteria, fungi, protists and invertebrates) is significantly and positively associated with multiple ecosystem functions. These functions include nutrient cycling, decomposition, plant production, and reduced potential for pathogenicity and belowground biological warfare. Our findings also reveal the context dependency of such relationships and the importance of the connectedness, biodiversity and nature of the globally distributed dominant phylotypes within the soil network in maintaining multiple functions. Moreover, our results suggest that the positive association between plant diversity and multifunctionality across biomes is indirectly driven by soil biodiversity. Together, our results provide insights into the importance of soil biodiversity for maintaining soil functionality locally and across biomes, as well as providing strong support for the inclusion of soil biodiversity in conservation and management programmes. Combining field data from 83 sites on five continents, together with microcosm experiments, the authors show that nutrient cycling, decomposition, plant production and other ecosystem functions are positively associated with a higher diversity of a wide range of soil organisms. Marie Sklodowska-Curie We thank N. Fierer, M. Gebert, J. Henley, V. Ochoa, F. T. Maestre and B. Gozalo for their help with laboratory analyses; O. Sala, C. Siebe, C. Currier, M. A. Bowker, V. Parry, H. Lambers, P. Vitousek, V. M. Pena-Ramirez, L. Riedel, J. Larson, K. Waechter, W. Williams, S. Williams, B. Sulman, D. Buckner and B. Anacker for their help with soil sampling in Colorado, Hawaii, Iceland, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico and Australia; the City of Boulder Open Space and ... |
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Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel Reich, Peter B. Trivedi, Chanda Eldridge, David J. Abades, Sebastian R. Alfaro, Fernando D. Bastida, Felipe Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw Cutler, Nick A. Gallardo, Antonio Garcia-Velazquez, Laura Hart, Stephen C. Hayes, Patrick E. He, Ji-Zheng Hseu, Zeng-Yei Hu, Hang-Wei Kirchmair, Martin Neuhauser, Sigrid Perez, Cecilia A. Reed, Sasha C. Santos, Fernanda Sullivan, Benjamin W. Trivedi, Pankaj Wang, Jun-Tao Weber-Grullon, Luis Williams, Mark A. Singh, Brajesh K. |
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