- Published
- 2021-02-09
- Venue
- The ISME Journal, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 2081-2091
- Cited by
- 627
- Open access
- Yes, hybrid
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0
- PubMed
- 33564112
Abstract
The relationship between biodiversity and biomass has been a long standing debate in ecology. Soil biodiversity and biomass are essential drivers of ecosystem functions. However, unlike plant communities, little is known about how the diversity and biomass of soil microbial communities are interlinked across globally distributed biomes, and how variations in this relationship influence ecosystem function. To fill this knowledge gap, we conducted a field survey across global biomes, with contrasting vegetation and climate types. We show that soil carbon (C) content is associated to the microbial diversity-biomass relationship and ratio in soils across global biomes. This ratio provides an integrative index to identify those locations on Earth wherein diversity is much higher compared with biomass and vice versa. The soil microbial diversity-to-biomass ratio peaks in arid environments with low C content, and is very low in C-rich cold environments. Our study further advances that the reductions in soil C content associated with land use intensification and climate change could cause dramatic shifts in the microbial diversity-biomass ratio, with potential consequences for broad soil processes.
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Bastida, F., Eldridge, D. J., García, C. P., Png, G. K., Bardgett, R. D., & Delgado‐Baquerizo, M. (2021). Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes. The ISME Journal, 15(7), 2081–2091. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0
- MLA 9
Bastida, Felipe, et al. "Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes." The ISME Journal, vol. 15, no. 7, 2021, pp. 2081–2091, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0.
- Chicago
Bastida, Felipe, David John Eldridge, Carlos Prospero García, G. Kenny Png, Richard D. Bardgett, and Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo. "Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes." The ISME Journal 15, no. 7 (2021): 2081–2091. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0.
- GOST
Bastida F., Eldridge D. J., García C. P. [и др.] Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes // The ISME Journal. — 2021. — Vol. 15, № 7. — P. 2081–2091. — URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0
- BibTeX
@article{bastida2021soil, title = {{Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes}}, author = {Felipe Bastida and David John Eldridge and Carlos Prospero García and G. Kenny Png and Richard D. Bardgett and Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo}, journal = {The ISME Journal}, year = {2021}, volume = {15}, number = {7}, pages = {2081--2091}, doi = {10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0} }- RIS
TY - JOUR AU - Bastida, Felipe AU - Eldridge, David John AU - García, Carlos Prospero AU - Png, G. Kenny AU - Bardgett, Richard D. AU - Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel TI - Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes JO - The ISME Journal VL - 15 IS - 7 SP - 2081 EP - 2091 PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/09 DO - 10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0 UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0 ER -
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