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Abiotic drivers and plant traits explain landscape-scale patterns in soil microbial communities.
de Vries, Franciska T; Manning, Pete; Tallowin, Jerry R B; Mortimer, Simon R; Pilgrim, Emma S; Harrison, Kathryn A; Hobbs, Phil J; Quirk, Helen; Shipley, Bill; Cornelissen, Johannes H C; Kattge, Jens; Bardgett, Richard D.
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  • de Vries FT; Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
  • Manning P; School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK.
  • Tallowin JRB; Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB, UK.
  • Mortimer SR; Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, UK.
  • Pilgrim ES; Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB, UK.
  • Harrison KA; Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
  • Hobbs PJ; Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB, UK.
  • Quirk H; Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
  • Shipley B; Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, (Qc), J1K 2R9, Canada.
  • Cornelissen JHC; Systems Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Kattge J; Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 07745, Jena, Germany.
  • Bardgett RD; Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
Ecol Lett ; 15(11): 1230-1239, 2012 Nov.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22882451
The controls on aboveground community composition and diversity have been extensively studied, but our understanding of the drivers of belowground microbial communities is relatively lacking, despite their importance for ecosystem functioning. In this study, we fitted statistical models to explain landscape-scale variation in soil microbial community composition using data from 180 sites covering a broad range of grassland types, soil and climatic conditions in England. We found that variation in soil microbial communities was explained by abiotic factors like climate, pH and soil properties. Biotic factors, namely community-weighted means (CWM) of plant functional traits, also explained variation in soil microbial communities. In particular, more bacterial-dominated microbial communities were associated with exploitative plant traits versus fungal-dominated communities with resource-conservative traits, showing that plant functional traits and soil microbial communities are closely related at the landscape scale.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Microbiología del Suelo / Ecosistema Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Ecol Lett Año: 2012 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Microbiología del Suelo / Ecosistema Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Ecol Lett Año: 2012 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido