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Sarneel JM, Hefting MM, Sandén T, van den Hoogen J, Routh D, Adhikari BS, Alatalo JM, Aleksanyan A, Althuizen IHJ, Alsafran MHSA, Atkins JW, Augusto L, Aurela M, Azarov AV, Barrio IC, Beier C, Bejarano MD, Benham SE, Berg B, Bezler NV, Björnsdóttir K, Bolinder MA, Carbognani M, Cazzolla Gatti R, Chelli S, Chistotin MV, Christiansen CT, Courtois P, Crowther TW, Dechoum MS, Djukic I, Duddigan S, Egerton-Warburton LM, Fanin N, Fantappiè M, Fares S, Fernandes GW, Filippova NV, Fliessbach A, Fuentes D, Godoy R, Grünwald T, Guzmán G, Hawes JE, He Y, Hero JM, Hess LL, Hogendoorn K, Høye TT, Jans WWP, Jónsdóttir IS, Keller S, Kepfer-Rojas S, Kuz'menko NN, Larsen KS, Laudon H, Lembrechts JJ, Li J, Limousin JM, Lukin SM, Marques R, Marín C, McDaniel MD, Meek Q, Merzlaya GE, Michelsen A, Montagnani L, Mueller P, Murugan R, Myers-Smith IH, Nolte S, Ochoa-Hueso R, Okafor BN, Okorkov VV, Onipchenko VG, Orozco MC, Parkhurst T, Peres CA, Petit Bon M, Petraglia A, Pingel M, Rebmann C, Scheffers BR, Schmidt I, Scholes MC, Sheffer E, Shevtsova LK, Smith SW, Sofo A, Stevenson PR, Strouhalová B, Sundsdal A, Sühs RB, Tamene G, Thomas HJD, Tolunay D, Tomaselli M, Tresch S, Tucker DL, Ulyshen MD, Valdecantos A, Vandvik V, Vanguelova EI, Verheyen K, Wang X, Yahdjian L, Yumashev XS, Keuskamp JA. Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization. Ecol Lett 2024; 27:e14415. [PMID: 38712683 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
Abstract
The breakdown of plant material fuels soil functioning and biodiversity. Currently, process understanding of global decomposition patterns and the drivers of such patterns are hampered by the lack of coherent large-scale datasets. We buried 36,000 individual litterbags (tea bags) worldwide and found an overall negative correlation between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization factors of plant-derived carbon, using the Tea Bag Index (TBI). The stabilization factor quantifies the degree to which easy-to-degrade components accumulate during early-stage decomposition (e.g. by environmental limitations). However, agriculture and an interaction between moisture and temperature led to a decoupling between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization, notably in colder locations. Using TBI improved mass-loss estimates of natural litter compared to models that ignored stabilization. Ignoring the transformation of dead plant material to more recalcitrant substances during early-stage decomposition, and the environmental control of this transformation, could overestimate carbon losses during early decomposition in carbon cycle models.
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Affiliation(s)
- Judith M Sarneel
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden
- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department for Soil Health and Plant Nutrition, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Science IT, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Environmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Botany aft. A.L. Takhtajyan NAS of RA, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, New Ellenton, South Carolina, USA
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- INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, ISPA, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate System Research, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Environmental and Forest Sciences, Agricultural University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Natural Systems and Resources, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- All-Russian Institute of Sugar and Sygar Beet Named after D. Mazlumov, Ramon, Russia
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Biological Institute, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Agrochemistry Named after D. Pryanishnikov, Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Terrestrial Ecology Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- UMR Silva, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, ISPA, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Rome, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean, Naples, Italy
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia & Evolução, ICB/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Tharandt, Germany
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- Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Camino de Purchil, Granada, Spain
- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture-CSIC, Cordoba, Spain
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- Applied Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Institute of Science and Environment, University of Cumbria, Ambleside, Cumbria, UK
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Peking University, Beijing, China
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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- School of Anthropology and Conservation, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, The University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
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- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Ecoscience and Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Research Group Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Upper Volga Federal Agrarain Scientific Center, Vladimir, Russia
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- Departamento de Solos e Engenharia Agrícola, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación para el Cambio Climático (CiiCC), Universidad Santo Tomás, Valdivia, Chile
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- Department of Renewable Resources, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Agrochemistry Named after D. Pryanishnikov, Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Forest Services, Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
- Libera Universita di Bolzano, Facoltà di Scienze e Tecnologie, Piazza Università, Bolzano, Italy
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, USA
- Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Soil Biology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany
- Valli Sustainability Research and Education, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Forest Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Plant Geography, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences Fisheries and Economics, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Wildland Resources, Quinney College of Natural Resources and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Applied Ecology, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Agrochemistry Named after D. Pryanishnikov, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Ecological Science Department, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures: Architecture, Environment, Cultural Heritage (DiCEM), University of Basilicata, Matera, Italy
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- Departement of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences, University of South-Eastern, Notodden, Norway
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- Programa de pós-graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Natural Resource Management, College of Agriculture and Environmental, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Institute for Applied Plant Biology, Witterswil, Switzerland
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- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Ecology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies, Ramon Margalef, IMEM, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Environment, Forest and Nature Lab, Gent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Biont Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Hu Y, Deng Q, Kätterer T, Olesen JE, Ying SC, Ochoa-Hueso R, Mueller CW, Weintraub MN, Chen J. Depth-dependent responses of soil organic carbon under nitrogen deposition. Glob Chang Biol 2024; 30:e17247. [PMID: 38491798 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
Abstract
Emerging evidence points out that the responses of soil organic carbon (SOC) to nitrogen (N) addition differ along the soil profile, highlighting the importance of synthesizing results from different soil layers. Here, using a global meta-analysis, we found that N addition significantly enhanced topsoil (0-30 cm) SOC by 3.7% (±1.4%) in forests and grasslands. In contrast, SOC in the subsoil (30-100 cm) initially increased with N addition but decreased over time. The model selection analysis revealed that experimental duration and vegetation type are among the most important predictors across a wide range of climatic, environmental, and edaphic variables. The contrasting responses of SOC to N addition indicate the importance of considering deep soil layers, particularly for long-term continuous N deposition. Finally, the lack of depth-dependent SOC responses to N addition in experimental and modeling frameworks has likely resulted in the overestimation of changes in SOC storage under enhanced N deposition.
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- Yuanliu Hu
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
- Aarhus University Centre for Circular Bioeconomy, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (CeiA3), Cádiz, Spain
- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Ecology, Chair of Soil Science, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
- Institute of Global Environmental Change, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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Potapov AM, Chen TW, Striuchkova AV, Alatalo JM, Alexandre D, Arbea J, Ashton T, Ashwood F, Babenko AB, Bandyopadhyaya I, Baretta CRDM, Baretta D, Barnes AD, Bellini BC, Bendjaballah M, Berg MP, Bernava V, Bokhorst S, Bokova AI, Bolger T, Bouchard M, Brito RA, Buchori D, Castaño-Meneses G, Chauvat M, Chomel M, Chow Y, Chown SL, Classen AT, Cortet J, Čuchta P, de la Pedrosa AM, De Lima ECA, Deharveng LE, Doblas Miranda E, Drescher J, Eisenhauer N, Ellers J, Ferlian O, Ferreira SSD, Ferreira AS, Fiera C, Filser J, Franken O, Fujii S, Koudji EG, Gao M, Gendreau-Berthiaume B, Gers C, Greve M, Hamra-Kroua S, Handa IT, Hasegawa M, Heiniger C, Hishi T, Holmstrup M, Homet P, Høye TT, Ivask M, Jacques B, Janion-Scheepers C, Jochum M, Joimel S, Jorge BCS, Juceviča E, Kapinga EM, Kováč Ľ, Krab EJ, Krogh PH, Kuu A, Kuznetsova N, Lam WN, Lin D, Lindo Z, Liu AWP, Lu JZ, Luciáñez MJ, Marx MT, Mawan A, McCary MA, Minor MA, Mitchell GI, Moreno D, Nakamori T, Negri I, Nielsen UN, Ochoa-Hueso R, Oliveira Filho LCI, Palacios-Vargas JG, Pollierer MM, Ponge JF, Potapov MB, Querner P, Rai B, Raschmanová N, Rashid MI, Raymond-Léonard LJ, Reis AS, Ross GM, Rousseau L, Russell DJ, Saifutdinov RA, Salmon S, Santonja M, Saraeva AK, Sayer EJ, Scheunemann N, Scholz C, Seeber J, Shaw P, Shveenkova YB, Slade EM, Stebaeva S, Sterzynska M, Sun X, Susanti WI, Taskaeva AA, Tay LS, Thakur MP, Treasure AM, Tsiafouli M, Twala MN, Uvarov AV, Venier LA, Widenfalk LA, Widyastuti R, Winck B, Winkler D, Wu D, Xie Z, Yin R, Zampaulo RA, Zeppelini D, Zhang B, Zoughailech A, Ashford O, Klauberg-Filho O, Scheu S. Global fine-resolution data on springtail abundance and community structure. Sci Data 2024; 11:22. [PMID: 38172139 PMCID: PMC10764875 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02784-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Springtails (Collembola) inhabit soils from the Arctic to the Antarctic and comprise an estimated ~32% of all terrestrial arthropods on Earth. Here, we present a global, spatially-explicit database on springtail communities that includes 249,912 occurrences from 44,999 samples and 2,990 sites. These data are mainly raw sample-level records at the species level collected predominantly from private archives of the authors that were quality-controlled and taxonomically-standardised. Despite covering all continents, most of the sample-level data come from the European continent (82.5% of all samples) and represent four habitats: woodlands (57.4%), grasslands (14.0%), agrosystems (13.7%) and scrublands (9.0%). We included sampling by soil layers, and across seasons and years, representing temporal and spatial within-site variation in springtail communities. We also provided data use and sharing guidelines and R code to facilitate the use of the database by other researchers. This data paper describes a static version of the database at the publication date, but the database will be further expanded to include underrepresented regions and linked with trait data.
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- Anton M Potapov
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
- Department of Animal Ecology, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 37073, Germany.
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 37073, Germany
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- Department of zoology and ecology, Institute of Biology and Chemistry, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Kibalchicha 6 B.3, Moscow, 129164, Russia
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- Environmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Soil Science, Centre for Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Santa Catarina State University (UDESC-Lages), Lages, SC, Brazil
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- CEPA Camargo, c/ Ria de Solia 3, ch. 39, 39610, Astillero, Spain
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- Forest Research, Northern Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, EH25 9SY, United Kingdom
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- Forest Research, Northern Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, EH25 9SY, United Kingdom
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskij prospekt 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- Department Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina (UDESC), Chapeco, SC, 89815-000, Brazil
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- Te Aka Mātuatua - School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3204, New Zealand
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59078-970, Brazil
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- Laboratoire de Biosystématique et Ecologie des Arthropodes, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, 25000, Constantine, Algeria
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- Section Ecology and Evolution, A-LIFE, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Community and Conservation Ecology group, GELIFES, University of Groningen, PO Box 72, 9700 AB, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Administración de Parques Nacionales, Calle Gral. San Martín y Padre Torrez (N3366), San Antonio, Misiones, Argentina
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- Systems Ecology, A-LIFE, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of zoology and ecology, Institute of Biology and Chemistry, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Kibalchicha 6 B.3, Moscow, 129164, Russia
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Republic of Ireland
- Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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- Department of wood and forest sciences, Université Laval, Québec, Qc, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Instituto de Biologia de Solo, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Rua Horácio Trajano de Oliveira, 666, João Pessoa/PB, 58071-160, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Protection, Bogor Agricultural University, Jalan Kamper, Kampus IPB Darmaga, 16680, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación-Juriquilla, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, Querétaro, 76230, México
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- Univ Rouen Normandie, INRAE, ECODIV USC 1499, F-76000, Rouen, France
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- FiBL France, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, pole bio - ecosite du val de Drome, 26400, Eurre, France
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore
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- Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, Michigan, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR EcoSys, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Quantitative Ecology Lab, Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 91540-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, O.Vācieša Street 4, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia
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- Agricultural University of Iceland, Hvanneyri, 311, Borgarbyggð, Iceland
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University or Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of zoology and ecology, Institute of Biology and Chemistry, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Kibalchicha 6 B.3, Moscow, 129164, Russia
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China
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- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 37073, Germany
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- Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Darwin 2. Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, España
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- Institute of Zoology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 37073, Germany
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Ecology & Zoology Group, School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, P.B, 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Te Aka Mātuatua - School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3204, New Zealand
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- Department of Landscape Architecture, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Suite 312, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
- Basque Centre for Climate Change - BC3, B/Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Sustainable Crop Production (DI.PRO.VE.S.), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122, Piacenza, Italy
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Sydney, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (CeiA3), Campus del Rio San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Soil Science, Centre for Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Santa Catarina State University (UDESC-Lages), Lages, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Dept. Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Cienicas, UNAM, Ave. Universidad 3000, Copilco, Coyoacán, 04510 CDMX, Mexico
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 37073, Germany
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Department Adaptations du Vivant, UMR MECADEV, 4 avenue du Petit-Château, 91800, Brunoy, France
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- Department of zoology and ecology, Institute of Biology and Chemistry, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Kibalchicha 6 B.3, Moscow, 129164, Russia
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- Natural History Museum Vienna, 1. Zoology, Burgring 7, 1010, Vienna, Austria
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute of Zoology, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180, Vienna, Austria
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- Te Aka Mātuatua - School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3204, New Zealand
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
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- Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80216, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8, Canada
- Centre d'étude de la forêt -141, Avenue du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, Québec, H2X 1Y4, Canada
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- Observatório Espeleológico, Avenida João Pinheiro, 607, Bairro Boa Viagem, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP: 30.130-185, Brazil
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Sydney, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8, Canada
- Centre d'étude de la forêt -141, Avenue du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, Québec, H2X 1Y4, Canada
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- Department of Soil Zoology, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Görlitz, Germany
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskij prospekt 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Department Adaptations du Vivant, UMR MECADEV, 4 avenue du Petit-Château, 91800, Brunoy, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Univ, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, Marseille, France
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- Forest Research Institute of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences11 Pushkinskaya St, 185910, Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Panama, Panama
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- Department of Soil Zoology, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Görlitz, Germany
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute of Zoology, Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 33, A-1180, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Drususallee 1, 39100, Bozen, Italy
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, Whitelands College, Holybourne Avenue, London, SW15 4JD, UK
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- Scientific department, State Nature Reserve "Privolzhskaya Lesostep", Okruzhnaya, 12 a, 440031, Penza, Russia
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (ISEA SB RAS), Moscow, Russia
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Science, 00-679, Warsaw, Wilcza, 64, Poland
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Ningbo Observation and Research Station, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 37073, Germany
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- Institute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Address: 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Wildlife Biology and Management, University of Sopron, Bajcsy-Zs. str. 4, H-9400, Sopron, Hungary
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Institute of Northeast Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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Zhao M, Loreau M, Ochoa-Hueso R, Zhang H, Yang J, Zhang Y, Liu H, Jiang Y, Han X. Decoupled responses of above- and below-ground beta-diversity to nitrogen enrichment in a typical steppe. Ecol Lett 2024; 27:e14339. [PMID: 38037734 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
Abstract
Increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition affects biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. However, we do not know whether the effects of N on above-ground plant β-diversity are coupled with changes occurring in the soil seed bank. We conducted a long-term N-addition experiment in a typical steppe and found that above-ground β-diversity increased and then decreased with increasing N addition, whereas below-ground β-diversity decreased linearly. This suggests decoupled dynamics of plant communities and their soil seed bank under N enrichment. Species substitution determined above- and below-ground β-diversity change via an increasing role of deterministic processes with N addition. These effects were mostly driven by differential responses of the above-ground vegetation and the soil seed bank β-diversities to N-induced changes in environmental heterogeneity, increased soil inorganic N concentrations and soil acidification. Our findings highlight the importance of considering above- and below-ground processes simultaneously for effectively conserving grassland ecosystems under N enrichment.
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- Ming Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Moulis, France
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- Department of Biology, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Campus del Rio San Pedro, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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He H, Zhou J, Wang Y, Jiao S, Qian X, Liu Y, Liu J, Chen J, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Brangarí AC, Chen L, Cui Y, Pan H, Tian R, Liang Y, Tan W, Ochoa-Hueso R, Fang L. Deciphering microbiomes dozens of meters under our feet and their edaphoclimatic and spatial drivers. Glob Chang Biol 2024; 30:e17028. [PMID: 37955302 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
Microbes inhabiting deep soil layers are known to be different from their counterpart in topsoil yet remain under investigation in terms of their structure, function, and how their diversity is shaped. The microbiome of deep soils (>1 m) is expected to be relatively stable and highly independent from climatic conditions. Much less is known, however, on how these microbial communities vary along climate gradients. Here, we used amplicon sequencing to investigate bacteria, archaea, and fungi along fifteen 18-m depth profiles at 20-50-cm intervals across contrasting aridity conditions in semi-arid forest ecosystems of China's Loess Plateau. Our results showed that bacterial and fungal α diversity and bacterial and archaeal community similarity declined dramatically in topsoil and remained relatively stable in deep soil. Nevertheless, deep soil microbiome still showed the functional potential of N cycling, plant-derived organic matter degradation, resource exchange, and water coordination. The deep soil microbiome had closer taxa-taxa and bacteria-fungi associations and more influence of dispersal limitation than topsoil microbiome. Geographic distance was more influential in deep soil bacteria and archaea than in topsoil. We further showed that aridity was negatively correlated with deep-soil archaeal and fungal richness, archaeal community similarity, relative abundance of plant saprotroph, and bacteria-fungi associations, but increased the relative abundance of aerobic ammonia oxidation, manganese oxidation, and arbuscular mycorrhizal in the deep soils. Root depth, complexity, soil volumetric moisture, and clay play bridging roles in the indirect effects of aridity on microbes in deep soils. Our work indicates that, even microbial communities and nutrient cycling in deep soil are susceptible to changes in water availability, with consequences for understanding the sustainability of dryland ecosystems and the whole-soil in response to aridification. Moreover, we propose that neglecting soil depth may underestimate the role of soil moisture in dryland ecosystems under future climate scenarios.
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- Haoran He
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Province Key Laboratory for Geographical Process Analysis and Simulation, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
- Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Institute for Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH), Illinois Institute of Technology, Bedford Park, Illinois, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (CeiA3), Campus del Rio San Pedro, Cádiz, Spain
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Green Utilization of Critical Non-Metallic Mineral Resources, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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Liu S, Plaza C, Ochoa-Hueso R, Trivedi C, Wang J, Trivedi P, Zhou G, Piñeiro J, Martins CSC, Singh BK, Delgado-Baquerizo M. Litter and soil biodiversity jointly drive ecosystem functions. Glob Chang Biol 2023; 29:6276-6285. [PMID: 37578170 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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The decomposition of litter and the supply of nutrients into and from the soil are two fundamental processes through which the above- and belowground world interact. Microbial biodiversity, and especially that of decomposers, plays a key role in these processes by helping litter decomposition. Yet the relative contribution of litter diversity and soil biodiversity in supporting multiple ecosystem services remains virtually unknown. Here we conducted a mesocosm experiment where leaf litter and soil biodiversity were manipulated to investigate their influence on plant productivity, litter decomposition, soil respiration, and enzymatic activity in the littersphere. We showed that both leaf litter diversity and soil microbial diversity (richness and community composition) independently contributed to explain multiple ecosystem functions. Fungal saprobes community composition was especially important for supporting ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF), plant production, litter decomposition, and activity of soil phosphatase when compared with bacteria or other fungal functional groups and litter species richness. Moreover, leaf litter diversity and soil microbial diversity exerted previously undescribed and significantly interactive effects on EMF and multiple individual ecosystem functions, such as litter decomposition and plant production. Together, our work provides experimental evidence supporting the independent and interactive roles of litter and belowground soil biodiversity to maintain ecosystem functions and multiple services.
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- Shengen Liu
- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Wetland Conservation, Restoration and Ecological Services, Kunming, China
- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (ICA), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (CeiA3), Cádiz, Spain
- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- Microbiome Network and Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
- ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
- Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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Eisenhauer N, Ochoa-Hueso R, Huang Y, Barry KE, Gebler A, Guerra CA, Hines J, Jochum M, Andraczek K, Bucher SF, Buscot F, Ciobanu M, Chen H, Junker R, Lange M, Lehmann A, Rillig M, Römermann C, Ulrich J, Weigelt A, Schmidt A, Türke M. Ecosystem consequences of invertebrate decline. Curr Biol 2023; 33:4538-4547.e5. [PMID: 37757832 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Abstract
Human activities cause substantial changes in biodiversity.1,2 Despite ongoing concern about the implications of invertebrate decline,3,4,5,6,7 few empirical studies have examined the ecosystem consequences of invertebrate biomass loss. Here, we test the responses of six ecosystem services informed by 30 above- and belowground ecosystem variables to three levels of aboveground (i.e., vegetation associated) invertebrate community biomass (100%, 36%, and 0% of ambient biomass) in experimental grassland mesocosms in a controlled Ecotron facility. In line with recent reports on invertebrate biomass loss over the last decade, our 36% biomass treatment also represented a decrease in invertebrate abundance (-70%) and richness (-44%). Moreover, we simulated the pronounced change in invertebrate biomass and turnover in community composition across the season. We found that the loss of invertebrate biomass decreases ecosystem multifunctionality, including two critical ecosystem services, aboveground pest control and belowground decomposition, while harvested plant biomass increases, likely because less energy was channeled up the food chain. Moreover, communities and ecosystem functions become decoupled with a lower biomass of invertebrates. Our study shows that invertebrate loss threatens the integrity of grasslands by decoupling ecosystem processes and decreasing ecosystem-service supply.
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- Nico Eisenhauer
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (CeiA3), Campus Del Rio San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), P.O. Box 50, 6700 AB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Ecology and Biodiversity; Department of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University Padualaan, 8 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Plant Biodiversity Group, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Biological Research, Branch of the National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, 48 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Evolutionary Ecology of Plants, Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Altensteinstr. 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Altensteinstr. 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Altensteinstr. 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Altensteinstr. 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Plant Biodiversity Group, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Plant Biodiversity Group, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Munich, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Moreno-Jiménez E, Maestre FT, Flagmeier M, Guirado E, Berdugo M, Bastida F, Dacal M, Díaz-Martínez P, Ochoa-Hueso R, Plaza C, Rillig MC, Crowther TW, Delgado-Baquerizo M. Soils in warmer and less developed countries have less micronutrients globally. Glob Chang Biol 2023; 29:522-532. [PMID: 36305858 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Soil micronutrients are capital for the delivery of ecosystem functioning and food provision worldwide. Yet, despite their importance, the global biogeography and ecological drivers of soil micronutrients remain virtually unknown, limiting our capacity to anticipate abrupt unexpected changes in soil micronutrients in the face of climate change. Here, we analyzed >1300 topsoil samples to examine the global distribution of six metallic micronutrients (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, Co and Ni) across all continents, climates and vegetation types. We found that warmer arid and tropical ecosystems, present in the least developed countries, sustain the lowest contents of multiple soil micronutrients. We further provide evidence that temperature increases may potentially result in abrupt and simultaneous reductions in the content of multiple soil micronutrients when a temperature threshold of 12-14°C is crossed, which may be occurring on 3% of the planet over the next century. Altogether, our findings provide fundamental understanding of the global distribution of soil micronutrients, with direct implications for the maintenance of ecosystem functioning, rangeland management and food production in the warmest and poorest regions of the planet.
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- Eduardo Moreno-Jiménez
- Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Environment Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Soil and Water Conservation and Waste Management, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Environment Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (ICA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Botany Area, University of Cádiz, Vitivinicultural and Agri-Food Research Institute (IVAGRO), Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (ICA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environment Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Unidad Asociada CSIC-UPO (BioFun), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain
- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistemico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC., Sevilla, Spain
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Jindo K, Goron TL, Pizarro-Tobías P, Sánchez-Monedero MÁ, Audette Y, Deolu-Ajayi AO, van der Werf A, Goitom Teklu M, Shenker M, Pombo Sudré C, Busato JG, Ochoa-Hueso R, Nocentini M, Rippen J, Aroca R, Mesa S, Delgado MJ, Tortosa G. Application of biostimulant products and biological control agents in sustainable viticulture: A review. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:932311. [PMID: 36330258 PMCID: PMC9623300 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.932311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Current and continuing climate change in the Anthropocene epoch requires sustainable agricultural practices. Additionally, due to changing consumer preferences, organic approaches to cultivation are gaining popularity. The global market for organic grapes, grape products, and wine is growing. Biostimulant and biocontrol products are often applied in organic vineyards and can reduce the synthetic fertilizer, pesticide, and fungicide requirements of a vineyard. Plant growth promotion following application is also observed under a variety of challenging conditions associated with global warming. This paper reviews different groups of biostimulants and their effects on viticulture, including microorganisms, protein hydrolysates, humic acids, pyrogenic materials, and seaweed extracts. Of special interest are biostimulants with utility in protecting plants against the effects of climate change, including drought and heat stress. While many beneficial effects have been reported following the application of these materials, most studies lack a mechanistic explanation, and important parameters are often undefined (e.g., soil characteristics and nutrient availability). We recommend an increased study of the underlying mechanisms of these products to enable the selection of proper biostimulants, application methods, and dosage in viticulture. A detailed understanding of processes dictating beneficial effects in vineyards following application may allow for biostimulants with increased efficacy, uptake, and sustainability.
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- Keiji Jindo
- Agrosystems Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Computer Sciences, Multimedia and Telecommunication, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Soil and Water Conservation and Organic Waste Management, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS), Agencia Estatal CSIC, Murcia, Spain
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Chitose Laboratory Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
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- Agrosystems Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot, Israel
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, UENF, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, Agroalimentario, Campus del Rio San Pedro, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI), Università degli Studi Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, Granada, Spain
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Song W, Ochoa-Hueso R, Li F, Cui H, Zhong S, Yang X, Zhao T, Sun W. Mowing enhances the positive effects of nitrogen addition on ecosystem carbon fluxes and water use efficiency in a semi-arid meadow steppe. J Environ Manage 2022; 320:115889. [PMID: 35932732 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Grasslands are now facing a continuously increasing supply of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, resulting in alterations in ecosystem functioning, including changes in carbon (C) and water cycling. Mowing, one of the most widely used grassland management techniques, has been shown to mitigate the negative impacts of increased N availability on species richness. However, knowledge of how N addition and mowing, alone and/or in combination, affect ecosystem-level C fluxes and water use efficiency (WN) is still limited. We experimentally manipulated N fertilization (0 and 10 g N m-2 yr-1) and mowing (once per year at the end of the growing season) following a randomized block design in a meadow steppe characterized by salinization and alkalinization in northeastern China. We found that, compared to the control plots, N addition, mowing, and their interaction increased net ecosystem CO2 exchange by 65.1%, 14.7%, and 133%, and WN by 40.7%, 18.5%, and 96.1%, respectively. Nitrogen enrichment also decreased soil pH, which resulted in greater aboveground biomass (AGB). Moreover, N addition indirectly increased AGB by inducing changes in species richness. Our results indicate that mowing enhances the positive effects of N addition on ecosystem C fluxes and WN. Therefore, appropriate grassland management practices are essential to improve ecosystem C sequestration, WN, and mitigate future species diversity declines due to ecosystem eutrophication.
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- Wenzheng Song
- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China; Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Campus Del Rio San Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Campus Del Rio San Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), P.O. Box 50, 6700, AB, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China; Grassland Agri-Husbandry Research Center, College of Grassland Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China; Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China.
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Chai H, Li J, Ochoa-Hueso R, Yang X, Li J, Meng B, Song W, Zhong X, Ma J, Sun W. Different drivers of soil C accumulation in aggregates in response to altered precipitation in a semiarid grassland. Sci Total Environ 2022; 830:154760. [PMID: 35341864 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Soil carbon (C) stabilization partially depends on its distribution within soil structural aggregates, and on the physicochemical processes of C within these aggregates. Changes in precipitation can alter the size distribution of aggregate classes within soils, and C input and output processes within these aggregates, which have potential consequences for soil C storage. However, the mechanisms underlying C accumulation within different aggregates under various precipitation regimes remain unclear. In this study, we conducted a 3-year field manipulation experiment to test the effects of a gradient of altered precipitation (-70%, -50%, -30%, 0%, +30%, and +50% amounts compared with ambient rainfall) on soil aggregate distribution and C accumulation in aggregates (53-250 μm, microaggregates; < 53 μm, silt and clay fractions) in a meadow steppe of northeastern China. Our results revealed that the distribution of soil microaggregates decreased along the precipitation gradient, with no detectable discrepant responses with respect to soil C accumulation within the microaggregates to precipitation treatments. In contrast, higher precipitation amounts coupled with a greater proportion of silt and clay fractions enhanced the accumulation of soil C. Importantly, structural equation models revealed that the pathways by which changes in precipitation control the accumulation of soil C varied across aggregate size fractions. Plant biomass was the main direct factor controlling the accumulation of C within soil microaggregates, whereas soil aggregate distribution and enzyme activities strongly interacted with soil C accumulation in the silt and clay fractions. Our findings imply that identifying how plant and soil aggregate properties respond to precipitation changes and drive C accumulation among soil particles will enhance the ability to predict responses of ecosystem processes to future global change.
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- Hua Chai
- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China; Center for Ecosystem Sciences and Society, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, United States of America
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Campus del Rio San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz 11510, Spain
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China; Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China; Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China; Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Campus del Rio San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz 11510, Spain
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in Changbai Mountains, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China.
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Gómez-González S, Paniw M, Blanco-Pastor JL, García-Cervigón AI, Godoy O, Herrera JM, Lara A, Miranda A, Ojeda F, Ochoa-Hueso R. Moving towards the ecological intensification of tree plantations. Trends Plant Sci 2022; 27:637-645. [PMID: 35039247 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The growing demand for timber and the boom in massive tree-planting programs could mean the spreading of mismanaged tree plantations worldwide. Here, we apply the concept of ecological intensification to forestry systems as a viable biodiversity-focused strategy that could be critical to develop productive, yet sustainable, tree plantations. Tree plantations can be highly productive if tree species are properly combined to complement their ecological functions. Simultaneously considering soil biodiversity and animal-mediated biocontrol will be critical to minimize the reliance on external inputs. Integrating genetic, functional, and demographic diversity across heterogeneous landscapes should improve resilience under climate change. Designing ecologically intensified plantations will mean breaking the timber productivity versus conservation dichotomy and assuring the maintenance of key ecosystem services at safe levels.
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- Susana Gómez-González
- Departamento de Biología-IVAGRO, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain; Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2, Blanco Encalada 2002, 8370449 Santiago, Chile; Center for Fire and Socioecological Systems (FireSES), Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, 5090000 Valdivia, Chile.
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- Department of Conservation Biology and Global Change, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avenida Americo Vespucio 26, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Seville, Avenida Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Seville, Spain
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- Biodiversity and Conservation Area, Rey Juan Carlos University, c/ Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Investigación Marina (INMAR), Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain
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- Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development and University of Évora, Casa Cordovil, 2nd Floor, R. Dom Augusto Eduardo Nunes 7, 7000 - 651 Évora, Portugal
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- Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2, Blanco Encalada 2002, 8370449 Santiago, Chile; Instituto de Conservación, Biodiversidad y Territorio, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, 5090000 Valdivia, Chile; Fundación Centro de los Bosques Nativos Forecos, Valdivia, Chile
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- Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2, Blanco Encalada 2002, 8370449 Santiago, Chile; Laboratorio de Ecología del Paisaje y Conservación, Departamento de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, P.O. Box 54-D, 4780000 Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología-IVAGRO, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología-IVAGRO, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain; Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), P.O. Box 50, 6700 AB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Maestre FT, Benito BM, Berdugo M, Concostrina-Zubiri L, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Eldridge DJ, Guirado E, Gross N, Kéfi S, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y, Ochoa-Hueso R, Soliveres S. Biogeography of global drylands. New Phytol 2021; 231:540-558. [PMID: 33864276 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Despite their extent and socio-ecological importance, a comprehensive biogeographical synthesis of drylands is lacking. Here we synthesize the biogeography of key organisms (vascular and nonvascular vegetation and soil microorganisms), attributes (functional traits, spatial patterns, plant-plant and plant-soil interactions) and processes (productivity and land cover) across global drylands. These areas have a long evolutionary history, are centers of diversification for many plant lineages and include important plant diversity hotspots. This diversity captures a strikingly high portion of the variation in leaf functional diversity observed globally. Part of this functional diversity is associated with the large variation in response and effect traits in the shrubs encroaching dryland grasslands. Aridity and its interplay with the traits of interacting plant species largely shape biogeographical patterns in plant-plant and plant-soil interactions, and in plant spatial patterns. Aridity also drives the composition of biocrust communities and vegetation productivity, which shows large geographical variation. We finish our review by discussing major research gaps, which include: studying regular vegetation spatial patterns; establishing large-scale plant and biocrust field surveys assessing individual-level trait measurements; knowing whether the impacts of plant-plant and plant-soil interactions on biodiversity are predictable; and assessing how elevated CO2 modulates future aridity conditions and plant productivity.
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- Fernando T Maestre
- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramon Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, 03690, Spain
- Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramon Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, 03690, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, UPF-CSIC, Dr. Aiguadé, Barcelona, Cataluña, 08003, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán s/n, Móstoles, 28933, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, 41013, Spain
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramon Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, 03690, Spain
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR Ecosystème Prairial, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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- ISEM, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, 34090, France
- Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, USA
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Avignon Université, IRD, IMBE, Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée Bât. Villemin - BP 80, Aix-en-Provence cedex 04, F-13545, France
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Campus del Rio San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz, 11510, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramon Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, 03690, Spain
- Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Plaza C, Moreno-Jiménez E, Delgado-Baquerizo M. Soil element coupling is driven by ecological context and atomic mass. Ecol Lett 2020; 24:319-326. [PMID: 33252183 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 07/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The biogeochemical cycling of multiple soil elements is fundamental for life on Earth. Here, we conducted a global field survey across 16 chronosequences from contrasting biomes with soil ages ranging from centuries to millions of years. For this, we collected and analysed 435 topsoil samples (0-10 cm) from 87 locations. We showed that high levels of topsoil element coupling, defined as the average correlation among nineteen soil elements, are maintained over geological timescales globally. Cross-biome changes in plant biodiversity, soil microbial structure, weathering, soil pH and texture, and mineral-free unprotected organic matter content largely controlled multi-element coupling. Moreover, elements with heavier atomic mass were naturally more decoupled and unpredictable in space than those with lighter mass. Only the coupling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, which are essential to life on Earth, deviated from this predictable pattern, suggesting that this anomaly may be an undeniable fingerprint of life in terrestrial soils.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (CeiA3), Campus del Rio San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz, 11510, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 115 bis, Madrid, 28006, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, 41013, Spain
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Lafuente A, Recio J, Ochoa-Hueso R, Gallardo A, Pérez-Corona ME, Manrique E, Durán J. Simulated nitrogen deposition influences soil greenhouse gas fluxes in a Mediterranean dryland. Sci Total Environ 2020; 737:139610. [PMID: 32535308 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Soil nitrogen (N) availability is a key driver of soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas (GHG) exchange, yet we are far from understanding how increases in N deposition due to human activities will influence the net soil-atmosphere fluxes of the three most important GHGs: nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2). We simulated four levels of N deposition (10, 20 and 50 kg N ha-1 yr-1, plus unfertilised control) to evaluate their effects on N2O, CH4 and CO2 soil fluxes in a semiarid shrubland in central Spain. After 8 years of experimental fertilisation, increasing N availability led to a consistent increase in N2O emissions, likely due to simultaneous increases in soil microbial nitrification and/or denitrification processes. However, only intermediate levels of N fertilisation reduced CH4 uptake, while increasing N fertilisation had no effects on CO2 fluxes, suggesting complex interactions between N deposition loads and GHG fluxes. Our study provides novel insight into the responses of GHGs to N deposition in drylands, forecasting increases in N2O emissions, and decreases in CH4 uptake rates, with likely consequences to the on-going climate change.
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- Angela Lafuente
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Spain.
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- Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Research Center for the Management of Environmental and Agricultural Risks (CEIGRAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología-IVAGRO, Universidad de Cádiz, Av. República Árabe Saharaui, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución (UD Ecología), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, c/ José Antonio Novais 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Real Jardín Botánico, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, c/ Claudio Moyano, 1, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Hobbie SE, Risch AC, Collins SL, Alberti J, Bahamonde HA, Brown CS, Caldeira MC, Daleo P, Dickman CR, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Esch EH, Eskelinen A, Fernández V, Güsewell S, Gutierrez-Larruga B, Hofmockel K, Laungani R, Lind E, López A, McCulley RL, Moore JL, Peri PL, Power SA, Price JN, Prober SM, Roscher C, Sarneel JM, Schütz M, Siebert J, Standish RJ, Velasco Ayuso S, Virtanen R, Wardle GM, Wiehl G, Yahdjian L, Zamin T. Microbial processing of plant remains is co-limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands. Glob Chang Biol 2020; 26:4572-4582. [PMID: 32520438 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Microbial processing of aggregate-unprotected organic matter inputs is key for soil fertility, long-term ecosystem carbon and nutrient sequestration and sustainable agriculture. We investigated the effects of adding multiple nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium plus nine essential macro- and micro-nutrients) on decomposition and biochemical transformation of standard plant materials buried in 21 grasslands from four continents. Addition of multiple nutrients weakly but consistently increased decomposition and biochemical transformation of plant remains during the peak-season, concurrent with changes in microbial exoenzymatic activity. Higher mean annual precipitation and lower mean annual temperature were the main climatic drivers of higher decomposition rates, while biochemical transformation of plant remains was negatively related to temperature of the wettest quarter. Nutrients enhanced decomposition most at cool, high rainfall sites, indicating that in a warmer and drier future fertilized grassland soils will have an even more limited potential for microbial processing of plant remains.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA)-CONICET, Rio Gallegos, Argentina
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- Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Forest Genetics and Ecophysiology Research Group, School of Forest Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
- Environmental and Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Vic., Australia
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA)-CONICET, Rio Gallegos, Argentina
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Wembley, WA, Australia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Vic., Australia
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- Susana Gómez-González
- Departamento de Biología-IVAGRO, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Spain. .,Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología-IVAGRO, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación (CIDE-CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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Moreno-Jiménez E, Ochoa-Hueso R, Plaza C, Aceña-Heras S, Flagmeier M, Elouali FZ, Ochoa V, Gozalo B, Lázaro R, Maestre FT. Biocrusts buffer against the accumulation of soil metallic nutrients induced by warming and rainfall reduction. Commun Biol 2020; 3:325. [PMID: 32581276 PMCID: PMC7314843 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-1054-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The availability of metallic nutrients in dryland soils, many of which are essential for the metabolism of soil organisms and vascular plants, may be altered due to climate change-driven increases in aridity. Biocrusts, soil surface communities dominated by lichens, bryophytes and cyanobacteria, are ecosystem engineers known to exert critical functions in dryland ecosystems. However, their role in regulating metallic nutrient availability under climate change is uncertain. Here, we evaluated whether well-developed biocrusts modulate metallic nutrient availability in response to 7 years of experimental warming and rainfall reduction in a Mediterranean dryland located in southeastern Spain. We found increases in the availability of K, Mg, Zn and Na under warming and rainfall exclusion. However, the presence of a well-developed biocrust cover buffered these effects, most likely because its constituents can uptake significant quantities of available metallic nutrients. Our findings suggest that biocrusts, a biotic community prevalent in drylands, exert an important role in preserving and protecting metallic nutrients in dryland soils from leaching and erosion. Therefore, we highlight the need to protect them to mitigate undesired effects of soil degradation driven by climate change in this globally expanding biome.
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- Eduardo Moreno-Jiménez
- Department of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Campus del Rio San Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 115 bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Biology (Botany), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Sciences of Nature and Life, University of Mascara, 29000, Mascara, Algeria
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramon Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig, s/n 03690, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramon Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig, s/n 03690, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
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- Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Carretera de Sacramento, s/n 04120La, Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramon Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig, s/n 03690, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain.,Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig, s/n 03690, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
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Risch AC, Zimmermann S, Ochoa-Hueso R, Schütz M, Frey B, Firn JL, Fay PA, Hagedorn F, Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Harpole WS, Knops JMH, McCulley RL, Broadbent AAD, Stevens CJ, Silveira ML, Adler PB, Báez S, Biederman LA, Blair JM, Brown CS, Caldeira MC, Collins SL, Daleo P, di Virgilio A, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Esch E, Eskelinen A, Hagenah N, Hautier Y, Kirkman KP, MacDougall AS, Moore JL, Power SA, Prober SM, Roscher C, Sankaran M, Siebert J, Speziale KL, Tognetti PM, Virtanen R, Yahdjian L, Moser B. Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4981. [PMID: 31672992 PMCID: PMC6823350 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12948-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Soil nitrogen mineralisation (Nmin), the conversion of organic into inorganic N, is important for productivity and nutrient cycling. The balance between mineralisation and immobilisation (net Nmin) varies with soil properties and climate. However, because most global-scale assessments of net Nmin are laboratory-based, its regulation under field-conditions and implications for real-world soil functioning remain uncertain. Here, we explore the drivers of realised (field) and potential (laboratory) soil net Nmin across 30 grasslands worldwide. We find that realised Nmin is largely explained by temperature of the wettest quarter, microbial biomass, clay content and bulk density. Potential Nmin only weakly correlates with realised Nmin, but contributes to explain realised net Nmin when combined with soil and climatic variables. We provide novel insights of global realised soil net Nmin and show that potential soil net Nmin data available in the literature could be parameterised with soil and climate data to better predict realised Nmin.
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- A C Risch
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Campus Rio San Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Science and Engineering Faculty, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- USDA-ARS Grassland Soil, and Water Research Laboratory, Temple, TX, 76502, USA
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor 1, Halle (Saale), 06108, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, 211A Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
- Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215213, China
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- Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40546-0312, USA
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK
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- University of Florida, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL, 33865, USA
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- Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5230 Old Main, Logan, UT, 84103, USA
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- Departamento de Biología, Escuela Politécnica Nacional del Ecuador, Ladrón de Guevera E11-253 y Andalucía, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66502, USA
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, 1177 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- INIBIOMA (CONICET-UNCOMA), Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Grupo de Investigaciones en Biología de la Conservación (GrInBiC) Laboratorio Ecotono, Quintral, 1250, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Dornburger Str. 159, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Pentti Kaiteran katu 1, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, ON, Canada
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Claytion, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag 5, Wembley, WA, 6913, Australia
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- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore, 560065, India
- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- INIBIOMA (CONICET-UNCOMA), Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Grupo de Investigaciones en Biología de la Conservación (GrInBiC) Laboratorio Ecotono, Quintral, 1250, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Pentti Kaiteran katu 1, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Gutiérrez-Larruga B, Estébanez-Pérez B, Ochoa-Hueso R. Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on the Abundance and Metabolism of Lichens: A Meta-analysis. Ecosystems 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-019-00431-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Collins SL, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Hamonts K, Pockman WT, Sinsabaugh RL, Smith MD, Knapp AK, Power SA. Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents. Glob Chang Biol 2018; 24:2818-2827. [PMID: 29505170 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The effects of short-term drought on soil microbial communities remain largely unexplored, particularly at large scales and under field conditions. We used seven experimental sites from two continents (North America and Australia) to evaluate the impacts of imposed extreme drought on the abundance, community composition, richness, and function of soil bacterial and fungal communities. The sites encompassed different grassland ecosystems spanning a wide range of climatic and soil properties. Drought significantly altered the community composition of soil bacteria and, to a lesser extent, fungi in grasslands from two continents. The magnitude of the fungal community change was directly proportional to the precipitation gradient. This greater fungal sensitivity to drought at more mesic sites contrasts with the generally observed pattern of greater drought sensitivity of plant communities in more arid grasslands, suggesting that plant and microbial communities may respond differently along precipitation gradients. Actinobateria, and Chloroflexi, bacterial phyla typically dominant in dry environments, increased their relative abundance in response to drought, whereas Glomeromycetes, a fungal class regarded as widely symbiotic, decreased in relative abundance. The response of Chlamydiae and Tenericutes, two phyla of mostly pathogenic species, decreased and increased along the precipitation gradient, respectively. Soil enzyme activity consistently increased under drought, a response that was attributed to drought-induced changes in microbial community structure rather than to changes in abundance and diversity. Our results provide evidence that drought has a widespread effect on the assembly of microbial communities, one of the major drivers of soil function in terrestrial ecosystems. Such responses may have important implications for the provision of key ecosystem services, including nutrient cycling, and may result in the weakening of plant-microbial interactions and a greater incidence of certain soil-borne diseases.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Department of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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Izquieta-Rojano S, López-Aizpún M, Irigoyen JJ, Santamaría JM, Santamaría C, Lasheras E, Ochoa-Hueso R, Elustondo D. Eco-physiological response of Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. to increased atmospheric ammonia concentrations in a forest agrosystem. Sci Total Environ 2018; 619-620:883-895. [PMID: 29734634 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Ammonia (NH3) emissions are linked to eutrophication, plant toxicity and ecosystem shifts from N to P limitation. Bryophytes are key components of terrestrial ecosystems, yet highly sensitive to N deposition. Hence, physiological responses of mosses may be indicative of NH3-related impacts, and thus useful to foresee future ecosystem damages and establish atmospheric Critical Levels (CLEs). In this work, samples of Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. were seasonally collected along a well-defined NH3 concentration gradient in an oak woodland during a one-year period. We performed a comprehensive evaluation of tissue chemistry, stoichiometry, metabolic enzymes, antioxidant response, membrane damages, photosynthetic pigments, soluble protein content and N and C isotopic fractionation. Our results showed that all the physiological parameters studied (except P, K, Ca and C) responded to the NH3 gradient in predictable ways, although the magnitude and significance of the response were dependent on the sampling season, especially for enzymatic activities and pigments content. Nutritional imbalances, membrane damages and disturbance of cellular C and N metabolism were found as a consequence to NH3 exposure, being more affected the mosses more exposed to the barn atmosphere. These findings suggested significant implications of intensive farming for the correct functioning of oak woodlands and highlighted the importance of seasonal dynamics in the study of key physiological processes related to photosynthesis, mosses nutrition and responses to oxidative stress. Finally, tissue N showed the greatest potential for the identification of NH3-related ecological end points (estimated CLE=3.5μgm-3), whereas highly scattered physiological responses, although highly sensitive, were not suitable to that end.
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- S Izquieta-Rojano
- Universidad de Navarra, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Laboratorio Integrado de Calidad Ambiental (LICA), Campus Universitario, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Universidad de Navarra, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Laboratorio Integrado de Calidad Ambiental (LICA), Campus Universitario, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Universidad de Navarra, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología Ambiental, Campus Universitario, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Universidad de Navarra, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Laboratorio Integrado de Calidad Ambiental (LICA), Campus Universitario, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
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- Universidad de Navarra, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Laboratorio Integrado de Calidad Ambiental (LICA), Campus Universitario, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Universidad de Navarra, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Laboratorio Integrado de Calidad Ambiental (LICA), Campus Universitario, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departmento de Ecología, Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Universidad de Navarra, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Laboratorio Integrado de Calidad Ambiental (LICA), Campus Universitario, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Mondragon-Cortés T, Concostrina-Zubiri L, Serrano-Grijalva L, Estébanez B. Nitrogen deposition reduces the cover of biocrust-forming lichens and soil pigment content in a semiarid Mediterranean shrubland. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:26172-26184. [PMID: 29103122 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0482-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Biocrusts are key drivers of the structure and functioning of drylands and are very sensitive to disturbance, including atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition. We studied the impacts of simulated N deposition on biocrust community composition and soil photosynthetic and photoprotective pigment content after five years of N application in a European semiarid Mediterranean shrubland. The experiment consisted in six experimental blocks with four plots, each receiving 0, 10, 20, or 50 kg NH4NO3-N ha-1 year-1 + 6-7 kg N ha-1 year-1 background. After 5 years of N application, total lichen cover decreased up to 50% compared to control conditions and these changes were only clearly evident when evaluated from a temporal perspective (i.e. as the percentage of change from the first survey in 2008 to the last survey in 2012). In contrast, moss cover did not change in response to N, suggesting that biocrust community alterations operate via species- and functional group-specific effects. Interestingly, between-year variations in biocrust cover tracked variations in autumnal precipitation, showing that these communities are more dynamic than previously thought. Biocrust species alterations in response to N were, however, often secondary when compared to the role of ecologically relevant drivers such as soil pH and shrub cover, which greatly determined the composition and inter-annual dynamics of the biocrust community. Similarly, cyanobacterial abundance and soil pigment concentration were greatly determined by biotic and abiotic interactions, soil pH for pigments, and organic matter content and shrub cover for cyanobacteria. Biocrusts, and particularly the lichen component, are highly sensitive to N deposition and their responses to pollutant N can be best understood when evaluated from a temporal and multivariate perspective, including impacts mediated by interactions with biotic and abiotic drivers.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Department of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid, 2 Darwin Street, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Biology, Botany Unit, Autonomous University of Madrid, 2 Darwin Street, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Bloco C2, 6° Piso, Sala 11, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid, 2 Darwin Street, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Botany Unit, Autonomous University of Madrid, 2 Darwin Street, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Munzi S, Ochoa-Hueso R, Gerosa G, Marzuoli R. (E)merging directions on air pollution and climate change research in Mediterranean Basin ecosystems. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:26155-26159. [PMID: 29218512 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0688-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Silvana Munzi
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2, Darwin Street, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Catholic University of Brescia, Via dei Musei 41, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Catholic University of Brescia, Via dei Musei 41, Brescia, Italy
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Cabal C, Ochoa-Hueso R, Pérez-Corona ME, Manrique E. Long-term simulated nitrogen deposition alters the plant cover dynamics of a Mediterranean rosemary shrubland in Central Spain through defoliation. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:26227-26237. [PMID: 28386899 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8879-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Nitrogen (N) deposition due to anthropogenic pollution is a major driver of the global biodiversity loss. We studied the effect of experimental N and phosphorus (P) fertilization (0, 10, 20, and 50 kg N ha-1 year-1 and 14 kg P ha-1 year-1 over the background deposition levels) on plant cover dynamics of a rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) shrubland after 8 years of nutrient addition in a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem from Central Spain. We specifically aimed at testing whether N deposition has the potential to influence the observed expanding trend of woody vegetation into areas dominated by grassland, biological soil crusts, and bare soil. Our results show that N addition loads above 10 kg N ha-1 year-1 reverted the cover dynamics of shrubs. Under N addition conditions, N was no longer a limiting nutrient and other elements, especially P and calcium, determined the seasonal growth of young twigs. Interestingly, N fertilization did not inhibit the growth of young shoots; our estimates point to a reduced rosemary leaf lifespan that is driving individuals to death. This may be triggered by long-term accumulation of N compounds in leaves, suggesting the need to consider the old organs and tissues in long-lived perennial plants, where N toxicity effects could be more mediated by accumulation processes. Shrublands are a widely distributed ecosystem type in biodiverse Mediterranean landscapes, where shrubs play a key role as nurse plants. Therefore, the disappearance of shrublands may accelerate the biodiversity loss associated with other global change drivers, hamper the recruitment of seedlings of woody species, and, as a consequence, accelerate desertification.
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- Ciro Cabal
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales CSIC, Serrano 115 dpdo, 28006, Madrid, Spain.
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
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- Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Darwin 2, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/José Antonio Novais 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales CSIC, Serrano 115 dpdo, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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Lo Cascio M, Morillas L, Ochoa-Hueso R, Munzi S, Roales J, Hasselquist NJ, Manrique E, Spano D, Jaoudé RA, Mereu S. Contrasting effects of nitrogen addition on soil respiration in two Mediterranean ecosystems. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:26160-26171. [PMID: 28386895 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8852-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is known to alter ecosystem carbon source-sink dynamics through changes in soil CO2 fluxes. However, a limited number of experiments have been conducted to assess the effects of realistic N deposition in the Mediterranean Basin, and none of them have explored the effects of N addition on soil respiration (R s ). To fill this gap, we assessed the effects of N supply on R s dynamics in the following two Mediterranean sites: Capo Caccia (Italy), where 30 kg ha-1 year-1 was supplied for 3 years, and El Regajal (Spain), where plots were treated with 10, 20, or 50 kg N ha-1 year-1 for 8 years. Results show a complex, non-linear response of soil respiration (R s ) to N additions with R s overall increasing at Capo Caccia and decreasing at El Regajal. This suggests that the response of R s to N addition depends on dose and duration of N supply, and the existence of a threshold above which the N introduced in the ecosystem can affect the ecosystem's functioning. Soil cover and seasonality of precipitations also play a key role in determining the effects of N on R s as shown by the different responses observed across seasons and in bare soil vs. the soil under canopy of the dominant species. These results show how increasing rates of N addition may influence soil C dynamics in semiarid ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin and represent a valuable contribution for the understanding and the protection of Mediterranean ecosystems.
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- Mauro Lo Cascio
- Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DipNET), University of Sassari, Via Enrico de Nicola, No. 9, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
- Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC), IAFES Division, Via Enrico de Nicola, No. 9, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
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- Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DipNET), University of Sassari, Via Enrico de Nicola, No. 9, 07100, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Darwin St., 2, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DipNET), University of Sassari, Via Enrico de Nicola, No. 9, 07100, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department Biogeography and Global Change, Spanish National Research Council (MNCN-CSIC), National Museum of Natural Sciences, C/Serrano 115 Dpdo, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DipNET), University of Sassari, Via Enrico de Nicola, No. 9, 07100, Sassari, Italy
- Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC), IAFES Division, Via Enrico de Nicola, No. 9, 07100, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DipNET), University of Sassari, Via Enrico de Nicola, No. 9, 07100, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DipNET), University of Sassari, Via Enrico de Nicola, No. 9, 07100, Sassari, Italy
- Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC), IAFES Division, Via Enrico de Nicola, No. 9, 07100, Sassari, Italy
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Piñeiro J, Ochoa-Hueso R, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Dobrick S, Reich PB, Pendall E, Power SA. Effects of elevated CO 2 on fine root biomass are reduced by aridity but enhanced by soil nitrogen: A global assessment. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15355. [PMID: 29127358 PMCID: PMC5681551 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15728-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Plant roots play a crucial role in regulating key ecosystem processes such as carbon (C) sequestration and nutrient solubilisation. Elevated (e)CO2 is expected to alter the biomass of fine, coarse and total roots to meet increased demand for other resources such as water and nitrogen (N), however, the magnitude and direction of observed changes vary considerably between ecosystems. Here, we assessed how climate and soil properties mediate root responses to eCO2 by comparing 24 field-based CO2 experiments across the globe including a wide range of ecosystem types. We calculated response ratios (i.e. effect size) and used structural equation modelling (SEM) to achieve a system-level understanding of how aridity, mean annual temperature and total soil nitrogen simultaneously drive the response of total, coarse and fine root biomass to eCO2. Models indicated that increasing aridity limits the positive response of fine and total root biomass to eCO2, and that fine (but not coarse or total) root responses to eCO2 are positively related to soil total N. Our results provide evidence that consideration of factors such as aridity and soil N status is crucial for predicting plant and ecosystem-scale responses to future changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and thus feedbacks to climate change.
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- Juan Piñeiro
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia.
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia
- Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Munzi S, Alonso R, Arróniz-Crespo M, Avila A, Bermejo V, Bobbink R, Branquinho C, Concostrina-Zubiri L, Cruz C, Cruz de Carvalho R, De Marco A, Dias T, Elustondo D, Elvira S, Estébanez B, Fusaro L, Gerosa G, Izquieta-Rojano S, Lo Cascio M, Marzuoli R, Matos P, Mereu S, Merino J, Morillas L, Nunes A, Paoletti E, Paoli L, Pinho P, Rogers IB, Santos A, Sicard P, Stevens CJ, Theobald MR. Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions. Environ Pollut 2017; 227:194-206. [PMID: 28460237 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Revised: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Mediterranean Basin ecosystems, their unique biodiversity, and the key services they provide are currently at risk due to air pollution and climate change, yet only a limited number of isolated and geographically-restricted studies have addressed this topic, often with contrasting results. Particularities of air pollution in this region include high O3 levels due to high air temperatures and solar radiation, the stability of air masses, and dominance of dry over wet nitrogen deposition. Moreover, the unique abiotic and biotic factors (e.g., climate, vegetation type, relevance of Saharan dust inputs) modulating the response of Mediterranean ecosystems at various spatiotemporal scales make it difficult to understand, and thus predict, the consequences of human activities that cause air pollution in the Mediterranean Basin. Therefore, there is an urgent need to implement coordinated research and experimental platforms along with wider environmental monitoring networks in the region. In particular, a robust deposition monitoring network in conjunction with modelling estimates is crucial, possibly including a set of common biomonitors (ideally cryptogams, an important component of the Mediterranean vegetation), to help refine pollutant deposition maps. Additionally, increased attention must be paid to functional diversity measures in future air pollution and climate change studies to establish the necessary link between biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services in Mediterranean ecosystems. Through a coordinated effort, the Mediterranean scientific community can fill the above-mentioned gaps and reach a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying the combined effects of air pollution and climate change in the Mediterranean Basin.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Autonomous University of Madrid, Department of Ecology, 2 Darwin Street, Madrid 28049, Spain.
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Air Pollution Division, CIEMAT, Avda. Complutense 22 (edif. 70), Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Air Pollution Division, CIEMAT, Avda. Complutense 22 (edif. 70), Madrid 28040, Spain
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- B-WARE Research Centre, Radboud University, PO Box 9010, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- LICA, Department of Chemistry and Soil Science, University of Navarre, Irunlarrea, 1-31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Air Pollution Division, CIEMAT, Avda. Complutense 22 (edif. 70), Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología, Unidad de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Darwin 2, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Dept. of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Mathematics and Physics, Catholic University of Brescia, Via dei Musei 41, Brescia, Italy
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- LICA, Department of Chemistry and Soil Science, University of Navarre, Irunlarrea, 1-31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Science for Nature and Natural Resources, University of Sassari, Via Enrico De Nicola 1, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dept. of Mathematics and Physics, Catholic University of Brescia, Via dei Musei 41, Brescia, Italy
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Science for Nature and Natural Resources, University of Sassari, Via Enrico De Nicola 1, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. de Utrera km. 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Science for Nature and Natural Resources, University of Sassari, Via Enrico De Nicola 1, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- IPSP-CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli 4, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; CERENA-IST-UL, Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Lancaster Environment Center, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 5, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- ACRI-ST, 260 route du Pin Montard, BP 234, 06904 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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- Lancaster Environment Center, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Air Pollution Division, CIEMAT, Avda. Complutense 22 (edif. 70), Madrid 28040, Spain
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Ochoa-Hueso R. Nonlinear disruption of ecological interactions in response to nitrogen deposition. Ecology 2016; 97:2802-2814. [DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment; Western Sydney University; Locked Bag 1797 Penrith New South Wales 2751 Australia
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Arróniz-Crespo M, Bowker MA, Maestre FT, Pérez-Corona ME, Theobald MR, Vivanco MG, Manrique E. Biogeochemical indicators of elevated nitrogen deposition in semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems. Environ Monit Assess 2014; 186:5831-42. [PMID: 24894911 PMCID: PMC4427508 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3822-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Nitrogen (N) deposition has doubled the natural N inputs received by ecosystems through biological N fixation and is currently a global problem that is affecting the Mediterranean regions. We evaluated the existing relationships between increased atmospheric N deposition and biogeochemical indicators related to soil chemical factors and cryptogam species across semiarid central, southern, and eastern Spain. The cryptogam species studied were the biocrust-forming species Pleurochaete squarrosa (moss) and Cladonia foliacea (lichen). Sampling sites were chosen in Quercus coccifera (kermes oak) shrublands and Pinus halepensis (Aleppo pine) forests to cover a range of inorganic N deposition representative of the levels found in the Iberian Peninsula (between 4.4 and 8.1 kg N ha(-1) year(-1)). We extended the ambient N deposition gradient by including experimental plots to which N had been added for 3 years at rates of 10, 20, and 50 kg N ha(-1) year(-1). Overall, N deposition (extant plus simulated) increased soil inorganic N availability and caused soil acidification. Nitrogen deposition increased phosphomonoesterase (PME) enzyme activity and PME/nitrate reductase (NR) ratio in both species, whereas the NR activity was reduced only in the moss. Responses of PME and NR activities were attributed to an induced N to phosphorus imbalance and to N saturation, respectively. When only considering the ambient N deposition, soil organic C and N contents were positively related to N deposition, a response driven by pine forests. The PME/NR ratios of the moss were better predictors of N deposition rates than PME or NR activities alone in shrublands, whereas no correlation between N deposition and the lichen physiology was observed. We conclude that integrative physiological measurements, such as PME/NR ratios, measured on sensitive species such as P. squarrosa, can provide useful data for national-scale biomonitoring programs, whereas soil acidification and soil C and N storage could be useful as additional corroborating ecosystem indicators of chronic N pollution.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia,
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Arróniz-Crespo M, Pérez-Ortega S, De los Ríos A, Green TGA, Ochoa-Hueso R, Casermeiro MÁ, de la Cruz MT, Pintado A, Palacios D, Rozzi R, Tysklind N, Sancho LG. Bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations during primary succession in recently Deglaciated areas of Tierra del Fuego (Chile). PLoS One 2014; 9:e96081. [PMID: 24819926 PMCID: PMC4018330 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bryophyte establishment represents a positive feedback process that enhances soil development in newly exposed terrain. Further, biological nitrogen (N) fixation by cyanobacteria in association with mosses can be an important supply of N to terrestrial ecosystems, however the role of these associations during post-glacial primary succession is not yet fully understood. Here, we analyzed chronosequences in front of two receding glaciers with contrasting climatic conditions (wetter vs drier) at Cordillera Darwin (Tierra del Fuego) and found that most mosses had the capacity to support an epiphytic flora of cyanobacteria and exhibited high rates of N2 fixation. Pioneer moss-cyanobacteria associations showed the highest N2 fixation rates (4.60 and 4.96 µg N g−1 bryo. d−1) very early after glacier retreat (4 and 7 years) which may help accelerate soil development under wetter conditions. In drier climate, N2 fixation on bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations was also high (0.94 and 1.42 µg N g−1 bryo. d−1) but peaked at intermediate-aged sites (26 and 66 years). N2 fixation capacity on bryophytes was primarily driven by epiphytic cyanobacteria abundance rather than community composition. Most liverworts showed low colonization and N2 fixation rates, and mosses did not exhibit consistent differences across life forms and habitat (saxicolous vs terricolous). We also found a clear relationship between cyanobacteria genera and the stages of ecological succession, but no relationship was found with host species identity. Glacier forelands in Tierra del Fuego show fast rates of soil transformation which imply large quantities of N inputs. Our results highlight the potential contribution of bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations to N accumulation during post-glacial primary succession and further describe the factors that drive N2-fixation rates in post-glacial areas with very low N deposition.
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- María Arróniz-Crespo
- Dept. de Biología Vegetal II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- School of Environment Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Dept. de Biología Ambiental, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Dept. de Biología Ambiental, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Dept. de Biología Vegetal II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Biological Sciences, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Dept. de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
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- Dept. de Biología Vegetal II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento Geografía Física, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America
- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Universidad de Magallanes, Puerto Williams, Chile
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- School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Dept. de Biología Vegetal II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Ochoa-Hueso R, de la Puente Ranea D, Viejo JL. Comparison of trends in habitat and resource selection by the Spanish Festoon, Zerynthia rumina, and the whole butterfly community in a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem. J Insect Sci 2014; 14:51. [PMID: 25373198 PMCID: PMC4207527 DOI: 10.1093/jis/14.1.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Butterfly community and single species based approaches were taken to establish conservation priorities within a nature reserve in Central Spain. In this study, patch type (sclerophyllous, halophilous, or disturbed), potential herbaceous nectar availability, potential woody plant nectar availability, total nectar availability, and two approximations to plant diversity (herbaceous and woody plant diversity) were evaluated as variables that account for adult butterfly density. Butterfly communities in the reserve, which consist mostly of generalist species, were denser in relatively wet areas dominated by halophilous vegetation. Diversity did not significantly vary between ecologically different transects. Total nectar availability correlated with higher butterfly densities within both undisturbed and disturbed areas, which could be primarily explained by the lack of water typical of semiarid Mediterranean climates, where fresh, nectariferous vegetation is scarce. Woody plants were also found to be important sources of nectar and shelter. In the dryer sclerophyllous sites, adult butterfly density was best explained by herbaceous plant diversity, suggesting better quality of available resources. The endangered specialist Zerynthia rumina (L.) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) was only present at the sclerophyllous sites. Its density was very low in all sampled transects, excluding one relatively isolated transect with high larval hostplant density. In contrast to the community-based approach, density of Z. rumina adults is better explained by the density of its larval hostplant than by nectar availability, a trend previously described for other sedentary species. Management strategies for protecting insect-rich areas should consider the specific ecological requirements of endangered species.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Department of Zoology. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco. C/ Darwin 2,28049 Madrid, Spain Current address: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797,Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia
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- Department of Zoology. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco. C/ Darwin 2,28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Zoology. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco. C/ Darwin 2,28049 Madrid, Spain
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Maestre FT, de Los Ríos A, Valea S, Theobald MR, Vivanco MG, Manrique E, Bowker MA. Nitrogen deposition alters nitrogen cycling and reduces soil carbon content in low-productivity semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems. Environ Pollut 2013; 179:185-93. [PMID: 23685631 PMCID: PMC4427509 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Anthropogenic N deposition poses a threat to European Mediterranean ecosystems. We combined data from an extant N deposition gradient (4.3-7.3 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹) from semiarid areas of Spain and a field experiment in central Spain to evaluate N deposition effects on soil fertility, function and cyanobacteria community. Soil organic N did not increase along the extant gradient. Nitrogen fixation decreased along existing and experimental N deposition gradients, a result possibly related to compositional shifts in soil cyanobacteria community. Net ammonification and nitrification (which dominated N-mineralization) were reduced and increased, respectively, by N fertilization, suggesting alterations in the N cycle. Soil organic C content, C:N ratios and the activity of β-glucosidase decreased along the extant gradient in most locations. Our results suggest that semiarid soils in low-productivity sites are unable to store additional N inputs, and that are also unable to mitigate increasing C emissions when experiencing increased N deposition.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Serrano 115 Bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Stevens CJ, Ortiz-Llorente MJ, Manrique E. Soil chemistry and fertility alterations in response to N application in a semiarid Mediterranean shrubland. Sci Total Environ 2013; 452-453:78-86. [PMID: 23500401 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Revised: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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N deposition is currently affecting nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. We studied the effects of four years of N application (0, 10, 20 and 50 kg N ha(-1) year(-1)+background deposition) on soil chemistry and fertility in a semiarid shrubland in central Spain. Soil pH and nutrient availability fluctuated seasonally. The inorganic-N fraction in soil was dominated by nitrate, as expected in calcareous soils. N application increased inorganic N availability in soil. There was a negative correlation between N application and soil K(+) availability and pH, measured as the % change after four years. Soil N and C storage (evaluated as the % change) slightly increased after four years. Our data suggest that, in the short-term, the seasonality of nutrients overwhelm any chemical alteration related to N deposition. However, the potential implication of continuous N addition on soil chemistry in the long-term is not well understood.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Allen EB, Branquinho C, Cruz C, Dias T, Fenn ME, Manrique E, Pérez-Corona ME, Sheppard LJ, Stock WD. Nitrogen deposition effects on Mediterranean-type ecosystems: an ecological assessment. Environ Pollut 2011; 159:2265-79. [PMID: 21277663 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Revised: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We review the ecological consequences of N deposition on the five Mediterranean regions of the world. Seasonality of precipitation and fires regulate the N cycle in these water-limited ecosystems, where dry N deposition dominates. Nitrogen accumulation in soils and on plant surfaces results in peaks of availability with the first winter rains. Decoupling between N flushes and plant demand promotes losses via leaching and gas emissions. Differences in P availability may control the response to N inputs and susceptibility to exotic plant invasion. Invasive grasses accumulate as fuel during the dry season, altering fire regimes. California and the Mediterranean Basin are the most threatened by N deposition; however, there is limited evidence for N deposition impacts outside of California. Consequently, more research is needed to determine critical loads for each region and vegetation type based on the most sensitive elements, such as changes in lichen species composition and N cycling.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Department of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Manrique E. Effects of nitrogen deposition and soil fertility on cover and physiology of Cladonia foliacea (Huds.) Willd., a lichen of biological soil crusts from Mediterranean Spain. Environ Pollut 2011; 159:449-457. [PMID: 21071125 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2010] [Revised: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We are fertilizing a thicket with 0, 10, 20 and 50 kg nitrogen (N) ha(-1) yr(-1) in central Spain. Here we report changes in cover, pigments, pigment ratios and FvFm of the N-tolerant, terricolous, lichen Cladonia foliacea after 1-2 y adding N in order to study its potential as biomarker of atmospheric pollution. Cover tended to increase. Pigments increased with fertilization independently of the dose supplied but only significantly with soil nitrate as covariate. β-carotene/chlorophylls increased with 20-50 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1) (over the background) and neoxanthin/chlorophylls also increased with N. (Neoxanthin+lutein)/carotene decreased with N when nitrate and pH seasonalities were used as covariates. Between 26 and 56 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1).Pinho et al. (2012) suggested that the critical Nload for Mediterranean epiphytic lichens (based on responses of functional groups) was lower than 26 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1) [corrected]. Water-stress, iron and copper also explained variables of lichen physiology. We conclude that this tolerant lichen could be used as biomarker and that responses to N are complex in heterogeneous Mediterranean-type landscapes.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Serrano 115 bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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