The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate
Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of crucial importance in times of climate change and biodiversity loss. Here, we show that plant diversity is positively correlat...
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| author | Spohn, Marie Bagchi, Sumanta Biederman, Lori A. Borer, Elizabeth T. Bråthen, Kari Anne Bugalho, Miguel N. Caldeira, Maria C. Catford, Jane A. Collins, Scott L. Eisenhauer, Nico Peri, Pablo Luis Yahdjian, Laura |
| author_browse | Bagchi, Sumanta Biederman, Lori A. Borer, Elizabeth T. Bråthen, Kari Anne Bugalho, Miguel N. Caldeira, Maria C. Catford, Jane A. Collins, Scott L. Eisenhauer, Nico Peri, Pablo Luis Spohn, Marie Yahdjian, Laura |
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| description | Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of crucial importance in times of climate change and biodiversity loss. Here, we show that plant diversity is positively correlated with soil carbon content and soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio across 84 grasslands on six continents that span wide climate gradients. The relationships between plant diversity and soil carbon as well as plant diversity and soil organic matter quality (carbon-to-nitrogen ratio) are particularly strong in warm and arid climates. While plant biomass is positively correlated with soil carbon, plant biomass is not significantly correlated with plant diversity. Our results indicate that plant diversity influences soil carbon storage not via the quantity of organic matter (plant biomass) inputs to soil, but through the quality of
organic matter. The study implies that ecosystem management that restores plant diversity likely enhances soil carbon sequestration, particularly in warm and arid climates. |
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| spelling | INTA163232023-12-21T17:02:35Z The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate Spohn, Marie Bagchi, Sumanta Biederman, Lori A. Borer, Elizabeth T. Bråthen, Kari Anne Bugalho, Miguel N. Caldeira, Maria C. Catford, Jane A. Collins, Scott L. Eisenhauer, Nico Peri, Pablo Luis Yahdjian, Laura Grasslands Carbon Cycle Soil Organic Carbon Climate Change Biodiversity Nitrogen Ecosystem Management Praderas Ciclo del Carbono Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Cambio Climático Biodiversidad Nitrógeno Gestión de Ecosistemas Plant Diversity Grassland Ecology Diversidad de Plantas Ecología de Pastizales Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of crucial importance in times of climate change and biodiversity loss. Here, we show that plant diversity is positively correlated with soil carbon content and soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio across 84 grasslands on six continents that span wide climate gradients. The relationships between plant diversity and soil carbon as well as plant diversity and soil organic matter quality (carbon-to-nitrogen ratio) are particularly strong in warm and arid climates. While plant biomass is positively correlated with soil carbon, plant biomass is not significantly correlated with plant diversity. Our results indicate that plant diversity influences soil carbon storage not via the quantity of organic matter (plant biomass) inputs to soil, but through the quality of organic matter. The study implies that ecosystem management that restores plant diversity likely enhances soil carbon sequestration, particularly in warm and arid climates. EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Spohn, Marie. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Department of Soil and Environment; Suecia Fil: Bagchi, Sumanta. Indian Institute of Science; India. Fil: Biederman, Lori A. Iowa State University. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology; Estados Unidos Fil: Borer, Elizabeth T. University of Minnesota. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Estados Unidos Fil: Bråthen, Kari Anne. Arctic University of Norway. Department of Arctic and Marine Biology; Noruega Fil: Bugalho, Miguel N. University of Lisbon. Centre for Applied Ecology “Prof. Baeta Neves” (CEABN-InBIO). School of Agriculture; Portugal. Fil: Caldeira, Maria C. University of Lisbon. Forest Research Centre. Associate Laboratory TERRA. School of Agriculture; Portugal. Fil: Catford, Jane A. King’s College London. Department of Geography; Reino Unido Fil: Catford, Jane A. University of Melbourne. School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences; Australia. Fil: Collins, Scott L. University of New Mexico. Department of Biology; Estados Unidos Fil: Eisenhauer, Nico. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). Halle-Jena-Leipzig; Alemania Fil: Eisenhauer, Nico. Leipzig University. Institute of Biology; Alemania Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Yahdjian, Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA); Argentina. Fil: Yahdjian, Laura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. 2023-12-21T16:37:39Z 2023-12-21T16:37:39Z 2023-10-19 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16323 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42340-0 Spohn, M., Bagchi, S., Biederman, L.A. et al. The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate. Nat Commun 14, 6624 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0 2041-1723 (online) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Nature Nature Communications 14 : 6624. (2023) |
| spellingShingle | Grasslands Carbon Cycle Soil Organic Carbon Climate Change Biodiversity Nitrogen Ecosystem Management Praderas Ciclo del Carbono Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Cambio Climático Biodiversidad Nitrógeno Gestión de Ecosistemas Plant Diversity Grassland Ecology Diversidad de Plantas Ecología de Pastizales Spohn, Marie Bagchi, Sumanta Biederman, Lori A. Borer, Elizabeth T. Bråthen, Kari Anne Bugalho, Miguel N. Caldeira, Maria C. Catford, Jane A. Collins, Scott L. Eisenhauer, Nico Peri, Pablo Luis Yahdjian, Laura The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate |
| title | The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate |
| title_full | The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate |
| title_fullStr | The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate |
| title_full_unstemmed | The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate |
| title_short | The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate |
| title_sort | positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate |
| topic | Grasslands Carbon Cycle Soil Organic Carbon Climate Change Biodiversity Nitrogen Ecosystem Management Praderas Ciclo del Carbono Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Cambio Climático Biodiversidad Nitrógeno Gestión de Ecosistemas Plant Diversity Grassland Ecology Diversidad de Plantas Ecología de Pastizales |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16323 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42340-0 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0 |
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