Nature Communications (Feb 2017)
Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses
- Elly Morriën,
- S. Emilia Hannula,
- L. Basten Snoek,
- Nico R. Helmsing,
- Hans Zweers,
- Mattias de Hollander,
- Raquel Luján Soto,
- Marie-Lara Bouffaud,
- Marc Buée,
- Wim Dimmers,
- Henk Duyts,
- Stefan Geisen,
- Mariangela Girlanda,
- Rob I. Griffiths,
- Helene-Bracht Jørgensen,
- John Jensen,
- Pierre Plassart,
- Dirk Redecker,
- Rűdiger M Schmelz,
- Olaf Schmidt,
- Bruce C. Thomson,
- Emilie Tisserant,
- Stephane Uroz,
- Anne Winding,
- Mark J. Bailey,
- Michael Bonkowski,
- Jack H. Faber,
- Francis Martin,
- Philippe Lemanceau,
- Wietse de Boer,
- Johannes A. van Veen,
- Wim H. van der Putten
Affiliations
- Elly Morriën
- NIOO-KNAW, Terrestrial Ecology
- S. Emilia Hannula
- NIOO-KNAW, Microbial Ecology
- L. Basten Snoek
- NIOO-KNAW, Terrestrial Ecology
- Nico R. Helmsing
- NIOO-KNAW, Aquatic Ecology
- Hans Zweers
- NIOO-KNAW, Microbial Ecology
- Mattias de Hollander
- NIOO-KNAW, Microbial Ecology
- Raquel Luján Soto
- NIOO-KNAW, Terrestrial Ecology
- Marie-Lara Bouffaud
- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Marc Buée
- INRA, UMR 1136 ‘Interactions Arbres Micro-organismes’, Centre INRA de Nancy
- Wim Dimmers
- Wageningen Environmental Research
- Henk Duyts
- NIOO-KNAW, Terrestrial Ecology
- Stefan Geisen
- NIOO-KNAW, Terrestrial Ecology
- Mariangela Girlanda
- Department Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, University of Torino
- Rob I. Griffiths
- NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Growmarch Gifford
- Helene-Bracht Jørgensen
- Department of Biology, Lund University
- John Jensen
- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University
- Pierre Plassart
- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Dirk Redecker
- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Univ. Bourgogne Franche0Comté
- Rűdiger M Schmelz
- ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH
- Olaf Schmidt
- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin
- Bruce C. Thomson
- NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Growmarch Gifford
- Emilie Tisserant
- INRA, UMR 1136 ‘Interactions Arbres Micro-organismes’, Centre INRA de Nancy
- Stephane Uroz
- INRA, UMR 1136 ‘Interactions Arbres Micro-organismes’, Centre INRA de Nancy
- Anne Winding
- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University
- Mark J. Bailey
- NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Growmarch Gifford
- Michael Bonkowski
- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne
- Jack H. Faber
- Wageningen Environmental Research
- Francis Martin
- INRA, UMR 1136 ‘Interactions Arbres Micro-organismes’, Centre INRA de Nancy
- Philippe Lemanceau
- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Wietse de Boer
- NIOO-KNAW, Microbial Ecology
- Johannes A. van Veen
- NIOO-KNAW, Microbial Ecology
- Wim H. van der Putten
- NIOO-KNAW, Terrestrial Ecology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14349
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Effects of habitat restoration on belowground organisms and ecosystem processes are poorly understood. Morriën and colleagues show that changes in the composition and network interactions of soil biota lead to improved carbon uptake efficiency when formerly cultivated land is restored.
