Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands

  • Yvonne Oelmann,
  • Markus Lange,
  • Sophia Leimer,
  • Christiane Roscher,
  • Felipe Aburto,
  • Fabian Alt,
  • Nina Bange,
  • Doreen Berner,
  • Steffen Boch,
  • Runa S. Boeddinghaus,
  • François Buscot,
  • Sigrid Dassen,
  • Gerlinde De Deyn,
  • Nico Eisenhauer,
  • Gerd Gleixner,
  • Kezia Goldmann,
  • Norbert Hölzel,
  • Malte Jochum,
  • Ellen Kandeler,
  • Valentin H. Klaus,
  • Till Kleinebecker,
  • Gaëtane Le Provost,
  • Peter Manning,
  • Sven Marhan,
  • Daniel Prati,
  • Deborah Schäfer,
  • Ingo Schöning,
  • Marion Schrumpf,
  • Elisabeth Schurig,
  • Cameron Wagg,
  • Tesfaye Wubet,
  • Wolfgang Wilcke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24714-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Relationships between biodiversity and phosphorus cycling and the underlying processes are complex. Here the authors analyse a biodiversity manipulation experiment and an agricultural management gradient to show how plant and mycorrhizal fungal diversity promote phosphorus exploitation.