Multiple anthropogenic pressures eliminate the effects of soil microbial diversity on ecosystem functions in experimental microcosms

Gaowen Yang; Masahiro Ryo; Julien Roy; Daniel R. Lammel; Max-Bernhard Ballhausen; Xin Jing; Xuefeng Zhu; Matthias C. Rillig

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31936-7

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Multiple anthropogenic pressures eliminate the effects of soil microbial diversity on ecosystem functions in experimental microcosms

Gaowen Yang,
Masahiro Ryo,
Julien Roy,
Daniel R. Lammel,
Max-Bernhard Ballhausen,
Xin Jing,
Xuefeng Zhu,
Matthias C. Rillig

Affiliations

Gaowen Yang: College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University
Masahiro Ryo: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Julien Roy: Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
Daniel R. Lammel: Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
Max-Bernhard Ballhausen: Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
Xin Jing: State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, and College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University
Xuefeng Zhu: Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Matthias C. Rillig: Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31936-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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It is unclear whether the positive effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning are maintained under multifaceted anthropogenic disturbance. In this experiment, the authors show that multiple simultaneous stressors can negate the positive effect of microbial diversity on soil functions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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