Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems

  • Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo,
  • Fernando T. Maestre,
  • Peter B. Reich,
  • Thomas C. Jeffries,
  • Juan J. Gaitan,
  • Daniel Encinar,
  • Miguel Berdugo,
  • Colin D. Campbell,
  • Brajesh K. Singh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10541
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The role of microbial diversity in ecosystems is less well understood than, for example, that of plant diversity. Analysing two independent data sets at a global and regional scale, Delgado-Baquerizo et al. show positive effects of soil diversity on multiple terrestrial ecosystem functions.