Nature Communications (Aug 2019)
Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect
- Felipe Bastida,
- Carlos García,
- Noah Fierer,
- David J. Eldridge,
- Matthew A. Bowker,
- Sebastián Abades,
- Fernando D. Alfaro,
- Asmeret Asefaw Berhe,
- Nick A. Cutler,
- Antonio Gallardo,
- Laura García-Velázquez,
- Stephen C. Hart,
- Patrick E. Hayes,
- Teresa Hernández,
- Zeng-Yei Hseu,
- Nico Jehmlich,
- Martin Kirchmair,
- Hans Lambers,
- Sigrid Neuhauser,
- Víctor M. Peña-Ramírez,
- Cecilia A. Pérez,
- Sasha C. Reed,
- Fernanda Santos,
- Christina Siebe,
- Benjamin W. Sullivan,
- Pankaj Trivedi,
- Alfonso Vera,
- Mark A. Williams,
- José Luis Moreno,
- Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Affiliations
- Felipe Bastida
- CEBAS-CSIC, Department of Soil and Water Conservation
- Carlos García
- CEBAS-CSIC, Department of Soil and Water Conservation
- Noah Fierer
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado
- David J. Eldridge
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
- Matthew A. Bowker
- School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University
- Sebastián Abades
- GEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Universidad Mayor
- Fernando D. Alfaro
- GEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Universidad Mayor
- Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Sierra Nevada Research Institute University of California
- Nick A. Cutler
- School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University
- Antonio Gallardo
- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales. Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- Laura García-Velázquez
- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales. Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- Stephen C. Hart
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Sierra Nevada Research Institute University of California
- Patrick E. Hayes
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Teresa Hernández
- CEBAS-CSIC, Department of Soil and Water Conservation
- Zeng-Yei Hseu
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University
- Nico Jehmlich
- Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Molecular Systems Biology
- Martin Kirchmair
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck
- Hans Lambers
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Sigrid Neuhauser
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck
- Víctor M. Peña-Ramírez
- Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
- Cecilia A. Pérez
- Instituto de Ecología and Biodiversidad (IEB)
- Sasha C. Reed
- U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
- Fernanda Santos
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Sierra Nevada Research Institute University of California
- Christina Siebe
- Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
- Benjamin W. Sullivan
- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science & The Global Water Center, University of Nevada
- Pankaj Trivedi
- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University
- Alfonso Vera
- CEBAS-CSIC, Department of Soil and Water Conservation
- Mark A. Williams
- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
- José Luis Moreno
- CEBAS-CSIC, Department of Soil and Water Conservation
- Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11472-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The global ecological predictors of soil priming remain unclear. Here the authors conducted a global survey of soils from 86 global locations using an isotopic approach and find that in more mesic sites with high SOC concentrations, soil priming effects are more likely to be negative.
