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Greater topoclimatic control of above- versus below-ground communities

Mod, Heidi K. and Scherrer, Daniel and Di Cola, Valeria and Broennimann, Olivier and Blandenier, Quentin and Breiner, Frank T. and Buri, Aline and Goudet, Jérôme and Guex, Nicolas and Lara, Enrique and Mitchell, Edward A. D. and Niculita-Hirzel, Hélène and Pagni, Marco and Pellissier, Loïc and Pinto-Figueroa, Eric and Sanders, Ian R. and Schmidt, Benedikt R. and Seppey, Christophe V. W. and Singer, David and Ursenbacher, Sylvain and Yashiro, Erika and van der Meer, Jan R. and Guisan, Antoine. (2020) Greater topoclimatic control of above- versus below-ground communities. Global Change Biology, 26 (12). pp. 6715-6728.

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Abstract

Assessing the degree to which climate explains the spatial distributions of different taxonomic and functional groups is essential for anticipating the effects of climate change on ecosystems. Most effort so far has focused on above-ground organisms, which offer only a partial view on the response of biodiversity to environmental gradients. Here including both above- and below-ground organisms, we quantified the degree of topoclimatic control on the occurrence patterns of >1,500 taxa and phylotypes along a c. 3,000 m elevation gradient, by fitting species distribution models. Higher model performances for animals and plants than for soil microbes (fungi, bacteria and protists) suggest that the direct influence of topoclimate is stronger on above-ground species than on below-ground microorganisms. Accordingly, direct climate change effects are predicted to be stronger for above-ground than for below-ground taxa, whereas factors expressing local soil microclimate and geochemistry are likely more important to explain and forecast the occurrence patterns of soil microbiota. Detailed mapping and future scenarios of soil microclimate and microhabitats, together with comparative studies of interacting and ecologically dependent above- and below-ground biota, are thus needed to understand and realistically forecast the future distribution of ecosystems.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Umweltwissenschaften > Naturschutzbiologie (Baur)
UniBasel Contributors:Ursenbacher, Sylvain
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley
ISSN:1354-1013
e-ISSN:1365-2486
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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