Collins, Courtney G. and Spasojevic, Marko J. and Alados, Concepción L. and Aronson, Emma L. and Benavides, Juan C. and Cannone, Nicoletta and Caviezel, Chatrina and Grau, Oriol and Guo, Hui and Kudo, Gaku and Kuhn, Nikolas J. and Müllerová, Jana and Phillips, Michala L. and Pombubpa, Nuttapon and Reverchon, Frédérique and Shulman, Hannah B. and Stajich, Jason E. and Stokes, Alexia and Weber, Sören E. and Diez, Jeffrey M..
(2020)
Belowground impacts of alpine woody encroachment are determined by plant traits, local climate, and soil conditions.
Global Change Biology, 26 (12).
pp. 7112-7127.
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Abstract
Global climate and land use change are causing woody plant encroachment in arctic, alpine, and arid/semi‐arid ecosystems around the world, yet our understanding of the belowground impacts of this phenomenon is limited. We conducted a globally distributed field study of 13 alpine sites across four continents undergoing woody plant encroachment and sampled soils from both woody encroached and nearby herbaceous plant community types. We found that woody plant encroachment influenced soil microbial richness and community composition across sites based on multiple factors including woody plant traits, site level climate, and abiotic soil conditions. In particular, root symbiont type was a key determinant of belowground effects, as Nitrogen‐fixing woody plants had higher soil fungal richness, while Ecto/Ericoid mycorrhizal species had higher soil bacterial richness and symbiont types had distinct soil microbial community composition. Woody plant leaf traits indirectly influenced soil microbes through their impact on soil abiotic conditions, primarily soil pH and C:N ratios. Finally, site‐level climate affected the overall magnitude and direction of woody plant influence, as soil fungal and bacterial richness were either higher or lower in woody encroached versus herbaceous soils depending on mean annual temperature and precipitation. All together, these results document global impacts of woody plant encroachment on soil microbial communities, but highlight that multiple biotic and abiotic pathways must be considered to scale up globally from site‐ and species‐level patterns. Considering both the aboveground and belowground effects of woody encroachment will be critical to predict future changes in alpine ecosystem structure and function and subsequent feedbacks to the global climate system.
Faculties and Departments: | 05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Geowissenschaften > Physiogeographie und Umweltwandel (Kuhn) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Kuhn, Nikolaus J. |
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Item Type: | Article, refereed |
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Article Subtype: | Research Article |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
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ISSN: | 1354-1013 |
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e-ISSN: | 1365-2486 |
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Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2021 15:02 |
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Deposited On: | 09 Jun 2021 15:02 |
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