The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

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dc.contributor.author Spohn, Marie
dc.contributor.author Bagchi, Sumanta
dc.contributor.author Biederman, Lori A.
dc.contributor.author Borer, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.author Brathen, Kari Anne
dc.contributor.author Bugalho, Miguel N.
dc.contributor.author Caldeira, Maria C.
dc.contributor.author Catford, Jane A.
dc.contributor.author Collins, Scott L.
dc.contributor.author Eisenhauer, Nico
dc.contributor.author Hagenah, Nicole
dc.contributor.author Haider, Sylvia
dc.contributor.author Hautier, Yann
dc.contributor.author Knops, Johannes M.H.
dc.contributor.author Koerner, Sally E.
dc.contributor.author Laanisto, Lauri
dc.contributor.author Lekberg, Ylva
dc.contributor.author Martina, Jason P.
dc.contributor.author Martinson, Holly
dc.contributor.author McCulley, Rebecca L.
dc.contributor.author Peri, Pablo L.
dc.contributor.author Macek, Petr
dc.contributor.author Power, Sally A.
dc.contributor.author Risch, Anita C.
dc.contributor.author Roscher, Christiane
dc.contributor.author Seabloom, Eric W.
dc.contributor.author Stevens, Carly
dc.contributor.author Veen, G.F. (Ciska)
dc.contributor.author Virtanen, Risto
dc.contributor.author Yahdjian, Laura
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-29T11:02:02Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-29T11:02:02Z
dc.date.issued 2023-10-19
dc.description DATA AVAILABILITY : All data are available at this repository. https://DOI.org/10.5281/zenodo.8308135. en_US
dc.description.abstract Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of crucial importance in times of climate change and biodiversity loss. Here, we show that plant diversity is positively correlated with soil carbon content and soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio across 84 grasslands on six continents that span wide climate gradients. The relationships between plant diversity and soil carbon as well as plant diversity and soil organicmatter quality (carbon-to-nitrogen ratio) are particularly strong in warm and arid climates. While plant biomass is positively correlated with soil carbon, plant biomass is not significantly correlated with plant diversity. Our results indicate that plant diversity influences soil carbon storage not via the quantity of organic matter (plant biomass) inputs to soil, but through the quality of organic matter. The study implies that ecosystem management that restores plant diversity likely enhances soil carbon sequestration, particularly in warm and arid climates. en_US
dc.description.department Zoology and Entomology en_US
dc.description.librarian am2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-13:Climate action en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-15:Life on land en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Open access funding provided by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Coordination and data management have been supported by funding from the National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network and Long Term Ecological Research programs, and the Institute on the Environment. Soil analyses were supported by funds from Oregon State University and University of Minnesota and by USDA-ARS. The Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) for funding the research units CEF and CEABN-InBIO. Other funders: Estonian Academy of Sciences, the support of iDiv funded by the German Research Foundation, support of NSF-1856383 and MPG Ranch. en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.nature.com/ncomms/ en_US
dc.identifier.citation Spohn, M., Bagchi, S., Biederman, L.A. 2023, 'The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate', Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 6624, pp. 1-10. https://DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2041-1723
dc.identifier.other 10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98817
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Nature Research en_US
dc.rights © The Author(s) 2023. Open access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. en_US
dc.subject Plant diversity en_US
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject Soil en_US
dc.subject Climate gradients en_US
dc.subject SDG-15: Life on land en_US
dc.subject SDG-13: Climate action en_US
dc.title The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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