Microbial richness and composition independently drive soil multifunctionality

TitleMicrobial richness and composition independently drive soil multifunctionality
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsDelgado-Baquerizo M., Trivedi P., Trivedi C., Eldridge D.J, Reich P.B, Jeffries T.C, Singh B.K
JournalFunctional Ecology
Volume31
Pagination2330-2343
Date PublishedDec
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0269-8463
Accession NumberWOS:000416896700013
Keywordsamendments, Bacteria, BEF relationship, below-ground biodiversity, communities, consequences, decomposition, diversity, ecosystem multifunctionality, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Enzyme activities, knowledge, nutrient cycling, Richness, services, Species, terrestrial ecosystems
Abstract

Soil microbes provide multiple ecosystem functions such as nutrient cycling, decomposition and climate regulation. However, we lack a quantitative understanding of the relative importance of microbial richness and composition in controlling multifunctionality. This knowledge gap limits our capacity to understand the influence of biotic attributes in the provision of services and functions on which humans depend. We used two independent approaches (i.e. experimental and observational), and applied statistical modelling to identify the role and relative importance of bacterial richness and composition in driving multifunctionality (here defined as seven measures of respiration and enzyme activities). In the observational study, we measured soil microbial communities and functions in both tree- and bare soil-dominated microsites at 22 locations across a 1,200km transect in southeastern Australia. In the experimental study we used soils from two of those locations and developed gradients of bacterial diversity and composition through inoculation of sterilized soils. Microbial richness and the relative abundance of Gammaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes were positively related to multifunctionality in both the observational and experimental approaches; however, only Bacteroidetes was consistently selected as a key predictor of multifunctionality across all experimental approaches and statistical models used here. Moreover, our results, from two different approaches, provide evidence that microbial richness and composition are both important, yet independent, drivers of multiple ecosystem functions. Overall, our findings advance our understanding of the mechanisms underpinning relationships between microbial diversity and ecosystem functionality in terrestrial ecosystems, and further suggest that information on microbial richness and composition needs to be considered when formulating sustainable management and conservation policies, and when predicting the effects of global change on ecosystem functions. A is available for this article.

Short TitleFunct. Ecol.Funct. Ecol.
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