Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks
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Yn: Nature Communications, Cyfrol 9, Rhif 1, 02.08.2018.
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T1 - Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks
AU - de Vries, Franciska T.
AU - Griffiths, Rob I.
AU - Bailey, Mark
AU - Craig, Hayley
AU - Girlanda, Mariangela
AU - Gweon, Hyun Soon
AU - Hallin, Sara
AU - Kaisermann, Aurore
AU - Keith, Aidan M.
AU - Kretzschmar, Marina
AU - Lemanceau, Philippe
AU - Lumini, Erica
AU - Mason, Kelly E.
AU - Oliver, Anna
AU - Ostle, Nick
AU - Prosser, James I.
AU - Thion, Cecile
AU - Thomson, Bruce
AU - Bardgett, Richard D.
PY - 2018/8/2
Y1 - 2018/8/2
N2 - Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in ecosystem functioning, but it is unknown how co-occurrence networks within these communities respond to disturbances such as climate extremes. This represents an important knowledge gap because changes in microbial networks could have implications for their functioning and vulnerability to future disturbances. Here, we show in grassland mesocosms that drought promotes destabilising properties in soil bacterial, but not fungal, co-occurrence networks, and that changes in bacterial communities link more strongly to soil functioning during recovery than do changes in fungal communities. Moreover, we reveal that drought has a prolonged effect on bacterial communities and their co-occurrence networks via changes in vegetation composition and resultant reductions in soil moisture. Our results provide new insight in the mechanisms through which drought alters soil microbial communities with potential long-term consequences, including future plant community composition and the ability of aboveground and belowground communities to withstand future disturbances.
AB - Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in ecosystem functioning, but it is unknown how co-occurrence networks within these communities respond to disturbances such as climate extremes. This represents an important knowledge gap because changes in microbial networks could have implications for their functioning and vulnerability to future disturbances. Here, we show in grassland mesocosms that drought promotes destabilising properties in soil bacterial, but not fungal, co-occurrence networks, and that changes in bacterial communities link more strongly to soil functioning during recovery than do changes in fungal communities. Moreover, we reveal that drought has a prolonged effect on bacterial communities and their co-occurrence networks via changes in vegetation composition and resultant reductions in soil moisture. Our results provide new insight in the mechanisms through which drought alters soil microbial communities with potential long-term consequences, including future plant community composition and the ability of aboveground and belowground communities to withstand future disturbances.
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-018-05516-7
DO - 10.1038/s41467-018-05516-7
M3 - Article
VL - 9
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
ER -