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Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships. / Hu, Weigang; Ran, Jinzhi; Dong, Longwei et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, No. 1, 5350, 31.12.2021.

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Hu, W, Ran, J, Dong, L, Du, Q, Ji, M, Yao, S, Sun, Y, Gong, C, Hou, Q, Gong, H, Chen, R, Lu, J, Xie, S, Wang, Z, Huang, H, Li, X, Xiong, J, Xia, R, Wei, M, Zhao, D, Zhang, Y, Li, J, Yang, H, Wang, X, Deng, Y, Sun, Y, Li, H, Zhang, L, Chu, Q, Li, X, Aqeel, M, Manan, A, Akram, MA, Liu, X, Li, R, Li, F, Hou, C, 刘建全, He, J-S, An, L, Bardgett, R, Schmid, B & 邓建明 2021, 'Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships', Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 5350. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25641-0

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Hu, W., Ran, J., Dong, L., Du, Q., Ji, M., Yao, S., Sun, Y., Gong, C., Hou, Q., Gong, H., Chen, R., Lu, J., Xie, S., Wang, Z., Huang, H., Li, X., Xiong, J., Xia, R., Wei, M., ... 邓建明 (2021). Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 5350. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25641-0

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Hu W, Ran J, Dong L, Du Q, Ji M, Yao S et al. Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships. Nature Communications. 2021 Dec 31;12(1):5350. Epub 2021 Sept 9. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25641-0

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Hu, Weigang ; Ran, Jinzhi ; Dong, Longwei et al. / Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships. In: Nature Communications. 2021 ; Vol. 12, No. 1.

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title = "Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships",
abstract = "Relationships between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem multifunctionality) are context-dependent. Both plant and soil microbial diversity have been reported to regulate ecosystem multifunctionality, but how their relative importance varies along environmental gradients remains poorly understood. Here, we relate plant and microbial diversity to soil multifunctionality across 130 dryland sites along a 4,000 km aridity gradient in northern China. Our results show a strong positive association between plant species richness and soil multifunctionality in less arid regions, whereas microbial diversity, in particular of fungi, is positively associated with multifunctionality in more arid regions. This shift in the relationships between plant or microbial diversity and soil multifunctionality occur at an aridity level of ∼0.8, the boundary between semiarid and arid climates, which is predicted to advance geographically ∼28% by the end of the current century. Our study highlights that biodiversity loss of plants and soil microorganisms may have especially strong consequences under low and high aridity conditions, respectively, which calls for climate-specific biodiversity conservation strategies to mitigate the effects of aridification.",
author = "Weigang Hu and Jinzhi Ran and Longwei Dong and Qiajun Du and Mingfei Ji and Shuran Yao and Yuan Sun and Chunmei Gong and Qingqing Hou and Haiyang Gong and Renfei Chen and Jingli Lu and Shubin Xie and Zhiqiang Wang and Heng Huang and Xiaowei Li and Junlan Xiong and Rui Xia and Maohong Wei and Dongmin Zhao and Yahui Zhang and Jinhui Li and Huixia Yang and Xiaoting Wang and Yan Deng and Ying Sun and Hailing Li and Liang Zhang and Qipeng Chu and Xinwei Li and Muhammad Aqeel and Abdul Manan and Akram, {Muhammad Adnan} and Xianghan Liu and Rui Li and Fan Li and Chen Hou and 刘建全 and Jin-Sheng He and Lizhe An and Richard Bardgett and Bernhard Schmid and 邓建明",
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month = dec,
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AU - Hu, Weigang

AU - Ran, Jinzhi

AU - Dong, Longwei

AU - Du, Qiajun

AU - Ji, Mingfei

AU - Yao, Shuran

AU - Sun, Yuan

AU - Gong, Chunmei

AU - Hou, Qingqing

AU - Gong, Haiyang

AU - Chen, Renfei

AU - Lu, Jingli

AU - Xie, Shubin

AU - Wang, Zhiqiang

AU - Huang, Heng

AU - Li, Xiaowei

AU - Xiong, Junlan

AU - Xia, Rui

AU - Wei, Maohong

AU - Zhao, Dongmin

AU - Zhang, Yahui

AU - Li, Jinhui

AU - Yang, Huixia

AU - Wang, Xiaoting

AU - Deng, Yan

AU - Sun, Ying

AU - Li, Hailing

AU - Zhang, Liang

AU - Chu, Qipeng

AU - Li, Xinwei

AU - Aqeel, Muhammad

AU - Manan, Abdul

AU - Akram, Muhammad Adnan

AU - Liu, Xianghan

AU - Li, Rui

AU - Li, Fan

AU - Hou, Chen

AU - 刘建全, null

AU - He, Jin-Sheng

AU - An, Lizhe

AU - Bardgett, Richard

AU - Schmid, Bernhard

AU - 邓建明, null

PY - 2021/12/31

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N2 - Relationships between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem multifunctionality) are context-dependent. Both plant and soil microbial diversity have been reported to regulate ecosystem multifunctionality, but how their relative importance varies along environmental gradients remains poorly understood. Here, we relate plant and microbial diversity to soil multifunctionality across 130 dryland sites along a 4,000 km aridity gradient in northern China. Our results show a strong positive association between plant species richness and soil multifunctionality in less arid regions, whereas microbial diversity, in particular of fungi, is positively associated with multifunctionality in more arid regions. This shift in the relationships between plant or microbial diversity and soil multifunctionality occur at an aridity level of ∼0.8, the boundary between semiarid and arid climates, which is predicted to advance geographically ∼28% by the end of the current century. Our study highlights that biodiversity loss of plants and soil microorganisms may have especially strong consequences under low and high aridity conditions, respectively, which calls for climate-specific biodiversity conservation strategies to mitigate the effects of aridification.

AB - Relationships between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem multifunctionality) are context-dependent. Both plant and soil microbial diversity have been reported to regulate ecosystem multifunctionality, but how their relative importance varies along environmental gradients remains poorly understood. Here, we relate plant and microbial diversity to soil multifunctionality across 130 dryland sites along a 4,000 km aridity gradient in northern China. Our results show a strong positive association between plant species richness and soil multifunctionality in less arid regions, whereas microbial diversity, in particular of fungi, is positively associated with multifunctionality in more arid regions. This shift in the relationships between plant or microbial diversity and soil multifunctionality occur at an aridity level of ∼0.8, the boundary between semiarid and arid climates, which is predicted to advance geographically ∼28% by the end of the current century. Our study highlights that biodiversity loss of plants and soil microorganisms may have especially strong consequences under low and high aridity conditions, respectively, which calls for climate-specific biodiversity conservation strategies to mitigate the effects of aridification.

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