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TY - JOUR
T1 - Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
AU - Bardgett, Richard D.
AU - Van Der Putten, Wim H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/11/27
Y1 - 2014/11/27
N2 - Evidence is mounting that the immense diversity of microorganisms and animals that live belowground contributes significantly to shaping aboveground biodiversity and the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Our understanding of how this belowground biodiversity is distributed, and how it regulates the structure and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, is rapidly growing. Evidence also points to soil biodiversity as having a key role in determining the ecological and evolutionary responses of terrestrial ecosystems to current and future environmental change. Here we review recent progress and propose avenues for further research in this field.
AB - Evidence is mounting that the immense diversity of microorganisms and animals that live belowground contributes significantly to shaping aboveground biodiversity and the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Our understanding of how this belowground biodiversity is distributed, and how it regulates the structure and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, is rapidly growing. Evidence also points to soil biodiversity as having a key role in determining the ecological and evolutionary responses of terrestrial ecosystems to current and future environmental change. Here we review recent progress and propose avenues for further research in this field.
U2 - 10.1038/nature13855
DO - 10.1038/nature13855
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25428498
AN - SCOPUS:84923094743
VL - 515
SP - 505
EP - 511
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 7528
ER -