Diversity patterns and drivers of methanotrophic gene distributions in forest soils across a large latitudinal gradient

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 30; no. 10; pp. 2004 - 2015
• Main Authors: Kou, Yongping, Zhao, Wenqiang, Liu, Yanjiao, Wu, Yanhong, Xiao, Jiangtao, Wang, Xiaohu, Bing, Haijian, Liu, Qing, Hickler, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Aerobic capacity; Ammonia; Aridity; Assembly; biogeographical distribution; biogeography; China; Climate change; community assembly; dry environmental conditions; Ecosystems; Environment models; Environmental factors; environmental selection; Forest ecosystems; Forest soils; forest type; Forests; genes; Geographical distribution; Global warming; Methane; Methanotrophic bacteria; methanotrophs; Multivariate statistical analysis; normalized difference vegetation index; Normalized difference vegetative index; Oxidation; Phylogeny; pmoA diversity; prediction; Predictions; Relative abundance; Soil chemistry; soil methanotrophs; Soil pH; Soils; Statistical analysis; Terrestrial ecosystems; upland soils; Vegetation; Vegetation index; China

Aim Methane oxidation driven by soil aerobic methanotrophs exhibits the largest methane sink capacity in forest ecosystems and plays important roles in the alleviation of global warming. Many studies have revealed the distribution of methanotrophs in forest ecosystems at field scales; however, the b...