Temperature thresholds drive the global distribution of soil fungal decomposers

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 28; no. 8; pp. 2779 - 2789
• Main Authors: Feng, Youzhi, Zhang, Jianwei, Berdugo, Miguel, Guirado, Emilio, Guerra, Carlos A., Egidi, Eleonora, Wang, Juntao, Singh, Brajesh K., Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2022
• Subjects: air; Air temperature; Aridity; biodiversity; biogeography; Carbon; Carbon content; Carbon Cycle; Climate change; Decomposers; Decomposition; Distribution; Ecosystem; fungal communities; fungal decomposers; Fungi; geographical distribution; global carbon budget; global change; Global warming; Relative abundance; Soil; soil carbon; soil decomposition; soil fungi; Soil Microbiology; Soil temperature; Soils; Surveying; surveys; Temperature; Temperature gradients; Thresholds; fungal decomposers; soil decomposition; biodiversity; biogeography; global change

Unraveling the biogeographic pattern of soil fungal decomposers along temperature gradients—in smooth linearity or an abrupt jump—can help us connect the global carbon cycle to global warming. Through a standardized global field survey, we identify the existence of temperature thresholds that contro...