Habitat partitioning of soil microbial communities along an elevation gradient: from plant root to landscape scale

• Published in: Oikos Vol. 2023; no. 1
• Main Authors: Merino‐Martín, Luis, Hernández‐Cáceres, Daniel, Reverchon, Frédérique, Angeles‐Alvarez, Guillermo, Zhang, Guangqi, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Denis, Dezette, Damien, Stokes, Alexia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2023; Nordic Ecological Society
• Subjects: Acidobacteria; Actinobacteria; alpine ecosystem; Alps region; altitude; Ascomycota; Bacteria; Basidiomycota; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; Botanics; Chemical properties; Chemicophysical properties; Climate; Community composition; Community structure; Distribution; Distribution patterns; Ecology, environment; Ecosystems; Environmental changes; Environmental Sciences; Flowers & plants; Fungi; Habitats; Juniperus communis; Landscape; landscapes; Life Sciences; Microbial activity; microbial communities; microbial diversity; Microbiomes; Microorganisms; mountain ecosystem; Mountain ecosystems; Picea abies; Plant communities; Plant diversity; Plant roots; Plant species; Plants; Proteobacteria; Rhizosphere; root traits; roots; soil; Soil chemistry; Soil microorganisms; Soil properties; Soils; Species diversity; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Treeline; Vaccinium myrtillus; Vegetal Biology; Vegetation; Verrucomicrobia; Alps region; Vaccinium myrtillus; Juniperus communis; Soil properties; French Alpes; Microbial diversity; Root traits; Alpine ecosystem; Picea abies; Mountain ecosystem

Within a landscape, multiple habitats exist for soil microbial communities. But how these habitats shape community composition requires an understanding of the way in which microbial diversity is impacted across a broad range of spatial scales. Mountain ecosystems are excellent systems to study micr...