Functional redundancy and specific taxa modulate the contribution of prokaryotic diversity and composition to multifunctionality

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 30; no. 12; pp. 2915 - 2930
• Main Authors: Li, Yan, Ge, Yuan, Wang, Jichen, Shen, Congcong, Wang, Jianlei, Liu, Yong‐Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2021
• Subjects: Composition; composition shift; diversity–function relationship; Ecological function; Ecosystem management; ecosystem multifunctionality; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Environment models; functional redundancy; Functionals; Microbial activity; microbial communities; microbial diversity loss; Microorganisms; Nitrification; Nutrient cycles; Nutrient loss; prediction; Redundancy; Soil investigations; Soil nutrients; soil respiration; Soils; specific taxa; Taxa; taxonomy; specific taxa; functional redundancy; composition shift; diversity-function relationship; ecosystem multifunctionality; microbial diversity loss

Observational and experimental evidence has revealed the functional importance of microbial diversity. However, the effects of microbial diversity loss on ecosystem functions are not consistent across studies, which are probably tempered by microbial functional redundancy, specific taxa and function...