Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 99; no. 11; pp. 2455 - 2466
• Main Authors: Nottingham, Andrew T., Fierer, Noah, Turner, Benjamin L., Whitaker, Jeanette, Ostle, Nick J., McNamara, Niall P., Bardgett, Richard D., Leff, Jonathan W., Salinas, Norma, Silman, Miles R., Kruuk, Loeske E. B., Meir, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; biogeography; Ecosystem; elevation gradient; Fungi - classification; microbial ecology; Peru; phylogenetic diversity; plant ecology; Soil - chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Temperature; tropical forests; biogeography; phylogenetic diversity; plant ecology; tropical forests; elevation gradient; microbial ecology; Peru

More than 200 years ago, Alexander von Humboldt reported that tropical plant species richness decreased with increasing elevation and decreasing temperature. Surprisingly, coordinated patterns in plant, bacterial, and fungal diversity on tropical mountains have not yet been observed, despite the cen...