Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 5350 - 15
• Main Authors: Hu, Weigang, Ran, Jinzhi, Dong, Longwei, Du, Qiajun, Ji, Mingfei, Yao, Shuran, Sun, Yuan, Gong, Chunmei, Hou, Qingqing, Gong, Haiyang, Chen, Renfei, Lu, Jingli, Xie, Shubin, Wang, Zhiqiang, Huang, Heng, Li, Xiaowei, Xiong, Junlan, Xia, Rui, Wei, Maohong, Zhao, Dongmin, Zhang, Yahui, Li, Jinhui, Yang, Huixia, Wang, Xiaoting, Deng, Yan, Sun, Ying, Li, Hailing, Zhang, Liang, Chu, Qipeng, Li, Xinwei, Aqeel, Muhammad, Manan, Abdul, Akram, Muhammad Adnan, Liu, Xianghan, Li, Rui, Li, Fan, Hou, Chen, Liu, Jianquan, He, Jin-Sheng, An, Lizhe, Bardgett, Richard D., Schmid, Bernhard, Deng, Jianming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.09.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 38/22; 38/23; 38/77; 631/158/2165; 631/158/2452; 631/158/670; 631/158/855; 631/449/2668; Arid climates; Arid lands; Arid regions; Arid zones; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; China; Climate prediction; Desert Climate; Ecological function; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Environmental gradient; Fungi - classification; Fungi - growth & development; Fungi - metabolism; Geography; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Microorganisms; Models, Theoretical; multidisciplinary; Plant Development; Plant species; Plants - classification; Plants - metabolism; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soil - chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Soil nutrients; Soils; Species richness; Species Specificity; Water - metabolism; Wildlife conservation; China

Relationships between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem multifunctionality) are context-dependent. Both plant and soil microbial diversity have been reported to regulate ecosystem multifunctionality, but how their relative importance varies along environmental gradien...