Divergent national-scale trends of microbial and animal biodiversity revealed across diverse temperate soil ecosystems

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 1107 - 11
• Main Authors: George, Paul B. L., Lallias, Delphine, Creer, Simon, Seaton, Fiona M., Kenny, John G., Eccles, Richard M., Griffiths, Robert I., Lebron, Inma, Emmett, Bridget A., Robinson, David A., Jones, Davey L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.03.2019; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 45/77; 631/158/852; 631/158/855; 704/158/853; Animal genetics; Animals; Archaea; Biodiversity; Biota; Communities; Computational Biology; Distribution patterns; DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; Ecological monitoring; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Fungi; Genetics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Land use; Life Sciences; Microbiota - genetics; Microorganisms; multidisciplinary; Nutrient cycles; Primary production; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soil; Soil Microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Soil properties; Trends; Wales; Wales; land-use; size; fungi; biogeography; patterns; ph; sequences; bacterial communities; drivers; archaea

Soil biota accounts for ~25% of global biodiversity and is vital to nutrient cycling and primary production. There is growing momentum to study total belowground biodiversity across large ecological scales to understand how habitat and soil properties shape belowground communities. Microbial and ani...