PMID- 26118993
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160719
LR  - 20151014
IS  - 1365-2486 (Electronic)
IS  - 1354-1013 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 11
DP  - 2015 Nov
TI  - Plant diversity drives soil microbial biomass carbon in grasslands irrespective 
      of global environmental change factors.
PG  - 4076-85
LID - 10.1111/gcb.13011 [doi]
AB  - Soil microbial biomass is a key determinant of carbon dynamics in the soil. 
      Several studies have shown that soil microbial biomass significantly increases 
      with plant species diversity, but it remains unclear whether plant species 
      diversity can also stabilize soil microbial biomass in a changing environment. 
      This question is particularly relevant as many global environmental change (GEC) 
      factors, such as drought and nutrient enrichment, have been shown to reduce soil 
      microbial biomass. Experiments with orthogonal manipulations of plant diversity 
      and GEC factors can provide insights whether plant diversity can attenuate such 
      detrimental effects on soil microbial biomass. Here, we present the analysis of 
      12 different studies with 14 unique orthogonal plant diversity x GEC 
      manipulations in grasslands, where plant diversity and at least one GEC factor 
      (elevated CO2 , nutrient enrichment, drought, earthworm presence, or warming) 
      were manipulated. Our results show that higher plant diversity significantly 
      enhances soil microbial biomass with the strongest effects in long-term field 
      experiments. In contrast, GEC factors had inconsistent effects with only drought 
      having a significant negative effect. Importantly, we report consistent 
      non-significant effects for all 14 interactions between plant diversity and GEC 
      factors, which indicates a limited potential of plant diversity to attenuate the 
      effects of GEC factors on soil microbial biomass. We highlight that plant 
      diversity is a major determinant of soil microbial biomass in experimental 
      grasslands that can influence soil carbon dynamics irrespective of GEC.
CI  - (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
FAU - Thakur, Madhav Prakash
AU  - Thakur MP
AD  - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 
      Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
AD  - Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 21, 04103, Leipzig, 
      Germany.
FAU - Milcu, Alexandru
AU  - Milcu A
AD  - CNRS, Ecotron - UPS 3248, Campus Baillarguet, 34980, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.
AD  - CNRS, Centre Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE, UMR-5175), 1919 
      Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier, France.
FAU - Manning, Pete
AU  - Manning P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7940-2023
AD  - Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, 
      Switzerland.
FAU - Niklaus, Pascal A
AU  - Niklaus PA
AD  - Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of 
      Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
FAU - Roscher, Christiane
AU  - Roscher C
AD  - UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Community Ecology, 
      Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4, 06120, Halle, Germany.
FAU - Power, Sally
AU  - Power S
AD  - Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, 
      Berkshire, SL5 8JL, UK.
AD  - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Locked 
      Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.
FAU - Reich, Peter B
AU  - Reich PB
AD  - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Locked 
      Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.
AD  - Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 1530 North Cleveland 
      Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
FAU - Scheu, Stefan
AU  - Scheu S
AD  - J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Georg August University 
      Gottingen, Berliner Strasse 28, Gottingen, 37073, Germany.
FAU - Tilman, David
AU  - Tilman D
AD  - Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, 
      MN, 55108, USA.
FAU - Ai, Fuxun
AU  - Ai F
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the 
      Environment, Xianlin Avenue 163, 210023, Nanjing, China.
FAU - Guo, Hongyan
AU  - Guo H
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the 
      Environment, Xianlin Avenue 163, 210023, Nanjing, China.
FAU - Ji, Rong
AU  - Ji R
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the 
      Environment, Xianlin Avenue 163, 210023, Nanjing, China.
FAU - Pierce, Sarah
AU  - Pierce S
AD  - Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, 
      Berkshire, SL5 8JL, UK.
FAU - Ramirez, Nathaly Guerrero
AU  - Ramirez NG
AD  - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 
      Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
AD  - Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 21, 04103, Leipzig, 
      Germany.
FAU - Richter, Annabell Nicola
AU  - Richter AN
AD  - Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger Str. 159, 
      07743, Jena, Germany.
FAU - Steinauer, Katja
AU  - Steinauer K
AD  - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 
      Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
AD  - Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 21, 04103, Leipzig, 
      Germany.
FAU - Strecker, Tanja
AU  - Strecker T
AD  - J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Georg August University 
      Gottingen, Berliner Strasse 28, Gottingen, 37073, Germany.
FAU - Vogel, Anja
AU  - Vogel A
AD  - Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger Str. 159, 
      07743, Jena, Germany.
FAU - Eisenhauer, Nico
AU  - Eisenhauer N
AD  - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 
      Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
AD  - Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 21, 04103, Leipzig, 
      Germany.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Meta-Analysis
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150922
PL  - England
TA  - Glob Chang Biol
JT  - Global change biology
JID - 9888746
RN  - 7440-44-0 (Carbon)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Biodiversity
MH  - Biomass
MH  - Carbon/metabolism
MH  - *Climate Change
MH  - Droughts
MH  - *Grassland
MH  - *Plants
MH  - *Soil Microbiology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - biodiversity loss
OT  - carbon dynamics
OT  - drought
OT  - long-term experiments
OT  - microbial activity
OT  - plant biomass
EDAT- 2015/06/30 06:00
MHDA- 2016/07/20 06:00
CRDT- 2015/06/30 06:00
PHST- 2015/03/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/05/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/06/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/06/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/07/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/gcb.13011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Glob Chang Biol. 2015 Nov;21(11):4076-85. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13011. Epub 2015 Sep 
      22.