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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-477-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-477-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Whole-soil warming decreases abundance and modifies the community structure of microorganisms in the subsoil but not in surface soil
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Nicholas O. E. Ofiti
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Jennifer L. Soong
Climate and Ecosystem Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Emily F. Solly
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
currently at: Group for Sustainable Agroecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Margaret S. Torn
Climate and Ecosystem Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Arnaud Huguet
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, PSL, UMR METIS, Paris, France
Guido L. B. Wiesenberg
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Michael W. I. Schmidt
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The depth-dependent microbial response to root litter input in an experimental whole-soil warming study E. Pegoraro et al.
- Climate Effects on Subsoil Carbon Loss Mediated by Soil Chemistry A. Possinger et al.
- Protist‐Bacteria Trophic Interactions Contribute to Higher Community Stability in Subsoils Than Topsoils S. Liu et al.
- Enhancement of saturated fatty acid content in soil microbial membranes across natural and experimental warming gradients J. He et al.
- Deep soil organic carbon: A review J. Dubeux, et al.
- The validity of ecological hypotheses concerning aboveground organisms for soil microbial biomass and diversity across soil depths on the Mongolian Plateau X. Yang et al.
- Whole-soil warming decreases abundance and modifies the community structure of microorganisms in the subsoil but not in surface soil C. Zosso et al.
- Warming-driven and depth-dependent responses of soil microbial communities toward nutrient limitations: Ecological insights into alpine grassland restoration H. Shi et al.
- Effects of coffee pericarp and litter mulsching on soil microbiomes diversity and functions in a tropical coffee plantation, South China S. Zhao et al.
- How Does Warming Affect Microbial Communities in whole-soil Under Contrasting Management? M. Khan et al.
- Warming accelerates the decomposition of root-derived hydrolysable lipids in a temperate forest and is depth- and compound class-dependent B. Sun et al.
- Soil microorganisms and methane emissions in response to short-term warming field incubation in Svalbard J. Li et al.
- Vulnerability of carbon in subalpine soils in the face of warmer temperatures D. Püntener et al.
- Impact of yak excreta on soil bacterial community in alpine marsh under warming conditions X. Guo et al.
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Short summary
How subsoil microorganisms respond to warming is largely unknown, despite their crucial role in the soil organic carbon cycle. We observed that the subsoil microbial community composition was more responsive to warming compared to the topsoil community composition. Decreased microbial abundance in subsoils, as observed in this study, might reduce the magnitude of the respiration response over time, and a shift in the microbial community will likely affect the cycling of soil organic carbon.
How subsoil microorganisms respond to warming is largely unknown, despite their crucial role in...