TY - JOUR
T1 - Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses
AU - Morriën, Elly
AU - Hannula, S. Emilia
AU - Snoek, L. Basten
AU - Helmsing, Nico R.
AU - Zweers, Hans
AU - de Hollander, Mattias
AU - Soto, Raquel Luján
AU - Bouffaud, Marie Lara
AU - Buée, Marc
AU - Dimmers, Wim
AU - Duyts, Henk
AU - Geisen, Stefan
AU - Girlanda, Mariangela
AU - Griffiths, Rob I.
AU - Jørgensen, Helene Bracht
AU - Jensen, John
AU - Plassart, Pierre
AU - Redecker, Dirk
AU - Schmelz, Rudiger M.
AU - Schmidt, Olaf
AU - Thomson, Bruce C.
AU - Tisserant, Emilie
AU - Uroz, Stephane
AU - Winding, Anne
AU - Bailey, Mark J.
AU - Bonkowski, Michael
AU - Faber, Jack H.
AU - Martin, Francis
AU - Lemanceau, Philippe
AU - de Boer, Wietse
AU - Van Veen, Johannes A.
AU - van der Putten, Wim H.
PY - 2017/2/8
Y1 - 2017/2/8
N2 - Soil organisms have an important role in aboveground community dynamics and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. However, most studies have considered soil biota as a black box or focussed on specific groups, whereas little is known about entire soil networks. Here we show that during the course of nature restoration on abandoned arable land a compositional shift in soil biota, preceded by tightening of the belowground networks, corresponds with enhanced efficiency of carbon uptake. In mid- and long-term abandoned field soil, carbon uptake by fungi increases without an increase in fungal biomass or shift in bacterial-to-fungal ratio. The implication of our findings is that during nature restoration the efficiency of nutrient cycling and carbon uptake can increase by a shift in fungal composition and/or fungal activity. Therefore, we propose that relationships between soil food web structure and carbon cycling in soils need to be reconsidered.
AB - Soil organisms have an important role in aboveground community dynamics and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. However, most studies have considered soil biota as a black box or focussed on specific groups, whereas little is known about entire soil networks. Here we show that during the course of nature restoration on abandoned arable land a compositional shift in soil biota, preceded by tightening of the belowground networks, corresponds with enhanced efficiency of carbon uptake. In mid- and long-term abandoned field soil, carbon uptake by fungi increases without an increase in fungal biomass or shift in bacterial-to-fungal ratio. The implication of our findings is that during nature restoration the efficiency of nutrient cycling and carbon uptake can increase by a shift in fungal composition and/or fungal activity. Therefore, we propose that relationships between soil food web structure and carbon cycling in soils need to be reconsidered.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncomms14349
DO - 10.1038/ncomms14349
M3 - Article
C2 - 28176768
AN - SCOPUS:85011964501
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 8
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
M1 - 14349
ER -