Soil microbial identity explains home-field advantage for litter decomposition
© 2024 The Author(s). New Phytologist © 2024 New Phytologist Foundation.
Veröffentlicht in: | The New phytologist. - 1979. - 243(2024), 6 vom: 21. Sept., Seite 2146-2156 |
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Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The New phytologist |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article climate origin community‐by‐environment microbiome‐wide association analysis plant–soil linkages reciprocal transplant experiment soil microbial communities soil origin temporal decay Soil |
Zusammenfassung: | © 2024 The Author(s). New Phytologist © 2024 New Phytologist Foundation. Unraveling the mechanisms of home-field advantage (HFA) is essential to gain a complete understanding of litter decomposition processes. However, knowledge of the relationships between HFA effects and microbial communities is lacking. To examine HFA effects on litter decomposition, we identified the microbial communities and conducted a reciprocal transplant experiment, including all possible combinations of soil and litter, between sites at two elevations in cool-temperate forests. Soil origin, rather than HFA, was an important factor in controlling litter decomposition processes. Microbiome-wide association analyses identified litter fungi and bacteria specific to the source soil, which completely differed at a low taxonomic level between litter types. The relative abundance of these microbes specific to source soil was positively correlated with litter mass loss. The results indicated that the unique relationships between plant litter and soil microbes through plant-soil linkages drive litter decomposition processes. In the short term, soil disturbances resulting from land-use changes have the potential to disrupt the effect of soil origin and hinder the advancement of litter decomposition. These findings contribute to an understanding of HFA mechanisms and the impacts of land-use change on decomposition processes in forest ecosystems |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 22.08.2024 Date Revised 22.08.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1469-8137 |
DOI: | 10.1111/nph.19769 |