The influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomes

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dc.contributor.authorDelgado-Baquerizo, Manuelen
dc.contributor.authorReich, Peter B.en
dc.contributor.authorBardgett, Richard D.en
dc.contributor.authorEldridge, David J.en
dc.contributor.authorLambers, Hansen
dc.contributor.authorWardle, David A.en
dc.contributor.authorReed, Sasha C.en
dc.contributor.authorPlaza, Cesaren
dc.contributor.authorPng, G. Kennyen
dc.contributor.authorNeuhauser, Sigriden
dc.contributor.authorBerhe, Asmeret Asefawen
dc.contributor.authorHart, Stephen C.en
dc.contributor.authorHu, Hang-Weien
dc.contributor.authorHe, Ji-Zhengen
dc.contributor.authorBastida, Felipeen
dc.contributor.authorAbades, Sebastian R.en
dc.contributor.authorAlfaro, Fernando D.en
dc.contributor.authorCutler, Nick A.en
dc.contributor.authorGallardo, Antonioen
dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Velazquez, Lauraen
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Patrick E.en
dc.contributor.authorHseu, Zeng-Yeien
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Cecilia A.en
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Fernandaen
dc.contributor.authorSiebe, Christinaen
dc.contributor.authorTrivedi, Pankajen
dc.contributor.authorSullivan, Benjamin W.en
dc.contributor.authorWeber-Grullon, Luisen
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Mark A.en
dc.contributor.authorFierer, Noahen
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-08T15:46:23Zen
dc.date.available2021-02-08T15:46:23Zen
dc.date.issued2020-09-18en
dc.description.abstractThe importance of soil age as an ecosystem driver across biomes remains largely unresolved. By combining a cross-biome global field survey, including data for 32 soil, plant, and microbial properties in 16 soil chronosequences, with a global meta-analysis, we show that soil age is a significant ecosystem driver, but only accounts for a relatively small proportion of the cross-biome variation in multiple ecosystem properties. Parent material, climate, vegetation and topography predict, collectively, 24 times more variation in ecosystem properties than soil age alone. Soil age is an important local-scale ecosystem driver; however, environmental context, rather than soil age, determines the rates and trajectories of ecosystem development in structure and function across biomes. Our work provides insights into the natural history of terrestrial ecosystems. We propose that, regardless of soil age, changes in the environmental context, such as those associated with global climatic and land-use changes, will have important long-term impacts on the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems across biomes. Soil age is thought to be an important driver of ecosystem development. Here, the authors perform a global survey of soil chronosequences and meta-analysis to show that, contrary to expectations, soil age is a relatively minor ecosystem driver at the biome scale once other drivers such as parent material, climate, and vegetation type are accounted for.en
dc.description.notesThis project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 702057 (CLIMIFUN). M.D.-B. is supported by a Ramon y Cajal grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (RYC2018-025483-I), and by the BES Grant Agreement No. LRB17\1019 (MUSGONET). F.B. is grateful to the Spanish Ministry and FEDER funds for the project AGL2017-85755-R, the i-LINK+2018 (LINKA20069) from CSIC, and received funds from "Fundacion Seneca" from Murcia Province (19896/GERM/15). S.R. was supported by the US Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area. C.P. acknowledges support from the Spanish State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (2013-2016), award ref. AGL201675762-R (AEI/FEDER, UE). A.G. acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Science (CGL2017-88124-R). F.A. is supported by FONDECYT 11180538 and S.A. by FONDECYT 1170995. We would like to thank Peter Vitousek for his comments on a previous draft of this paper. Moreover, we thank Matt Gebert, Jessica Henley, Fernando T. Maestre, Victoria Ochoa, and Beatriz Gozalo for their help with lab analyses, and Emilio Guirado for his advice with topographic analyses. We also want to thank Osvaldo Sala, Matthew A. Bowker, Peter Vitousek, Courtney Currier, Martin Kirchmair, Victor M. Pena-Ramirez, Lynn Riedel, Julie Larson, Katy Waechter, David Buckner, and Brian Anacker for their help with soil sampling, and to the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks for allowing us to conduct these samplings. We are also grateful to the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the State of Hawai'i and Koke'e State Park for their logistical assistance and for allowing us access to the HA sites. The Arizona research sites were established with the support of an EPASTAR Graduate Fellowship (U-916251), a Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research Graduate Fellowship, an Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation of Arizona Scholarship, and McIntire-Stennis appropriations to Northern Arizona University and the State of Arizona. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie GrantEuropean Union (EU) [702057]; Ramon y Cajal grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [RYC2018-025483-I]; BES Grant [LRB17\1019]; Spanish MinistrySpanish Government; FEDER fundsEuropean Union (EU) [AGL2017-85755-R]; i-LINK+2018 from CSIC [LINKA20069]; Fundacion Seneca" from Murcia Province [19896/GERM/15]; US Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area; Spanish State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (2013-2016) [AGL201675762-R]; Spanish Ministry of ScienceSpanish Government [CGL2017-88124-R]; FONDECYTComision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT)CONICYT FONDECYT [1170995, 11180538]; EPASTAR Graduate FellowshipUnited States Environmental Protection Agency [U-916251]; Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research Graduate Fellowship; Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation of Arizona Scholarship; McIntire-Stennis appropriations to Northern Arizona University; State of Arizonaen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18451-3en
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.other4721en
dc.identifier.pmid32948775en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/102302en
dc.identifier.volume11en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.titleThe influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomesen
dc.title.serialNature Communicationsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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