Mammal and tree diversity accumulate different types of soil organic matter in the northern Amazon

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dc.contributor.authorLosada, Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorMartinez, Antonio M.en
dc.contributor.authorSilvius, Kirsten M.en
dc.contributor.authorVarela, Saraen
dc.contributor.authorRaab, Ted K.en
dc.contributor.authorFragoso, Jose M. V.en
dc.contributor.authorSobral, Maren
dc.coverage.countryGuyanaen
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-10T13:27:15Zen
dc.date.available2023-10-10T13:27:15Zen
dc.date.issued2023-03en
dc.description.abstractDiversity of plants and animals influence soil carbon through their contributions to soil organic matter (SOM). However, we do not know whether mammal and tree communities affect SOM composition in the same manner. This question is relevant because not all forms of carbon are equally resistant to mineralization by microbes and thus, relevant to carbon storage. We analyzed the elemental and molecular composition of 401 soil samples, with relation to the species richness of 83 mammal and tree communities at a landscape scale across 4.8 million hectares in the northern Amazon. We found opposite effects of mammal and tree richness over SOM composition. Mammal diversity is related to SOM rich in nitrogen, sulfur and iron whereas tree diversity is related to SOM rich in aliphatic and carbonyl compounds. These results help us to better understand the role of biodiversity in the carbon cycle and its implications for climate change mitigation.en
dc.description.notesFunding for soil and soil biodiversity integrative analysis came from Xunta de Galicia (Spain) under the grant I2C (Ref. ED481D 2019/024) and the grant Consolidation 2021 GRC GI-1553 EcoPast (Ref. ED431C2021/32), and the European Research Council (ERC), European Union, under the MAPAS ERC Starting Grant 2020-2025 (grant agreement No 947921). Funding for soil, human and biodiversity data collection came from the National Science Foundation (NSF; Grant BE/CNH 05 08094) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (US). All primary data on plant and animal diversity and all soil samples used in this paper were collected by indigenous Makushi, Wapishana and Wai-Wai technicians as part of the Project Fauna Collaborative Science project, and the research design considered their traditional ways of land and resource use. K. Epps, D. Turner and E. Kurten collaborated with soil sampling and CNH analysis, and A. Cummings supervised plant data collection. The Guyana Environmental Protection Agency and the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs issued permission to work in the Rupununi region of Guyana. We thank the Iwokrama International Center for Rain-forest Conservation, the North Rupununi District Development Board, and the Deep South Toshaos' Council for their support during this fieldwork. We thank the internship students at EcoPast lab (M.A. Suarez, E. Fernandez, M. Mendez) for their help in sample processing and FTIR-ATR measurements and A. Milcu for his advice on statistics.en
dc.description.sponsorshipXunta de Galicia (Spain) [ED481D 2019/024]; European Research Council (ERC); European Union [GRC GI-1553 EcoPast]; National Science Foundation (NSF) [ED431C2021/32]; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (US); North Rupununi District Development Board; [947921]; [BE/CNH 05 08094]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106088en
dc.identifier.eissn2589-0042en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.other106088en
dc.identifier.pmid36915677en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/116437en
dc.identifier.volume26en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCell Pressen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectcarbonen
dc.subjectforesten
dc.subjectplanten
dc.subjectvegetationen
dc.subjectdecompositionen
dc.subjectbiodiversityen
dc.subjectmicroorganismsen
dc.subjectstabilizationen
dc.subjectacidificationen
dc.subjectassociationsen
dc.titleMammal and tree diversity accumulate different types of soil organic matter in the northern Amazonen
dc.title.serialiScienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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