Title : ( Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands )
Authors: Fernando T. Maestre , Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo , Thomas C. Jeffries , Mohammad Farzam , Kamal Naseri , Brajesh K. Singh ,
Full TextAbstract
Climate change is increasing the degree of aridity in drylands, which occupy 41% of Earth’s surface and support 38% of its population. Soil bacteria and fungi are largely responsible for key ecosystem services, including soil fertility and climate regulation, yet their responses to changes in aridity are poorly understood. Using a field survey conducted in drylands worldwide and DNAsequencing approaches, we found that increases in aridity reduce the diversity and abundance of soil bacteria and fungi. This study represents an important advancement in our understanding of soil microbial communities and their likely responses to ongoing climate change.
Keywords
, bacteria, fungi, climate change, arid, semiarid
@article{paperid:1053164,
author = {Fernando T. Maestre and Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo and Thomas C. Jeffries and Farzam, Mohammad and Naseri, Kamal and Brajesh K. Singh},
title = {Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States},
year = {2015},
volume = {112},
number = {51},
month = {November},
issn = {0027-8424},
pages = {15684--15689},
numpages = {5},
keywords = {bacteria; fungi; climate change; arid; semiarid},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands
%A Fernando T. Maestre
%A Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
%A Thomas C. Jeffries
%A Farzam, Mohammad
%A Naseri, Kamal
%A Brajesh K. Singh
%J Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
%@ 0027-8424
%D 2015
