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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2013-11-01
    Description: The biogeochemical cycles of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are interlinked by primary production, respiration and decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. It has been suggested that the C, N and P cycles could become uncoupled under rapid climate change because of the different degrees of control exerted on the supply of these elements by biological and geochemical processes. Climatic controls on biogeochemical cycles are particularly relevant in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid ecosystems (drylands) because their biological activity is mainly driven by water availability. The increase in aridity predicted for the twenty-first century in many drylands worldwide may therefore threaten the balance between these cycles, differentially affecting the availability of essential nutrients. Here we evaluate how aridity affects the balance between C, N and P in soils collected from 224 dryland sites from all continents except Antarctica. We find a negative effect of aridity on the concentration of soil organic C and total N, but a positive effect on the concentration of inorganic P. Aridity is negatively related to plant cover, which may favour the dominance of physical processes such as rock weathering, a major source of P to ecosystems, over biological processes that provide more C and N, such as litter decomposition. Our findings suggest that any predicted increase in aridity with climate change will probably reduce the concentrations of N and C in global drylands, but increase that of P. These changes would uncouple the C, N and P cycles in drylands and could negatively affect the provision of key services provided by these ecosystems.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel -- Maestre, Fernando T -- Gallardo, Antonio -- Bowker, Matthew A -- Wallenstein, Matthew D -- Quero, Jose Luis -- Ochoa, Victoria -- Gozalo, Beatriz -- Garcia-Gomez, Miguel -- Soliveres, Santiago -- Garcia-Palacios, Pablo -- Berdugo, Miguel -- Valencia, Enrique -- Escolar, Cristina -- Arredondo, Tulio -- Barraza-Zepeda, Claudia -- Bran, Donaldo -- Carreira, Jose Antonio -- Chaieb, Mohamed -- Conceicao, Abel A -- Derak, Mchich -- Eldridge, David J -- Escudero, Adrian -- Espinosa, Carlos I -- Gaitan, Juan -- Gatica, M Gabriel -- Gomez-Gonzalez, Susana -- Guzman, Elizabeth -- Gutierrez, Julio R -- Florentino, Adriana -- Hepper, Estela -- Hernandez, Rosa M -- Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth -- Jankju, Mohammad -- Liu, Jushan -- Mau, Rebecca L -- Miriti, Maria -- Monerris, Jorge -- Naseri, Kamal -- Noumi, Zouhaier -- Polo, Vicente -- Prina, Anibal -- Pucheta, Eduardo -- Ramirez, Elizabeth -- Ramirez-Collantes, David A -- Romao, Roberto -- Tighe, Matthew -- Torres, Duilio -- Torres-Diaz, Cristian -- Ungar, Eugene D -- Val, James -- Wamiti, Wanyoike -- Wang, Deli -- Zaady, Eli -- England -- Nature. 2013 Oct 31;502(7473):672-6. doi: 10.1038/nature12670.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉1] Departamento de Sistemas Fisicos, Quimicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera, kilometro 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain [2] Area de Biodiversidad y Conservacion, Departamento de Biologia y Geologia, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnologia, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipan Sin Numero, 28933 Mostoles, Spain.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24172979" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aluminum Silicates/analysis ; Biomass ; Carbon/analysis/metabolism ; Carbon Cycle ; Climate Change ; *Desert Climate ; *Desiccation ; *Ecosystem ; *Geography ; Models, Theoretical ; Nitrogen/analysis/metabolism ; Nitrogen Cycle ; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/analysis/metabolism ; Phosphorus/analysis/metabolism ; Plants/metabolism ; Soil/*chemistry
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2012-01-17
    Description: Experiments suggest that biodiversity enhances the ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple functions, such as carbon storage, productivity, and the buildup of nutrient pools (multifunctionality). However, the relationship between biodiversity and multifunctionality has never been assessed globally in natural ecosystems. We report here on a global empirical study relating plant species richness and abiotic factors to multifunctionality in drylands, which collectively cover 41% of Earth's land surface and support over 38% of the human population. Multifunctionality was positively and significantly related to species richness. The best-fitting models accounted for over 55% of the variation in multifunctionality and always included species richness as a predictor variable. Our results suggest that the preservation of plant biodiversity is crucial to buffer negative effects of climate change and desertification in drylands.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558739/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558739/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Maestre, Fernando T -- Quero, Jose L -- Gotelli, Nicholas J -- Escudero, Adrian -- Ochoa, Victoria -- Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel -- Garcia-Gomez, Miguel -- Bowker, Matthew A -- Soliveres, Santiago -- Escolar, Cristina -- Garcia-Palacios, Pablo -- Berdugo, Miguel -- Valencia, Enrique -- Gozalo, Beatriz -- Gallardo, Antonio -- Aguilera, Lorgio -- Arredondo, Tulio -- Blones, Julio -- Boeken, Bertrand -- Bran, Donaldo -- Conceicao, Abel A -- Cabrera, Omar -- Chaieb, Mohamed -- Derak, McHich -- Eldridge, David J -- Espinosa, Carlos I -- Florentino, Adriana -- Gaitan, Juan -- Gatica, M Gabriel -- Ghiloufi, Wahida -- Gomez-Gonzalez, Susana -- Gutierrez, Julio R -- Hernandez, Rosa M -- Huang, Xuewen -- Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth -- Jankju, Mohammad -- Miriti, Maria -- Monerris, Jorge -- Mau, Rebecca L -- Morici, Ernesto -- Naseri, Kamal -- Ospina, Abelardo -- Polo, Vicente -- Prina, Anibal -- Pucheta, Eduardo -- Ramirez-Collantes, David A -- Romao, Roberto -- Tighe, Matthew -- Torres-Diaz, Cristian -- Val, James -- Veiga, Jose P -- Wang, Deli -- Zaady, Eli -- 242658/European Research Council/International -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2012 Jan 13;335(6065):214-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1215442.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Area de Biodiversidad y Conservacion, Departamento de Biologia y Geologia, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnologia, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipan Sin Numero, 28933 Mostoles, Spain. fernando.maestre@urjc.es〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22246775" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Biodiversity ; *Climate ; Climate Change ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; *Ecosystem ; Geography ; Geological Phenomena ; Models, Statistical ; *Plants ; Regression Analysis ; Temperature
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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