The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate
Original language description
Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of crucial importance in times of climate change and biodiversity loss. Here, we show that plant diversity is positively correlated with soil carbon content and soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio across 84 grasslands on six continents that span wide climate gradients. The relationships between plant diversity and soil carbon as well as plant diversity and soil organic matter quality (carbon-to-nitrogen ratio) are particularly strong in warm and arid climates. While plant biomass is positively correlated with soil carbon, plant biomass is not significantly correlated with plant diversity. Our results indicate that plant diversity influences soil carbon storage not via the quantity of organic matter (plant biomass) inputs to soil, but through the quality of organic matter. The study implies that ecosystem management that restores plant diversity likely enhances soil carbon sequestration, particularly in warm and arid climates.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Communications
ISSN
2041-1723
e-ISSN
2041-1723
Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
6624
UT code for WoS article
001100196000011
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85174498243