Spitzer, Clydecia and Lindahl, Björn and Wardle, David A. and Sundqvist, Maja and Gundale, Michael and Fanin, Nicolas and Kardol, Paul
(2021).
Root trait-microbial relationships across tundra plant species.
New Phytologist. 229
, 1508-1520
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Abstract
Fine roots, and their functional traits, influence associated rhizosphere microorganisms via root exudation and root litter quality. However, little information is known about their relationship with rhizosphere microbial taxa and functional guilds.We investigated the relationships of 11 fine root traits of 20 sub-arctic tundra meadow plant species and soil microbial community composition, using phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) and high-throughput sequencing. We primarily focused on the root economics spectrum, as it provides a useful framework to examine plant strategies by integrating the co-ordination of belowground root traits along a resource acquisition-conservation trade-off axis.We found that the chemical axis of the fine root economics spectrum was positively related to fungal to bacterial ratios, but negatively to Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial ratios. However, this spectrum was unrelated to the relative abundance of functional guilds of soil fungi. Nevertheless, the relative abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi was positively correlated to root carbon content, but negatively to the numbers of root forks per root length.Our results suggest that the fine root economics spectrum is important for predicting broader groups of soil microorganisms (i.e. fungi and bacteria), while individual root traits may be more important for predicting soil microbial taxa and functional guilds.
Authors/Creators: | Spitzer, Clydecia and Lindahl, Björn and Wardle, David A. and Sundqvist, Maja and Gundale, Michael and Fanin, Nicolas and Kardol, Paul | ||||||
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Title: | Root trait-microbial relationships across tundra plant species | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | New Phytologist | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
Volume: | 229 | ||||||
Page range: | 1508-1520 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||||
Publisher: | WILEY | ||||||
ISSN: | 0028-646X | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology | ||||||
Keywords: | fine root traits, fungi, plant–microorganism interactions, rhizosphere, tundra ecosystems | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-108719 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-108719 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 22159 | ||||||
Faculty: | S - Faculty of Forest Sciences NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (S) > Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Soil and Environment (S) > Dept. of Soil and Environment | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 09 Feb 2021 07:55 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 16 May 2022 20:37 |
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