Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

E. Morriën; S.E. Hannula; Basten Snoek; N.R. Helmsing; H.  Zweers; M. De Hollander; Raquel Lujan Soto; M.L. Bouffaud; M. Buée; Wim Dimmers; H. Duyts; S. Geisen; M. Girlanda; R.I. Griffiths; H-B. Jørgensen; J. Jensen; Pierre Plassart; Dirk Redecker; R.M. Schmelz; O. Schmidt; B.C. Thomson; Emilie Tisserant; S. Uroz; A. Winding; M.J. Bailey; M. Bonkowski; Jack H. Faber; F. Martin; P. Lemanceau; W. De Boer; Hans van Veen; W.H. van der Putten

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Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

E. Morriën (Corresponding author), S.E. Hannula, Basten Snoek, N.R. Helmsing, H. Zweers, M. De Hollander, Raquel Lujan Soto, M.L. Bouffaud, M. Buée, Wim Dimmers, H. Duyts, S. Geisen, M. Girlanda, R.I. Griffiths, H-B. Jørgensen, J. Jensen, Pierre Plassart, Dirk Redecker, R.M. Schmelz, O. SchmidtB.C. Thomson, Emilie Tisserant, S. Uroz, A. Winding, M.J. Bailey, M. Bonkowski, Jack H. Faber, F. Martin, P. Lemanceau, W. De Boer, Hans van Veen, W.H. van der Putten

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Abstract

Soil organisms have an important role in aboveground community dynamics and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. However, most studies have considered soil biota as a black box or focussed on specific groups, whereas little is known about entire soil networks. Here we show that during the course of nature restoration on abandoned arable land a compositional shift in soil biota, preceded by tightening of the belowground networks, corresponds with enhanced efficiency of carbon uptake. In mid- and long-term abandoned field soil, carbon uptake by fungi increases without an increase in fungal biomass or shift in bacterial-to-fungal ratio. The implication of our findings is that during nature restoration the efficiency of nutrient cycling and carbon uptake can increase by a shift in fungal composition and/or fungal activity. Therefore, we propose that relationships between soil food web structure and carbon cycling in soils need to be reconsidered

Original language	English
Article number	14349
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14349
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Morriën, E., Hannula, S. E., Snoek, B., Helmsing, N. R., Zweers, H., De Hollander, M., Lujan Soto, R., Bouffaud, M. L., Buée, M., Dimmers, W., Duyts, H., Geisen, S., Girlanda, M., Griffiths, R. I., Jørgensen, H.-B., Jensen, J., Plassart, P., Redecker, D., Schmelz, R. M., ... van der Putten, W. H. (2017). Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses. Nature Communications, 8, Article 14349. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14349

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