Pulse Brain · Growing Health Evidence Index
Peer-reviewed

Linking microbial co‐occurrences to soil ecological processes across a woodland‐grassland ecotone

Samiran Banerjee, Peter H. Thrall, Andrew Bissett, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Alan E. Richardson

Ecology and Evolution · 2018

Read source ↗ All evidence

Summary

. The top ten keystone taxa comprised six bacterial and four fungal OTUs, with Random Forest Analysis revealing soil carbon and nitrogen as the determinants of the abundance of keystone taxa. Our results highlight the importance of assessing interkingdom associations in soil microbial networks. Overall, this study shows how ecotones can be used as a model to delineate microbial structural patterns and ecological processes across adjoining land-uses within a landscape.

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1002/ece3.4346
Catalogue ID
BFmokjoajl-b4dczz
Pulse AI · ask about this record

Dig deeper with Pulse AI.

Pulse AI has read the whole catalogue. Ask about this record, its theme, or how the findings apply to UK farming and policy — every answer cites the underlying studies.

How does this finding apply in a UK context?→What are the most cited records on this topic?→