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Experimental warming leads to convergent succession of grassland archaeal community

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  • Ya Zhang

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Daliang Ning

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Linwei Wu

    (University of Oklahoma
    Peking University)

  • Mengting Maggie Yuan

    (University of Oklahoma
    University of California)

  • Xishu Zhou

    (University of Oklahoma
    Central South University)

  • Xue Guo

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Yuanliang Hu

    (University of Oklahoma
    Hubei Normal University)

  • Siyang Jian

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Zhifeng Yang

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Shun Han

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Jiajie Feng

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Jialiang Kuang

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Carolyn R. Cornell

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Colin T. Bates

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Yupeng Fan

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Jonathan P. Michael

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Yang Ouyang

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Jiajing Guo

    (University of Oklahoma
    Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Zhipeng Gao

    (University of Oklahoma
    Hunan Agricultural University)

  • Zheng Shi

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Naijia Xiao

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Ying Fu

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Aifen Zhou

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Liyou Wu

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Xueduan Liu

    (Central South University)

  • Yunfeng Yang

    (Tsinghua University)

  • James M. Tiedje

    (Michigan State University)

  • Jizhong Zhou

    (University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma
    University of Oklahoma
    Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Abstract

Understanding the temporal succession of ecological communities and the underlying mechanisms in response to climate warming is critical for future climate projections. However, despite its fundamental importance in ecology and evolution, little is known about how the Archaea domain responds to warming. Here we showed that experimental warming of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem significantly altered the community structure of soil archaea and reduced their taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity. In contrast to previous observations in bacteria and fungi, we showed convergent succession of the soil archaeal community between warming and control. Although stochastic processes dominated the archaeal community, their relative importance decreased over time. Furthermore, the warming-induced changes in the archaeal community and soil chemistry had significant impacts on ecosystem functioning. Our results imply that, although the detrimental effects of biodiversity loss on ecosystems could be much severer, the soil archaeal community structure would be more predictable in a warmer world.

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  • Ya Zhang & Daliang Ning & Linwei Wu & Mengting Maggie Yuan & Xishu Zhou & Xue Guo & Yuanliang Hu & Siyang Jian & Zhifeng Yang & Shun Han & Jiajie Feng & Jialiang Kuang & Carolyn R. Cornell & Colin T. , 2023. "Experimental warming leads to convergent succession of grassland archaeal community," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 13(6), pages 561-569, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:13:y:2023:i:6:d:10.1038_s41558-023-01664-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01664-x
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