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Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands

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  • Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

    (Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera, kilómetro 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
    Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Fernando T. Maestre

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Antonio Gallardo

    (Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera, kilómetro 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain)

  • Matthew A. Bowker

    (School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University)

  • Matthew D. Wallenstein

    (Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University)

  • Jose Luis Quero

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain
    Campus de Rabanales Universidad de Córdoba, Carretera de Madrid, kilómetro 396, 14071 Córdoba, Spain)

  • Victoria Ochoa

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Beatriz Gozalo

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Miguel García-Gómez

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Santiago Soliveres

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Pablo García-Palacios

    (Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
    Colorado State University)

  • Miguel Berdugo

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Enrique Valencia

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Cristina Escolar

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Tulio Arredondo

    (División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, 78210, Mexico)

  • Claudia Barraza-Zepeda

    (Universidad de La Serena, La Serena 599, 1700000, Chile)

  • Donaldo Bran

    (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental San Carlos de Bariloche 277, Bariloche, Río Negro, 8400, Argentina)

  • José Antonio Carreira

    (Universidad de Jaen, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, 23071 Jaen, Spain)

  • Mohamed Chaieb

    (Université de Sfax, Faculté des Sciences, Unité de Recherche Plant Diversity and Ecosystems in Arid Environments, Route de Sokra, kilomètre 3.5, Boîte Postale 802, 3018 Sfax, Tunisia)

  • Abel A. Conceição

    (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Avenida Transnordestina Sin Número, Bairro Novo Horizonte, Feira de Santana, 44036-900, Brasil)

  • Mchich Derak

    (Direction Régionale des Eaux et Forêts et de la Lutte Contre la Désertification du Rif, Avenue Mohamed 5, Boîte Postale 722, 93000 Tétouan, Morocco)

  • David J. Eldridge

    (School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia)

  • Adrián Escudero

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Carlos I. Espinosa

    (Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto, Marcelino Champagnat, Loja, 11-01-608, Ecuador)

  • Juan Gaitán

    (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental San Carlos de Bariloche 277, Bariloche, Río Negro, 8400, Argentina)

  • M. Gabriel Gatica

    (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Rivadavia, San Juan, J5402DCS, Argentina)

  • Susana Gómez-González

    (Laboratorio de Genómica y Biodiversidad, Universidad del Bío-Bío 447, Chillán, 3780000, Chile)

  • Elizabeth Guzman

    (Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto, Marcelino Champagnat, Loja, 11-01-608, Ecuador)

  • Julio R. Gutiérrez

    (Universidad de La Serena, La Serena 599, 1700000, Chile)

  • Adriana Florentino

    (Instituto de Edafología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Ciudad Universitaria, Caracas, 1051, Venezuela)

  • Estela Hepper

    (Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Casilla de Correo 300, 6300 Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina)

  • Rosa M. Hernández

    (Laboratorio de Biogeoquímica, Centro de Agroecología Tropical, Universidad Experimental Simón Rodríguez, Caracas, 47925, Venezuela)

  • Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald

    (División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, 78210, Mexico)

  • Mohammad Jankju

    (Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Azadi Square, Mashhad 91775–1363, Iran)

  • Jushan Liu

    (Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University and Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, Jilin Province 130024, China)

  • Rebecca L. Mau

    (Northern Arizona University, PO Box 5640, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011–5640, USA)

  • Maria Miriti

    (Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, 318 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA)

  • Jorge Monerris

    (Université du Québec à Montréal Pavillon des Sciences Biologiques, 141 Président-Kennedy, Montréal, Québec H2X 3Y5, Canada)

  • Kamal Naseri

    (Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Azadi Square, Mashhad 91775–1363, Iran)

  • Zouhaier Noumi

    (Université de Sfax, Faculté des Sciences, Unité de Recherche Plant Diversity and Ecosystems in Arid Environments, Route de Sokra, kilomètre 3.5, Boîte Postale 802, 3018 Sfax, Tunisia)

  • Vicente Polo

    (Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain)

  • Aníbal Prina

    (Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Casilla de Correo 300, 6300 Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina)

  • Eduardo Pucheta

    (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Rivadavia, San Juan, J5402DCS, Argentina)

  • Elizabeth Ramírez

    (Laboratorio de Biogeoquímica, Centro de Agroecología Tropical, Universidad Experimental Simón Rodríguez, Caracas, 47925, Venezuela)

  • David A. Ramírez-Collantes

    (Production Systems and the Environment Sub-Program, International Potato Center. Apartado 1558, Lima 12, Peru)

  • Roberto Romão

    (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Avenida Transnordestina Sin Número, Bairro Novo Horizonte, Feira de Santana, 44036-900, Brasil)

  • Matthew Tighe

    (School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia)

  • Duilio Torres

    (Decanato de Agronomía, Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado”, Barquisimeto 3001, Venezuela)

  • Cristian Torres-Díaz

    (Laboratorio de Genómica y Biodiversidad, Universidad del Bío-Bío 447, Chillán, 3780000, Chile)

  • Eugene D. Ungar

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel)

  • James Val

    (Office of Environment and Heritage, PO Box 363, Buronga, New South Wales 2739, Australia)

  • Wanyoike Wamiti

    (National Museums of Kenya, Ngara Road, Nairobi, 78420-00500, Kenya)

  • Deli Wang

    (Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University and Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, Jilin Province 130024, China)

  • Eli Zaady

    (Agriculture Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture, Gilat Research Center, Mobile Post Negev 85280, Israel)

Abstract

Soil samples collected from 224 dryland sites around the world show that aridity affects the concentration of organic carbon and total nitrogen differently from the concentration of inorganic phosphorus, suggesting that any predicted increase in aridity with climate change could uncouple the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in drylands and negatively affect the services provided by these ecosystems.

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  • Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo & Fernando T. Maestre & Antonio Gallardo & Matthew A. Bowker & Matthew D. Wallenstein & Jose Luis Quero & Victoria Ochoa & Beatriz Gozalo & Miguel García-Gómez & Santiago Soli, 2013. "Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands," Nature, Nature, vol. 502(7473), pages 672-676, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:502:y:2013:i:7473:d:10.1038_nature12670
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12670
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