Decoupled responses of plants and soil biota to global change across the world’s land ecosystems

Yu, Qingshui; He, Chenqi; Anthony, Mark A; Schmid, Bernhard; Gessler, Arthur; Yang, Chen; Zhang, Danhua; Ni, Xiaofeng; Feng, Yuhao; Zhu, Jiangling; Zhu, Biao; Wang, Shaopeng; Ji, Chengjun; Tang, Zhiyao; Wu, Jin; Smith, Pete; Liu, Lingli; Li, Mai-He; Schaub, Marcus; Fang, Jingyun

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-54304-z

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Yu, Q., He, C., Anthony, M. A., Schmid, B., Gessler, A., Yang, C., Zhang, D., Ni, X., Feng, Y., Zhu, J., Zhu, B., Wang, S., Ji, C., Tang, Z., Wu, J., Smith, P., Liu, L., Li, M.-H., Schaub, M., & Fang, J. (2024). Decoupled responses of plants and soil biota to global change across the world’s land ecosystems. Nature Communications, 15(1), 10369. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54304-z

Abstract

Understanding the concurrent responses of aboveground and belowground biota compartments to global changes is crucial for the maintenance of ecosystem functions and biodiversity conservation. We conduct a comprehensive analysis synthesizing data from 13,209 single observations and 3223 pairwise observations from 1166 publications across the world terrestrial ecosystems to examine the responses of plants and soil organisms and their synchronization. We find that global change factors (GCFs) generally promote plant biomass but decreased