Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide

Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo; P. Garcia-Palacios; M. A. Bradford; D. J. Eldridge; M. Berdugo; T. Saez-Sandino; Y.-R. Liu; F. Alfaro; S. Abades; A. R. Bamigboye; F. Bastida; J. L. Blanco-Pastor; J. Duran; J. J. Gaitan; J. G. Illan; T. Grebenc; T. P. Makhalanyane; D. K. Jaiswal; T. U. Nahberger; G. F. Penaloza-Bojaca; A. Rey; A. Rodriguez; C. Siebe; A.L. Teixido; W. Sun; P. Trivedi; J.P. Verma; L. Wang; J. Wang; T. Yang; E. Zaady; X. Zhou; X.-Q. Zhou; C. Plaza

doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01646-z

Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide

Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, P. Garcia-Palacios, M. A. Bradford, D. J. Eldridge, M. Berdugo, T. Saez-Sandino, Y.-R. Liu, F. Alfaro, S. Abades, A. R. Bamigboye, F. Bastida, J. L. Blanco-Pastor, J. Duran, J. J. Gaitan, J. G. Illan, T. Grebenc, T. P. Makhalanyane, D. K. Jaiswal, T. U. Nahberger, G. F. Penaloza-BojacaA. Rey, A. Rodriguez, C. Siebe, A.L. Teixido, W. Sun, P. Trivedi, J.P. Verma, L. Wang, J. Wang, T. Yang, E. Zaady, X. Zhou, X.-Q. Zhou, C. Plaza

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Urban greenspaces support multiple nature-based services, many of which depend on the amount of soil carbon (C). Yet, the environmental drivers of soil C and its sensitivity to warming are still poorly understood globally. Here we use soil samples from 56 paired urban greenspaces and natural ecosystems worldwide and combine soil C concentration and size fractionation measures with metagenomics and warming incubations. We show that surface soils in urban and natural ecosystems sustain similar C concentrations that follow comparable negative relationships with temperature. Plant productivity’s contribution to explaining soil C was higher in natural ecosystems, while in urban ecosystems, the soil microbial biomass had the greatest explanatory power. Moreover, the soil microbiome supported a faster C mineralization rate with experimental warming in urban greenspaces compared with natural ecosystems. Consequently, urban management strategies should consider the soil microbiome to maintain soil C and related ecosystem services.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	450-455
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature Climate Change
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01646-z
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Garcia-Palacios, P., Bradford, M. A., Eldridge, D. J., Berdugo, M., Saez-Sandino, T., Liu, Y.-R., Alfaro, F., Abades, S., Bamigboye, A. R., Bastida, F., Blanco-Pastor, J. L., Duran, J., Gaitan, J. J., Illan, J. G., Grebenc, T., Makhalanyane, T. P., Jaiswal, D. K., Nahberger, T. U., ... Plaza, C. (2023). Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide. Nature Climate Change, 13(5), 450-455. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01646-z

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