Ecological Linkages Between Aboveground and Belowground Biota
University of Helsinki · Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences · +3 more institutions
Abstract
All terrestrial ecosystems consist of aboveground and belowground components that interact to influence community- and ecosystem-level processes and properties. Here we show how these components are closely interlinked at the community level, reinforced by a greater degree of specificity between plants and soil organisms than has been previously supposed. As such, aboveground and belowground communities can be powerful mutual drivers, with both positive and negative feedbacks. A combined aboveground-belowground approach to community and ecosystem ecology is enhancing our understanding of the regulation and functional significance of biodiversity and of the environmental impacts of human-induced global change…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 71.79
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 74
Authors
6- DADavid A. WardleCorresponding
University of Helsinki, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lancaster University, University of Guelph, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
- RDRichard D. Bardgett
University of Helsinki, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lancaster University, University of Guelph, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
- JNJohn N. Klironomos
University of Helsinki, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lancaster University, University of Guelph, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
- HSHeikki Setälä
University of Helsinki, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lancaster University, University of Guelph, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
- WHWim H. van der Putten
University of Helsinki, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lancaster University, University of Guelph, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Topics & keywords
- Ecosystem
- Biota
- Ecology
- Biodiversity
- Terrestrial ecosystem
- Environmental science
- Ecosystem ecology
- Plant community
- Life in Land