Greater topoclimatic control of above- versus below-ground communities.
- Mod HK Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Scherrer D Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Di Cola V Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Broennimann O Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Blandenier Q Laboratory of Soil Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- Breiner FT Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Buri A Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Goudet J Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Guex N Bioinformatics Competence Center, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Lara E Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
- Mitchell EAD Laboratory of Soil Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- Niculita-Hirzel H Department of Occupational Health and Environment, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Pagni M Vital-IT Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Pellissier L Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
- Pinto-Figueroa E Terrabiom, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Sanders IR Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Schmidt BR Info Fauna Karch, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- Seppey CVW Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
- Singer D Laboratory of Soil Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- Ursenbacher S Info Fauna Karch, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- Yashiro E Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- van der Meer JR Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Guisan A Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 2020-09-01
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- Global change biology. - 2020
animals
climate change
ecosystems
microorganisms
niche model
plants
species distributions
taxonomic group
English
Assessing the degree to which climate explains the spatial distributions of different taxonomic and functional groups is essential for anticipating the effects of climate change on ecosystems. Most effort so far has focused on above-ground organisms, which offer only a partial view on the response of biodiversity to environmental gradients. Here including both above- and below-ground organisms, we quantified the degree of topoclimatic control on the occurrence patterns of >1,500 taxa and phylotypes along a c. 3,000 m elevation gradient, by fitting species distribution models. Higher model performances for animals and plants than for soil microbes (fungi, bacteria and protists) suggest that the direct influence of topoclimate is stronger on above-ground species than on below-ground microorganisms. Accordingly, direct climate change effects are predicted to be stronger for above-ground than for below-ground taxa, whereas factors expressing local soil microclimate and geochemistry are likely more important to explain and forecast the occurrence patterns of soil microbiota. Detailed mapping and future scenarios of soil microclimate and microhabitats, together with comparative studies of interacting and ecologically dependent above- and below-ground biota, are thus needed to understand and realistically forecast the future distribution of ecosystems.
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- DOI 10.1111/gcb.15330
- PMID 32866994
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/215556
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