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

Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo (), Pablo García-Palacios, Mark A. Bradford, David J. Eldridge, Miguel Berdugo, Tadeo Sáez-Sandino, Yu-Rong Liu, Fernando Alfaro, Sebastian Abades, Adebola R. Bamigboye, Felipe Bastida, José L. Blanco-Pastor, Jorge Duran, Juan J. Gaitan, Javier G. Illán, Tine Grebenc, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal, Tina U. Nahberger, Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, Ana Rey, Alexandra Rodríguez, Christina Siebe, Alberto L. Teixido, Wei Sun, Pankaj Trivedi, Jay Prakash Verma, Ling Wang, Jianyong Wang, Tianxue Yang, Eli Zaady, Xiaobing Zhou, Xin-Quan Zhou and César Plaza
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Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo: Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC
Pablo García-Palacios: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Mark A. Bradford: Yale University
David J. Eldridge: University of New South Wales
Miguel Berdugo: ETH Zurich
Tadeo Sáez-Sandino: Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Yu-Rong Liu: Huazhong Agricultural University
Fernando Alfaro: Universidad Mayor
Sebastian Abades: Universidad Mayor
Adebola R. Bamigboye: Obafemi Awolowo University
Felipe Bastida: Campus Universitario de Espinardo
José L. Blanco-Pastor: University of Seville
Jorge Duran: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Juan J. Gaitan: Universidad Nacional de Luján
Javier G. Illán: Washington State University
Tine Grebenc: Slovenian Forestry Institute
Thulani P. Makhalanyane: University of Pretoria
Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal: Banaras Hindu University
Tina U. Nahberger: Slovenian Forestry Institute
Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Ana Rey: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Alexandra Rodríguez: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Christina Siebe: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
Alberto L. Teixido: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Wei Sun: Northeast Normal University
Pankaj Trivedi: Colorado State University
Jay Prakash Verma: Banaras Hindu University
Ling Wang: Northeast Normal University
Jianyong Wang: Northeast Normal University
Tianxue Yang: Northeast Normal University
Eli Zaady: Gilat Research Center
Xiaobing Zhou: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xin-Quan Zhou: Huazhong Agricultural University
César Plaza: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Nature Climate Change, 2023, vol. 13, issue 5, 450-455

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 2023
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