Experimental warming leads to convergent succession of grassland archaeal community

Ya Zhang, Daliang Ning, Linwei Wu, Mengting Maggie Yuan, Xishu Zhou, Xue Guo, Yuanliang Hu, Siyang Jian, Zhifeng Yang, Shun Han, Jiajie Feng, Jialiang Kuang, Carolyn R. Cornell, Colin T. Bates, Yupeng Fan, Jonathan P. Michael, Yang Ouyang, Jiajing Guo, Zhipeng Gao, Zheng Shi, Naijia Xiao, Ying Fu, Aifen Zhou, Liyou Wu, Xueduan Liu, Yunfeng Yang, James M. Tiedje and Jizhong Zhou ()
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Ya Zhang: University of Oklahoma
Daliang Ning: University of Oklahoma
Linwei Wu: University of Oklahoma
Mengting Maggie Yuan: University of Oklahoma
Xishu Zhou: University of Oklahoma
Xue Guo: Tsinghua University
Yuanliang Hu: University of Oklahoma
Siyang Jian: University of Oklahoma
Zhifeng Yang: University of Oklahoma
Shun Han: University of Oklahoma
Jiajie Feng: University of Oklahoma
Jialiang Kuang: University of Oklahoma
Carolyn R. Cornell: University of Oklahoma
Colin T. Bates: University of Oklahoma
Yupeng Fan: University of Oklahoma
Jonathan P. Michael: University of Oklahoma
Yang Ouyang: University of Oklahoma
Jiajing Guo: University of Oklahoma
Zhipeng Gao: University of Oklahoma
Zheng Shi: University of Oklahoma
Naijia Xiao: University of Oklahoma
Ying Fu: University of Oklahoma
Aifen Zhou: University of Oklahoma
Liyou Wu: University of Oklahoma
Xueduan Liu: Central South University
Yunfeng Yang: Tsinghua University
James M. Tiedje: Michigan State University
Jizhong Zhou: University of Oklahoma

Nature Climate Change, 2023, vol. 13, issue 6, 561-569

Abstract: Abstract Understanding the temporal succession of ecological communities and the underlying mechanisms in response to climate warming is critical for future climate projections. However, despite its fundamental importance in ecology and evolution, little is known about how the Archaea domain responds to warming. Here we showed that experimental warming of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem significantly altered the community structure of soil archaea and reduced their taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity. In contrast to previous observations in bacteria and fungi, we showed convergent succession of the soil archaeal community between warming and control. Although stochastic processes dominated the archaeal community, their relative importance decreased over time. Furthermore, the warming-induced changes in the archaeal community and soil chemistry had significant impacts on ecosystem functioning. Our results imply that, although the detrimental effects of biodiversity loss on ecosystems could be much severer, the soil archaeal community structure would be more predictable in a warmer world.

Date: 2023
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