Local Functioning, Landscape Structuring: Drivers of Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function in Peatlands.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural peatlands are essential for a myriad of ecosystem functions and play an important role in the global carbon (C) cycle through C sequestration. Management of these agricultural peatlands takes place at different spatial scales, ranging from local to landscape management, and drivers of soil microbial community structure and function may be scale-dependent. Effective management for an optimal biogeochemical functioning thus requires knowledge of the drivers on soil microbial community structure and functioning, as well as the spatial scales upon which they are influenced. During two field campaigns, we examined the importance of different drivers (i.e., soil characteristics, nutrient management, vegetation composition) at two spatial scales (local vs. landscape) for, respectivel

SUBMITTER: Teurlincx S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6129579 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature