标题: Microbial communities and their relevance for ecosystem models [打印本页] 作者: 雩风三日 时间: 2021-2-5 16:38 标题: Microbial communities and their relevance for ecosystem models Microbial communities and their relevance for ecosystem models
微生物群落及其与生态系统模型的相关性
Soil microbial communities are so vastly diverse that complex interactions, which alter ecosystem functions,
may occuramongmicrobial species and functional groups. In this review,we explore the empirical evidence for
situationswhenshifts in the communitystructure ofmicrobeswould elicit a change in ecosystemprocess rates,
specifically decomposition, even when microbial biomass remains constant. In particular, we are interested
in a subset of these scenarios in which knowledge of microbial community structure would improve model
predictions for ecosystem functions. Results from microcosm and field studies indicate that microbial species
diversity, functional group diversity,and communitycomposition canall influence ecosystem process rates. The
underlying mechanisms that may elicit changes in ecosystem functions from shifts in microbial community
structure include evolutionary constraints onmicrobial trait adaptation, trait correlations, dispersal limitation,
and species interactions. The extent of microbial diversity in soils is not known, so it is presently not possible
to model all scenarios of microbial community structure shifts. However, by incorporating documented
patterns in functional groups that are relevant for a particular ecosystem process and potential relationships
between microbial phylogeny and function, the predictive power of process models will be significantly
improved.The inclusionof this information into processmodels is critical for predictingandunderstandinghow
ecosystem functions may shift in response to global change.