Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests

Autores
Flores Rentería, Dulce; Rincón, Ana; Morán López, Teresa; Heres, Ana María; Pérez Izquierdo, Leticia; Valladares, Fernando; Curiel Yuste, Jorge
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2018
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We studied key mechanisms and drivers of soil functioning by analyzing soil respirationand enzymatic activity in Mediterranean holm oak forest fragments with different influence of the agricultural matrix. For this, structural equation models (SEM) were built including data on soil abiotic (moisture, temperature, organic matter, pH, nutrients), biotic (microbial biomass, bacterial and fungal richness), and tree-structure related (basal area) as explanatory variables of soil enzymatic activity and respiration. Our results show that increased tree growth induced by forest fragmentation in scenarios of high agricultural matrix influence triggered a cascade of causal-effect relations, affecting soil functioning. On the one hand, soil enzymatic activity was strongly stimulated by the abiotic (changes in pH and microclimate) and biotic (microbial biomass) modifications of the soil environment arising from the increased tree size and subsequent soil organic matter accumulation. Soil CO2 emissions (soil respiration), which integrate releases from all the biological activity occurring in soils (autotrophic and heterotrophic components), were mainly affected by the abiotic (moisture, temperature) modifications of the soil environment caused by trees. These results, therefore, suggest that the increasing fragmentation of forests may profoundly impact the functioning of the plant-soil-microbial system, with important effects oversoil CO2 emissions and nutrient cycling at the ecosystem level. Forest fragmentation is thus revealed as a key albeit neglected factor for accurate estimations of soil carbon dynamics under global change scenarios.
Fil: Flores Rentería, Dulce. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología; México. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados; México. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; España
Fil: Rincón, Ana. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: Morán López, Teresa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; España
Fil: Heres, Ana María. Transilvania University of Brasov; Rumania. Universidad del País Vasco; España
Fil: Pérez Izquierdo, Leticia. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias; España
Fil: Valladares, Fernando. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; España. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; España
Fil: Curiel Yuste, Jorge. Universidad del País Vasco; España. Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo; España
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STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS
QUERCUS ILEX
SOIL FUNCTIONING
FOREST FRAGMENTATION
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spelling Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forestsFlores Rentería, DulceRincón, AnaMorán López, TeresaHeres, Ana MaríaPérez Izquierdo, LeticiaValladares, FernandoCuriel Yuste, JorgeSTRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELSQUERCUS ILEXSOIL FUNCTIONINGFOREST FRAGMENTATIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We studied key mechanisms and drivers of soil functioning by analyzing soil respirationand enzymatic activity in Mediterranean holm oak forest fragments with different influence of the agricultural matrix. For this, structural equation models (SEM) were built including data on soil abiotic (moisture, temperature, organic matter, pH, nutrients), biotic (microbial biomass, bacterial and fungal richness), and tree-structure related (basal area) as explanatory variables of soil enzymatic activity and respiration. Our results show that increased tree growth induced by forest fragmentation in scenarios of high agricultural matrix influence triggered a cascade of causal-effect relations, affecting soil functioning. On the one hand, soil enzymatic activity was strongly stimulated by the abiotic (changes in pH and microclimate) and biotic (microbial biomass) modifications of the soil environment arising from the increased tree size and subsequent soil organic matter accumulation. Soil CO2 emissions (soil respiration), which integrate releases from all the biological activity occurring in soils (autotrophic and heterotrophic components), were mainly affected by the abiotic (moisture, temperature) modifications of the soil environment caused by trees. These results, therefore, suggest that the increasing fragmentation of forests may profoundly impact the functioning of the plant-soil-microbial system, with important effects oversoil CO2 emissions and nutrient cycling at the ecosystem level. Forest fragmentation is thus revealed as a key albeit neglected factor for accurate estimations of soil carbon dynamics under global change scenarios.Fil: Flores Rentería, Dulce. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología; México. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados; México. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; EspañaFil: Rincón, Ana. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; EspañaFil: Morán López, Teresa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; EspañaFil: Heres, Ana María. Transilvania University of Brasov; Rumania. Universidad del País Vasco; EspañaFil: Pérez Izquierdo, Leticia. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias; EspañaFil: Valladares, Fernando. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; España. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; EspañaFil: Curiel Yuste, Jorge. Universidad del País Vasco; España. Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo; EspañaPeerJ2018-10-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/87001Flores Rentería, Dulce; Rincón, Ana; Morán López, Teresa; Heres, Ana María; Pérez Izquierdo, Leticia; et al.; Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests; PeerJ; PeerJ; 30-10-2018; 1-192167-8359CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.7717/peerj.5857info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://peerj.com/articles/5857/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:03:08Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/87001instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:03:08.931CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests
title Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests
spellingShingle Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests
Flores Rentería, Dulce
STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS
QUERCUS ILEX
SOIL FUNCTIONING
FOREST FRAGMENTATION
title_short Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests
title_full Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests
title_fullStr Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests
title_full_unstemmed Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests
title_sort Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Flores Rentería, Dulce
Rincón, Ana
Morán López, Teresa
Heres, Ana María
Pérez Izquierdo, Leticia
Valladares, Fernando
Curiel Yuste, Jorge
author Flores Rentería, Dulce
author_facet Flores Rentería, Dulce
Rincón, Ana
Morán López, Teresa
Heres, Ana María
Pérez Izquierdo, Leticia
Valladares, Fernando
Curiel Yuste, Jorge
author_role author
author2 Rincón, Ana
Morán López, Teresa
Heres, Ana María
Pérez Izquierdo, Leticia
Valladares, Fernando
Curiel Yuste, Jorge
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS
QUERCUS ILEX
SOIL FUNCTIONING
FOREST FRAGMENTATION
topic STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS
QUERCUS ILEX
SOIL FUNCTIONING
FOREST FRAGMENTATION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We studied key mechanisms and drivers of soil functioning by analyzing soil respirationand enzymatic activity in Mediterranean holm oak forest fragments with different influence of the agricultural matrix. For this, structural equation models (SEM) were built including data on soil abiotic (moisture, temperature, organic matter, pH, nutrients), biotic (microbial biomass, bacterial and fungal richness), and tree-structure related (basal area) as explanatory variables of soil enzymatic activity and respiration. Our results show that increased tree growth induced by forest fragmentation in scenarios of high agricultural matrix influence triggered a cascade of causal-effect relations, affecting soil functioning. On the one hand, soil enzymatic activity was strongly stimulated by the abiotic (changes in pH and microclimate) and biotic (microbial biomass) modifications of the soil environment arising from the increased tree size and subsequent soil organic matter accumulation. Soil CO2 emissions (soil respiration), which integrate releases from all the biological activity occurring in soils (autotrophic and heterotrophic components), were mainly affected by the abiotic (moisture, temperature) modifications of the soil environment caused by trees. These results, therefore, suggest that the increasing fragmentation of forests may profoundly impact the functioning of the plant-soil-microbial system, with important effects oversoil CO2 emissions and nutrient cycling at the ecosystem level. Forest fragmentation is thus revealed as a key albeit neglected factor for accurate estimations of soil carbon dynamics under global change scenarios.
Fil: Flores Rentería, Dulce. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología; México. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados; México. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; España
Fil: Rincón, Ana. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: Morán López, Teresa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; España
Fil: Heres, Ana María. Transilvania University of Brasov; Rumania. Universidad del País Vasco; España
Fil: Pérez Izquierdo, Leticia. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias; España
Fil: Valladares, Fernando. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; España. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; España
Fil: Curiel Yuste, Jorge. Universidad del País Vasco; España. Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo; España
description We studied key mechanisms and drivers of soil functioning by analyzing soil respirationand enzymatic activity in Mediterranean holm oak forest fragments with different influence of the agricultural matrix. For this, structural equation models (SEM) were built including data on soil abiotic (moisture, temperature, organic matter, pH, nutrients), biotic (microbial biomass, bacterial and fungal richness), and tree-structure related (basal area) as explanatory variables of soil enzymatic activity and respiration. Our results show that increased tree growth induced by forest fragmentation in scenarios of high agricultural matrix influence triggered a cascade of causal-effect relations, affecting soil functioning. On the one hand, soil enzymatic activity was strongly stimulated by the abiotic (changes in pH and microclimate) and biotic (microbial biomass) modifications of the soil environment arising from the increased tree size and subsequent soil organic matter accumulation. Soil CO2 emissions (soil respiration), which integrate releases from all the biological activity occurring in soils (autotrophic and heterotrophic components), were mainly affected by the abiotic (moisture, temperature) modifications of the soil environment caused by trees. These results, therefore, suggest that the increasing fragmentation of forests may profoundly impact the functioning of the plant-soil-microbial system, with important effects oversoil CO2 emissions and nutrient cycling at the ecosystem level. Forest fragmentation is thus revealed as a key albeit neglected factor for accurate estimations of soil carbon dynamics under global change scenarios.
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