Fungal diversity regulates plant-soil feedbacks in temperate grassland

Marina Semchenko; Jonathan W. Leff; Yudi M. Lozano; Sirgi Saar; John Davison; Anna Wilkinson; Benjamin G. Jackson; William J. Pritchard; Jonathan R. De Long; Simon Oakley; Kelly E. Mason; Nicholas J. Ostle; Elizabeth M. Baggs; David Johnson; Noah Fierer; Richard D. Bardgett

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau4578

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Fungal diversity regulates plant-soil feedbacks in temperate grassland

Marina Semchenko ¹,*,
Jonathan W. Leff²,³,
Yudi M. Lozano ⁴,⁵,
Sirgi Saar ¹,⁶,
John Davison ⁶,
Anna Wilkinson¹,
Benjamin G. Jackson⁷,
William J. Pritchard¹,
Jonathan R. De Long¹,⁸,
Simon Oakley⁹,
Kelly E. Mason⁹,
Nicholas J. Ostle⁹,¹⁰,
Elizabeth M. Baggs⁷,
David Johnson¹,
Noah Fierer ²,³ and
Richard D. Bardgett ¹

¹School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
²Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
³Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
⁴Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Plant Ecology, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
⁵Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
⁶Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, The University of Tartu, Lai 40, 51005 Tartu, Estonia.
⁷The Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
⁸Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, P.O. Box 50, 6700 AB Wageningen, Netherlands.
⁹Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK.
¹⁰Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: marina.semchenko{at}manchester.ac.uk

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Science Advances 28 Nov 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 11, eaau4578
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau4578

Marina Semchenko

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.

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For correspondence: marina.semchenko@manchester.ac.uk

Jonathan W. Leff

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.

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Yudi M. Lozano

Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Plant Ecology, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), D-14195 Berlin, Germany.

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Sirgi Saar

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, The University of Tartu, Lai 40, 51005 Tartu, Estonia.

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John Davison

Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, The University of Tartu, Lai 40, 51005 Tartu, Estonia.

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Anna Wilkinson

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.

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Benjamin G. Jackson

The Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.

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William J. Pritchard

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.

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Jonathan R. De Long

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, P.O. Box 50, 6700 AB Wageningen, Netherlands.

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Simon Oakley

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK.

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Kelly E. Mason

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK.

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Nicholas J. Ostle

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK.Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK.

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Elizabeth M. Baggs

The Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.

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David Johnson

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.

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Noah Fierer

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Richard D. Bardgett

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.

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