Global projections of the soil microbiome in the Anthropocene.
Carlos A GuerraManuel Delgado-BaquerizoEliana DuarteOrlando MariglianoChristiane GörgenFernando T MaestreHéctor J AguadoPublished in: Global ecology and biogeography : a journal of macroecology (2020)
Our results provide evidence that climate change has a stronger influence on soil microbial communities than change in land use (often including deforestation and agricultural expansion), although most of the effects of climate are indirect, through other environmental variables (e.g., changes in soil pH). The same was found for microbial functions such as the prevalence of phosphate transport genes. We provide reliable predictions about the changes in the global distribution of microbial communities, showing an increase in alpha diversity and a homogenization of soil microbial communities in the Anthropocene.