Understanding microbiota influence on soil microbiota

This research paper argues for a deeper process-based understanding of soil microbiota to improve the restoration and resilience of peatland ecosystems, which serve as critical global carbon stores, in the face of climate change and land-use perturbations.

• Peatlands are essential wetland ecosystems that act as major global carbon stores and provide climate regulation, but they have suffered widespread degradation and loss of biota due to exploitation.
• There is currently a deficiency in process-based knowledge regarding how soil microbiota affect peatland functioning and the recovery of ecosystem services following perturbations from climate change and land use.
• The authors propose a three-tiered research strategy: short-term characterization of microbial communities and their links to ecological functions; medium-term definition of 'target' microbiomes for carbon cycle services and the creation of monitoring tools; and long-term application of this data to guide restoration practices toward 'intact' status.
• Achieving progress in peatland science requires multidisciplinary collaboration between peatland scientists, microbiologists, data scientists, and the modelling community to keep pace with rapid genetic characterization advances.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). Understanding microbiota influence on soil microbiota. https://www.sei.org/publications/understanding-microbiota-influence-on-soil-microbiota/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Understanding microbiota influence on soil microbiota. 2021. https://www.sei.org/publications/understanding-microbiota-influence-on-soil-microbiota/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021understanding, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Understanding microbiota influence on soil microbiota}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = jan, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/understanding-microbiota-influence-on-soil-microbiota/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }