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Docta Complutense author López-Angulo, J. author Cruz, Marcelino de la author Chacón-Labella, Julia author Illuminati, Ángel de la author Matesanz, Silvia author Pescador, David author Pías Couso, María Beatriz author Sánchez, Ana M. author Escudero Alcántara, Adrián 2023-06-16T15:25:11Z 2023-06-16T15:25:11Z 2020-06-17 0028-646X, ESSN 1469-8137 10.1111/nph.16754 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6628 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.16754 Roots are assumed to play a major role in structuring soil microbial communities, but most studies exploring the relationships between microbes and plants at the community level have only used aboveground plant distribution as a proxy. However, a decoupling between belowground and aboveground plant components may occur due to differential spreading of plant canopies and root systems. Thus, soil microbe–plant links are not completely understood. Using a combination of DNA metabarcoding and spatially explicit sampling at the plant neighbourhood scale, we assessed the influence of the plant root community on soil bacterial and fungal diversity (species richness, composition and b-diversity) in a dry Mediterranean scrubland. We found that root composition and biomass, but not richness, predict unique fractions of variation in microbial richness and composition. Moreover, bacterial b-diversity was related to root b-diversity, while fungal b-diversity was related to aboveground plant b-diversity, suggesting that plants differently influence both microbial groups. Our study highlights the role of plant distribution both belowground and aboveground, soil properties and other spatially structured factors in explaining the heterogeneity in soil microbial diversity. These results also show that incorporating data on both plant community compartments will further our understanding of the relationships between soil microbial and plant communities. eng The role of root community attributes in predicting soil fungal and bacterial community patterns journal article URL https://docta.ucm.es/bitstreams/7327b462-d4ca-40c6-b139-6c0c3d38020f/download File MD5 2d2504acca64772c715ffa78ba0b0109 1985328 application/pdf López-Ángulo, Jesús et al. 2020. The role of root community attributes......pdf