Ecological strategies of microbes: Thinking outside the triangle

Treseder, Kathleen K.

doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14115

Title: Ecological strategies of microbes: Thinking outside the triangle

Journal Article · 16 May 2023 · Journal of Ecology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14115 · OSTI ID:1974098

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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Irvine Irvine California USA

Abstract I asked whether Grime's triangle of competitive, stress tolerance and ruderal ecological strategies—which was originally developed for plants—applies to microbes. I conducted a synthesis of empirical studies that tested relationships among microbial traits presumed to define the competitive, stress tolerance and ruderal, and other ecological strategies. There was broad support for Grime's triangle. However, the ecological strategies were inconsistently linked to shifts in microbial communities under environmental changes like nitrogen and phosphorus addition, warming, drought, etc. We may be missing important ecological strategies that more closely influence microbial community composition under shifting environmental conditions. We may need to start by documenting changes in microbial communities in response to environmental conditions at fine spatiotemporal scales relevant for microbes. We can then develop empirically based ecological strategies, rather than modifying those based on plant ecology. Synthesis . Microbes appear to sort into similar ecological strategies as plants. However, these microbial ecological strategies do not consistently predict how community composition will shift under environmental change. By starting ‘from the ground up’, we may be able to delineate ecological strategies more relevant for microbes.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020382

OSTI ID:: 1974098

Journal Information:: Journal of Ecology, Journal Name: Journal of Ecology Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 111; ISSN 0022-0477

Publisher:: Wiley-BlackwellCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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