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Data associated to manuscript "High intensity perturbations induce an abrupt shift in soil microbial state"
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posted on 2023-08-29, 08:25 authored by Irene CorderoIrene Cordero, Ainara Leizeaga, Lettice Hicks, Johannes Rousk, Richard BardgettIn this experiment we tested whether increases in the intensity and frequency of drought pulses can trigger an abrupt and persistent shift in the structural and functional attributes of natural grassland soil microbial communities. We carried out an incubation experiment whereby we imposed a matrix of drought intensity and frequency treatments on a natural grassland soil. Microbial responses were assessed with a broad range of taxonomic and functional attributes of microbial communities over an extended period of time after returning soils to their original moisture condition.
Funding
Un-stable microbiomes - Stability to drought of soil microbiomes shaped by land use and plant species
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Find out more...Ramon Areces Foundation Fellowship "Resistance and resilience of soil microbial communities under intense land use and extreme drought: consequences for ecosystem functioning"
Linkages between plant functional diversity soil biological communities and ecosystem services in agricultural grassland
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Find out more...Diversity, stability and functioning of the soil microbiome
European Research Council
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