Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Ecological memory of recurrent drought modifies soil processes via changes in soil microbial community

  • Alberto Canarini,
  • Hannes Schmidt,
  • Lucia Fuchslueger,
  • Victoria Martin,
  • Craig W. Herbold,
  • David Zezula,
  • Philipp Gündler,
  • Roland Hasibeder,
  • Marina Jecmenica,
  • Michael Bahn,
  • Andreas Richter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25675-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Legacies of past ecological disturbances are expected but challenging to demonstrate. Here the authors report a 10-year field experiment in a mountain grassland that shows ecological memory of soil microbial community and functioning in response to recurrent drought.