Soil depth and grassland origin cooperatively shape microbial community co‐occurrence and function

Abstract Many soils are deep, yet soil below 20 cm remains largely unexplored. Exotic plants can have shallower roots than native species, so their impact on microorganisms is anticipated to change with depth. Using environmental DNA and extracellular enzymatic activities, we studied fungal and bact...

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Main Authors: Racheal N. Upton, Aleksandra Checinska Sielaff, Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Xia Xu, H. Wayne Polley, Brian J. Wilsey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2973