Soil bacterial diversity mediated by microscale aqueous-phase processes across biomes

Numerous micro- and macro-scale factors influence soil microbial diversity. Here the authors create a model to demonstrate that fine scale soil moisture influences the carrying capacity of microbes, which then scales up to larger biogeographic patterns.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samuel Bickel, Dani Or
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13966-w