Diversity and asynchrony in soil microbial communities stabilizes ecosystem functioning

Theoretical and empirical advances have revealed the importance of biodiversity for stabilizing ecosystem functions through time. Despite the global degradation of soils, whether the loss of soil microbial diversity can destabilize ecosystem functioning is poorly understood. Here, we experimentally...

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Main Authors: Cameron Wagg, Yann Hautier, Sarah Pellkofer, Samiran Banerjee, Bernhard Schmid, Marcel GA van der Heijden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-03-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/62813