Reposted by Sara Winterfeldt
New paper led by @bgc-jena.mpg.de colleagues:
"Higher plant diversity strengthens microbial functioning and enhances microbiome resilience, that is the capacity of the microbial community to maintain soil functioning despite environmental disturbances."
doi.org/10.1186/s407...
doi.org
Plant diversity induces shifts from microbial generalists to specialist by enhancing niche differentiation, microbiome connectivity, and network stability in a temperate grassland - Environmental Micr...
Background Soil microbiota are key players of terrestrial ecosystem functioning, including decomposition, soil organic matter formation, and nutrient cycling, and interact strongly with plants in the ...
