Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks

Drought conditions can alter the composition of soil microbial communities, but the effects of drought on network properties have not been tested. Here, de Vries and colleagues show that co-occurrence networks are destabilised under drought for bacteria but not fungi.

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Main Authors: Franciska T. de Vries, Rob I. Griffiths, Mark Bailey, Hayley Craig, Mariangela Girlanda, Hyun Soon Gweon, Sara Hallin, Aurore Kaisermann, Aidan M. Keith, Marina Kretzschmar, Philippe Lemanceau, Erica Lumini, Kelly E. Mason, Anna Oliver, Nick Ostle, James I. Prosser, Cecile Thion, Bruce Thomson, Richard D. Bardgett
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4aaa2888be8a4b23baf150f80a6743e5
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