Active communities and growth of soil microorganisms are framed by mean annual precipitation in three California annual grasslands
M. M. Foley, S. J. Blazewicz, K. J. McFarlane, A. Greenlon, M. Hayer, J. A. Kimbrel, B. J. Koch, V. Monsaint-Queeney, K. Morrison, E. M. Morrissey, B. A. Hungate, J. Pett-Ridge
The paper examines how mean annual precipitation affects microbial community growth and soil carbon cycling in three California grasslands, finding that growth rates and community composition vary with precipitation.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2021Ecology