Autumn drought drives deterministic bacterial filtering and network destabilization in a phenotype-related manner in Pinus halepensis seedlings
Ivan Aleksieienko, Ilja Marco Reiter, Jérôme Reilhan, Marie de Castro, Catherine Santaella
This study shows that short, severe drought at moderate temperatures affects plant-microbiome interactions through phenotype-dependent processes, impacting seedling establishment in Mediterranean forests.
bioRxiv · May 13, 2026 · PreprintEcology