Resource acquisition is more sensitive than carbon storage in soil microorganisms under climate extremes
Itzel Lopez Montoya, Qingdong Zhu, Ludovico Formenti, Nicolo Tartini, Anita Christina Risch, Irene Cordero, Nicholas O. E. Ofiti, Madhav Prakash Thakur
This study examines how soil microorganisms allocate resources during drought and warming, finding that resource acquisition is more sensitive than carbon storage to climate extremes.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2026 · PreprintEcology