What are all these soil fungi doing? Complex carbon use ability as a predictive trait for fungal community functions
Tessa Camenzind, Denise Vonhoegen, Abdelhady Elshal, Rebeca Leme Oliva, Liam Whitehead, Corry Martin, Stefan Hempel, Christoph C. Tebbe, Matthias C. Rillig, Sören Thiele‐Bruhn, Damien Finn
The paper investigates carbon use abilities in soil fungi to predict community functions, finding that carbon use ability is a better predictor than enzymatic activity.
bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2025 · PreprintEcology