EcologybioRxivPreprint
Fungal:bacterial biomass balance links environmental gradients to soil respiration across a forest-to-marsh transition
Courtney E Mathers, Lillian R. Aoki, Brendan J. M. Bohannan…·Lucas C. R. Silva
The paper examines how microbial community characteristics predict soil respiration across a forest-to-marsh gradient, finding that the fungal:bacterial biomass ratio is more effective than taxonomic or functional gene indicators.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.23.753783