Yuri Alves

Jul 2, 2024 | academic.oup.com | de Jesus Souza |Yuri Alves |Helmholtz Zentrum München |Technische Universität München

Drought is a major stressor to soil microbial communities, and the intensification of climate change is predicted to increase hydric stress worldwide in the coming decades. As a possible mitigating factor for the consequences of prolonged drought periods, above and belowground biodiversity can increase ecosystem resistance and resilience by improving metabolic redundancy and complementarity as biodiversity increases.