Multifaceted diversity traits of crucial microbial groups in biological soil crusts promote soil multifunctionality
H. Li, Y.-X. Chen, G.-L. Yu, F. Rossi, D. Hua, R. De Philippis, X.-L. Cheng, W.-B. Wang, R.-H. Li
The paper evaluates multifaceted diversity traits of microbial groups in biological soil crusts to predict soil multifunctionality, finding that integrating multiple diversity components improves prediction over richness alone.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2019Ecology