Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought

Franciska T. de Vries (), Mira E. Liiri, Lisa Bjørnlund, Matthew A. Bowker, Søren Christensen, Heikki M. Setälä and Richard D. Bardgett
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Franciska T. de Vries: Soil and Ecosystem Ecology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
Mira E. Liiri: University of Helsinki
Lisa Bjørnlund: Biologisk Institut, Terrestrisk Økologi
Matthew A. Bowker: Southwest Biological Science Center, US Geological Survey
Søren Christensen: Biologisk Institut, Terrestrisk Økologi
Heikki M. Setälä: University of Helsinki
Richard D. Bardgett: Soil and Ecosystem Ecology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 4, 276-280

Abstract: A study shows that soil food webs directly help mitigate the effects of drought on soil nutrients. The fungal-based food webs of grassland were more resistant to bouts of drought than the bacterial-based food webs of intensively managed wheat, and retained more carbon and nitrogen in the soil.

Date: 2012
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