Severe prolonged drought favours stress-tolerant microbes in dryland soils

Description

The study was conducted over three years in arid and semi-arid regions of Australia to assess the belowground effects of altered rainfall regimes. we found that The microbial communities showed significant variations between the semi-arid and arid sites and over the years. The findings provide a better understanding of microbial responses to predicted increases in rainfall variability and the impact on the functioning of semi-arid and arid ecosystems. The provided excel file is supplementary material 2 of this paper, contain details on DESeq2 result, vegetation data and the environmental and nutrient values which are used for the study.

Institutions

• Western Sydney University School of Science and Health - Hawkesbury Campus

  NSW, Penrith
• Western Sydney University - Hawkesbury Campus

  NSW, Richmond
• University of New South Wales

  NSW, Sydney

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Funders

• Western Sydney University

  New South Wales, Australia
• Australian Research Council

  Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  Grant ID: DP150104199; DP190101968

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