Land Use and Seasonal Effects on the Soil Microbiome of a Brazilian Dry Forest.

ABSTRACT: Drylands occupy approximately 41% of the Earth's terrestrial surface. Climate change and land use practices are expected to affect biogeochemical cycling by the soil microbiome in these ecosystems. Understanding how soil microbial community might respond to these drivers is extremely important to mitigate the processes of land degradation and desertification. The Caatinga, an exclusively Brazilian biome composed of an extensive seasonal tropical dry forest, is exposed to variable spatiotemporal rainfall patterns as well as strong human-driven pressures. Herein, an integrated analysis of shotgun metagenomics approach coupled to meteorological data was employed to unravel the impact of seasonality and land use change on soil microbiome from preserved and agriculture-affected experimental fie

SUBMITTER: Lacerda-Junior GV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461016 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature