Soil microbial community responses to climate extremes: resistance, resilience and transitions to alternative states.

ABSTRACT: A major challenge for advancing our understanding of the functional role of soil microbial communities is to link changes in their structure and function under climate change. To address this challenge requires new understanding of the mechanisms that underlie the capacity of soil microbial communities to resist and recover from climate extremes. Here, we synthesize emerging understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence the resistance and resilience of soil microbial communities to climate extremes, with a focus on drought, and identify drivers that might trigger abrupt changes to alternative states. We highlight research challenges and propose a path for advancing our understanding of the resistance and resilience of soil microbial communities to climate extremes, an

SUBMITTER: Bardgett RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7017770 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature