Increasing aridity reduces microbial diversity

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 03:01 in Earth & Climate

A new study drawn from more than 80 dryland sites across the world indicates that increasing aridity reduces abundance and diversity of microbial communities which carry out for most of ecosystem services such as primary production, water filtration and climate regulation.  

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