Urban forest restoration enhances soil microbial functional potential and functional insurance via shifts in β-diversity
First paper from Stella Brachmann's PhD! She develops a new metric to assess functional insurance (aka functional redundancy) of microbes 🌍🌿🧪🦠🍄🪱
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Background Forest restoration has primarily been evaluated through changes in aboveground communities, while belowground microbial communities—critical drivers of ecosystem functions—remain less under...