ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Ecological memory of extreme drought events in soil microbial communities
Current global changes are increasing frequency and intensity of extreme drought events, with severe consequences for ecosystems. Recent evidence of ecological memory formation upon recurrent disturbances — defined as the capacity of past events to influence current ecosystem responses —, challenges our ability to simulate future ecosystem response to drought. Yet an important question remains: is ecological memory a fundamental feature regulating how ecosystem functioning responds to extreme climatic events? EcoMEMO aims at filling this large knowledge gap, with a focus on soil microbial communities, for which I previously showed ecological memory of drought. Soil microbes regulate…
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