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The real soil microbiomes and their roles in vegetation transformation as uncovered in the Cerrado
Soil organisms, particularly members of the soil microbiome, regulate plant performance and control plant communities. In our study, we show that the microbiome complexity increases from early successional to climax vegetation. We also found an enrichment of animal parasites and plant pathogens in early successional compared to later successional vegetation. Together, our results suggest that soil organisms, particularly plant pathogens, facilitate plant succession, while the most complex microbiomes keep plant communities in climax vegetation stable. Therefore, our results point at the importance of soil microorganisms for plant vegetation dynamics and stability.
Conceptual knowledge predicts the representational structure of facial emotion perception
By: Jeffrey A. Brooks and Jonathan B. Freeman
Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they inhabit
This perspective piece is a product of a working group from the United States Geological Survey’s John Wesley Powell Center for Synthesis and Analysis.
