A sensitive soil biological indicator to changes in land-use in regions with Mediterranean climate

Abstract The demand for reliable indicators to quantify soil health has increased recently. We propose and test the use of soil microbial functional diversity as an indicator of multifunctional performance in agriculturally important areas. Agricultural fields in the Mediterranean and semiarid regio...

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Main Authors: Yosef Steinberger, Alfred Stein, Michael Dorman, Tal Svoray, Tirza Doniger, Oshri Rinot, Eshel Gil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26240-9