| Background/Question/Methods
The Domains Archaea and Bacteria contain the vast majority of Earth’s biodiversity and biomass, and their members play critical, often exclusive, roles in many biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem services. Human-induced global change, particularly with respect to increased nitrogen deposition, has the potential to drastically alter how soil nitrifying communities perform their biogeochemical function. Additionally, multi-factor global change can alter how microbial communities interact with each other and with the associated plant communities. This study, performed in the context of the long-term Jasper Ridge Global Change Experiment (JRGCE) in a California grassland ecosystem, examines how... |
