Division: SSSA Division: Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Title: Resiliency in Soil Microbial Communities Oral - Stress Responses & Hot Spots

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Format: Oral Topical Session
Keywords: functional redundancy, microbial communities, microbial stress and resiliency

Session Description: Ephemeral pulse events are an important for ecosystem functioning, contributing to landscape heterogeneity and biodiversity. The response and recovery of microbial communities during these events is important for predicting ecosystem responses.  In this session, we will explore how microbial communities in both managed and natural soils respond to ephemeral events; either moments of scarcity (I. Stress) or abundance (II. Hot spots).