Fungal-based food webs of undisturbed grasslands resist and adapt to the effects of drought more than bacterial-based food webs of agricultural soils, indicating how soil biota might be able to withstand long-term climate change.
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Six, J. Fungal friends against drought. Nature Clim Change 2, 234–235 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1392
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