Long-term drought persistently shifts plant and soil microbial communities but has limited impact on CO2 fluxes under subsequent drought

Contributors
Publication date 07-08-2025
Description In this project, we sought to understand how drought legacy affects the response of a heathland ecosystem to a subsequent drought for two different Calluna life stages. Using a long-term drought field experiment, we quantified how CO2 fluxes, plant cover and soil microbial community responses to a new drought were affected by previous drought exposure during the first three years of a new drought. We compared plots mowed in 2013 or 2020, where Calluna was either at the seedling or at the building stage.
Publisher Universiteit van Amsterdam
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Document type Dataset
Related publication Long-Term Drought Persistently Shifts Plant and Soil Microbial Communities but Has Limited Impact on CO<sub>2</sub> Fluxes Under Subsequent Drought
DOI https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.28287131.v1
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