Linking Variation in Active Soil Microbial Communities with Edaphic Properties in Mediterranean Grasslands Along a Precipitation Gradient

Megan Foley1, Steven Blazewicz2, Dinesh Adhikari2, Karis J McFarlane2, Alex Greenlon3, Jennifer Pett-Ridge2 and Bruce A Hungate1, (1)Northern Arizona University, Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States