Not exact matches
It found that for trees in the comfortable middle of their range, down near the base of a mountain, their offspring thrived nearby in the
rich,
microbe - filled
soil collected right below their parent.
This suggests that
soils may contain a «microbial seed bank,» a set of rare
microbes that may be barely getting by until a nutrient -
rich corpse arrives.
These
microbes munch on carbon -
rich soil, releasing still more carbon dioxide.