FIGURES
Figure 1. High and low aridity sampling sites, andT. triandra plant trait responses to treatment effects. (a) High
and low aridity sampling sites for the collection of soil microbiota for
experimental manipulation (yellow points). Mean annual aridity index
data layer (ADM) is sourced from the Soil and Landscape Grid of
Australia (Searle et al. 2022), where aridity index is calculated
via annual precipitation/annual potential evaporation. T.
triandra plant growth responses to soil aridity, sterilisation
treatments, and water stress, showing: T. triandra (b) total
biomass, (c) aboveground biomass, (d) belowground biomass, and (e)
root-mass fraction differences.