Fig. 3. Responses of microbial physiology to experimental warming.
Comparison of microbial mass-specific growth (Gm; a), mass-specific respiration (Rm; b), and carbon use efficiency (CUE; c) for topsoil under warming and control conditions. Box represents the interquartile range, with blue and yellow indicating control and warming, respectively. Horizontal line and circle within the box show the median and mean value, respectively. The whisker denotes SD (n = 10, independent samples). Paired samples t-tests (two-sided) were conducted to compare means of Gm, Rm, and CUE between the warming and control treatments. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.