Fig. 5: A conceptual paradigm incorporating trait-based framework to predict metabolic efficiency under environmental changes.
From: Soil microbial trait-based strategies drive metabolic efficiency along an altitude gradient

a Shift in microbial community composition under environmental changes; b changes in the proportion of microbial assemblies with distinct adaptive traits along the altitude gradient; c trade-off in different microbial physiological traits and its consequences on metabolic efficiency at the community level.