RDA plot showing the correspondence of water activity giving the optimum enzyme activity and environmental parameters. Capital letters (in black) represent the sampled soils (G, Galicia, P, Aragón; S, Salamanca; C, Sevilla; T, Cádiz). Arrows represent the environmental variables (soil texture, sand and silt content) contributing significantly to explain the variability of water activity resulting in optimum enzyme activity. The distribution of enzyme activities are presented in red: Glu_20, glucosidase activity at 20ºC; Glu_60, glucosidase activity at 60ºC; Pho_20, phosphatase activity at 20ºC; Pho_60, phosphatase activity at 60ºC; Pro_20, protease activity at 20ºC; Pro_60, protease activity at 60ºC. Figure

Los datos pertenecen al trabajo: Gómez, E.J., Delgado, J.A., González, J.M. (2020) Environmental factors affect the response of microbial extracellular enzyme activity in soils when determined as a funciton of water availability and temperature. Ecology and Evolution (Artícle in press)

This study was supported by funding through projects from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CGL2014-58762-P) and the Regional Government of Andalusia (RNM2529). These projects have been cofunded by FEDER funds.

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