Shrub invasion and bacterial community pattern in Swedish pasture soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-242

  Herman, R P ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial population; Resource island; Substrate utilization profile

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; PASTURE SOIL; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB INVASION; SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030659003     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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