Patterns of rhizosphere microbial community structure associated with co-occurring plant species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 863-873

  Westover, Kristi M ^a,c   Kennedy, Ann C ^a   Kelley, Steven E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multivariate analysis of variance; Perennial grasses; Soil bacteria and fungi; Substrate utilization assay

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL BACTERIA; SOIL FUNGI;

DURHAN; NORTH CAROLINA; PULLMAN; SMOOT HIOLL BIOLOGICAL RESERVE; USA; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031464051     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960607     Document Type: Article

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