Soil microbial diversity and community structure across a climatic gradient in western Canada

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1081-1092

  Staddon, William J ^a,c   Trevors, Jack T ^a   Duchesne, Luc C ^b   Colombo, Carol A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climatic gradient; Soil microbial diversity; Sole carbon source utilization

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0032442960     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008813232395     Document Type: Article

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