Plant diversity affects culturable soil bacteria in experimental grassland communities

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 988-998

  Stephan, A ^a   Meyer, A H ^a   Schmid, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterial activity; Bacterial diversity; BIODEPTH; Keystone species; Log linear diversity effect; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CARBON UTILIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; MICROTITER; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND SOIL; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0034493079     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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