Linking microbial community composition to function in a tropical soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1837-1846

  Waldrop, M P ^a   Balser, T C ^a   Firestone, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BIOLOG; Enzyme activities; Microbial community; PLFA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMIC DEGRADATION; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; TROPICS;

DEFORESTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TROPICAL SOIL;

ANANAS COMOSUS;

EID: 0034526469     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00157-7     Document Type: Article

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