Plant diversity, soil microbial communities, and ecosystem function: Are there any links?

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2042-2050

  Zak, Donald R ^a   Holmes, William E ^a   White, David C ^b   Peacock, Aaron D ^b   Tilman, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Gross N immobilization; Gross N mineralization; Microbial communities; Phospholipid fatty acid analysis; Plant communities; Soil C and N cycling; Soil microbes; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0345016271     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0433     Document Type: Article

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