Impact of coloniser plant species on the development of decomposer microbial communities following deglaciation

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 555-559

  Bardgett, Richard D ^a   Walker, Lawrence R ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Glacier Bay; Microbial community structure; Phospholipids fatty acid analysis; Succession

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; GROWTH KINETICS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL TESTING;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BARE SOIL; COLONIZATION; DEGLACIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULACEAE; EQUISETUM; FUNGI; RHACOMITRIUM;

EID: 1242344759     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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