Spatial variation and patterns of soil microbial community structure in a mixed spruce-birch stand

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 909-917

  Saetre, Peter ^a   Bååth, Erland ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Phospholipid fatty acids; Picea abies; Soil microbial community; Spatial variation; Tree influence

Indexed keywords

BIRCH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FATTY ACID; FOREST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SPRUCE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST FLOOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 18344398652     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00215-1     Document Type: Article

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