Functional resilience of microbial communities from perturbed upland grassland soils to further persistent or transient stresses

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2300-2306

  Kuan, H L ^a   Fenwick, C ^b   Glover, L A ^b   Griffiths, B S ^a   Ritz, K ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Function; Grassland; Resilience; Soil microbial community; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FUNCTIONS; MICROORGANISMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILITY; STRESSES;

GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

SOILS;

COPPER; DECOMPOSITION; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MONITORING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UPLAND REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746611477     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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