Bridging the gap between micro - and macro-scale perspectives on the role of microbial communities in global change ecology

Plant and Soil

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 59-70

  Balser, T C ^a   McMahon, K D ^b   Bart, D ^a   Bronson, D ^a   Coyle, D R ^a   Craig, N ^a   Flores Mangual, M L ^a   Forshay, K ^a   Jones, S E ^b   Kent, A E ^b   Shade, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem ecology; Global change ecology; Interdisciplinary research; Land use change; Microbial ecology; Nitrogen cycling; Plant species invasion; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 33751217138     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9104-5     Document Type: Article

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