Is microbial community composition in boreal forest soils determined by pH, C-to-N ratio, the trees, or all three?

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 590-601

  Högberg, Mona N ^a   Högberg, Peter ^a   Myrold, David D ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi to bacteria ratio; Mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen fertilization; Tree belowground carbon allocation; Tree girdling

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID; NITROGEN;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; PH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PH; SOIL; SWEDEN; TREE;

BACTERIA; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWEDEN; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 33845724686     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0562-5     Document Type: Article

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