Do plant clumps constitute microbial hotspots in semiarid Mediterranean patchy landscapes?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1047-1054

  Goberna, M ^a   Pascual, J A ^b   Garcia C ^b   Sanchez J ^a  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gypsiferous and calcareous soils; Microbial biomass and activity; Ononis tridentata; Resource islands; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL EFFECTS;

GYPSIFEROUS AND CALCAREOUS SOILS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS AND ACTIVITY; ONONIS TRIDENTATA; RESOURCE ISLANDS; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOMASS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATCH DYNAMICS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ONONIS TRIDENTATA; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 33847399686     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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