Nitrogen fertilization reduces diversity and alters community structure of active fungi in boreal ecosystems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1878-1887

  Allison, Steven D ^a   Hanson, China A ^a   Treseder, Kathleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Carbon; Community structure; Diversity; Fertilization; Fungi; Litter quality; Nitrogen; Nucleotide analog; Ribosomal genes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GENES; NUCLEOTIDES; RNA;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; CERATOBASIDIALES; NUCLEOTIDE ANALOG; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS (OTU); RIBOSOMAL GENES;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FERTILIZER; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOTIDES;

CERATOBASIDIALES; FUNGI; OTUS; PICEA;

EID: 34248584679     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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