The earliest stages of ecosystem succession in high-elevation (5000 metres above sea level), recently deglaciated soils

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1653, 2008, Pages 2793-2802

  Schmidt, S K ^a   Reed, Sasha C ^a   Nemergut, Diana R ^a   Grandy, A Stuart ^a   Cleveland, Cory C ^b   Weintraub, Michael N ^c   Hill, Andrew W ^a   Costello, Elizabeth K ^a   Meyer, A F ^a   Neff, J C ^a   Martin, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Peruvian Andes; Primary succession

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEGLACIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROTROPHY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STABILIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GLACIER; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ANDES; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 57349130530     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0808     Document Type: Article

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