Temperature adaptation of soil bacterial communities along an Antarctic climate gradient: Predicting responses to climate warming

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2615-2625

  Rinnan, Riikka ^a,b   Rousk, Johannes ^a   Yergeau, Etienne ^c,d   Kowalchuk, George A ^c   Bååth, Erland ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Bacterial growth; Climate warming; Community adaptation; Leucine incorporation; Q10; Soil; Temperature response

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WARMING;

ANCHORAGE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); SIGNY ISLAND; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 66749150477     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01959.x     Document Type: Article

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