Site identity and moss species as determinants of soil microbial community structure in Norway spruce forests across three vegetation zones

Plant and Soil

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 81-91

  Bach, Lisbet Holm ^a   Frostegård, Åsa ^a   Ohlson, Mikael ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Feathermosses; Hylocomium splendens; Picea abies; Pleurozium schreberi; PLFA

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EVERGREEN TREE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOSS; SOIL BIOTA; VEGETATION;

BRYOPHYTA; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 67349280170     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9819-6     Document Type: Article

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