Searching for unifying principles in soil ecology

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2249-2256

  Fierer, Noah ^a   Grandy, A Stuart ^b   Six, Johan ^c   Paul, Eldor A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross site comparisons; Ecological principles; Microbial communities; Soil carbon dynamics; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SITE COMPARISONS; ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS; SOIL ECOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS;

SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349902095     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.06.009     Document Type: Review

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