Land use and climatic factors structure regional patterns in soil microbial communities

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-39

  Drenovsky, Rebecca E ^a   Steenwerth, Kerri L ^b   Jackson, Louise E ^c   Scow, Kate M ^c  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Disturbance; Microbial biomass; PLFA; Soil microbial community; Water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WATER AVAILABILITY;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 72449159143     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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