Relationships among plants, soils and microbial communities along a hydrological gradient in the New Jersey Pinelands, USA

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-196

  Yu, Shen ^a,b   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Forested wetland; Hydric soil; Microbial community; New Jersey Pinelands; Plant community; PLFA; Soil moisture; Topographic gradient; Water table; Wetland hydrology

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SWAMP; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

ACER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHAMAECYPARIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PINE; SEASON; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ACER; BIOMASS; CHAMAECYPARIS; ENVIRONMENT; NEW JERSEY; NITROGEN; PINUS; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WETLANDS;

NEW JERSEY; PINE BARRENS; UNITED STATES;

ACER; CHAMAECYPARIS THYOIDES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 73149107285     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp183     Document Type: Article

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