Does microbial habitat or community structure drive the functional stability of microbes to stresses following re-vegetation of a severely degraded soil?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 850-859

  Zhang, Bin ^a,b   Deng, Huan ^a,c   Wang, Hui li ^a,c   Yin, Rui ^a   Hallett, Paul D ^d   Griffiths, Bryan S ^d   Daniell, Tim J ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial community structure; Plant restoration; Soil aggregation; Soil microbial resilience; Soil microbial resistance; Soil physical stability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL RESISTANCE; PHYSICAL STABILITY; PLANT RESTORATION; SOIL AGGREGATION;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; COPPER; HEAT RESISTANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STABILITY; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ERODIBILITY; EVERGREEN TREE; LEGUME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROHABITAT; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMORPHISM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SOIL AGGREGATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; LESPEDEZA; PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 77949272205     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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