Is vegetation composition or soil chemistry the best predictor of the soil microbial community?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 417-430

  Mitchell, Ruth J ^a,d   Hester, Alison J ^a   Campbell, Colin D ^a,c   Chapman, Stephen J ^a   Cameron, Clare M ^a   Hewison, Richard L ^a   Potts, Jackie M ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Natural Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co correspondence analysis; Ecosystem engineer; Moorland; PLFA; Succession; TRFLP

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FATTY ACID; MOORLAND; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYMORPHISM; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODLAND;

BETULA;

EID: 77954689575     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0357-7     Document Type: Article

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