Structure and resilience of fungal communities in alaskan boreal forest soils1

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1288-1301

  Taylor, D Lee ^a   Herriott, Ian C ^b   Stone, Kelsie E ^b   Mcfarland, Jack W ^b   Booth, Michael G ^c   Leigh, Mary Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Principia College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL FORESTS; CELLULOSE DEGRADATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FOREST TYPE; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL SPECIES; GENBANK; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; SOIL FUNGI; SOIL HORIZON; STUDY SITES; WHITE SPRUCE;

CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LANDFORMS;

SOILS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CELLULOSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEGRADATION; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MYCORRHIZA; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BACTERIA; CELLULOSE; DATA PROCESSING; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; SOIL;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; SEBACINA;

EID: 77955138275     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-081     Document Type: Article

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