Tree species-mediated spatial patchiness of the composition of microbial community and physicochemical properties in the topsoils of a tropical montane forest

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1588-1595

  Ushio, Masayuki ^a   Kitayama, Kanehiro ^a   Balser, Teri C ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Conifer (Podocarpaceae); Enzyme activity; Lipid profile; Plant soil feedback; Soil microbial community; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

BROADLEAF TREES; CANOPY TREES; CONCENTRATION OF; CONDENSED TANNINS; DEGRADING ENZYMES; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIPID PROFILE; LITTER CHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT SPECIES; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TREE CROWNS; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; FEEDBACK; FORESTRY; SOILS; TROPICS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MONTANE FOREST; PATCHINESS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TANNIN; TOPSOIL;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SOFTWOODS; SOIL; TANNINS; TROPICS;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; MOUNT KINABALU; SABAH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; DACRYDIUM (CONIFER); FUNGI; LITHOCARPUS; LITHOCARPUS CLEMENTIANUS; PODOCARPACEAE;

EID: 77955176587     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.05.035     Document Type: Article

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