Forest gene diversity is correlated with the composition and function of soil microbial communities

Population Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-46

  Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^a   Fischer, Dylan G ^b   Rehill, Brian J ^c   Wooley, Stuart C ^d   Woolbright, Scott A ^e   Lindroth, Richard L ^f   Whitham, Thomas G ^e   Zak, Donald R ^g   Hart, Stephen C ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community and ecosystem genetics; Extracellular enzyme activity; Functional traits; Genetic diversity; Populus; Unimodal diversity patterns

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRID ZONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

POPULUS;

EID: 78650309157     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0252-3     Document Type: Article

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