Soil microbial population dynamics along a chronosequence of moist evergreen broad-leaved forest succession in southwestern China

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-338

  Zhu, W ^a   Cai, Xiaohu ^b   Liu, Xingliang ^b   Wang, Jinxi ^b   Cheng, Song ^a   Zhang, Xiuyan ^c   Li, Dengyu ^c   Li, Maihe ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b SICHUAN ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Bacteria; Fungi; Microbial diversity; Moist evergreen broad leaved forest; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251615578     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-010-1098-z     Document Type: Article

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