Plant species richness, identity and productivity differentially influence key groups of microbes in grassland soils of contrasting fertility

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-78

  De Deyn, Gerlinde B ^a,b   Quirk, Helen ^a   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AMF; Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Grassland; Phospholipid fatty acid; Soil

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FATTY ACID; FERTILITY; FUNGUS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHOSPHOLIPID; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 79551487416     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0575     Document Type: Article

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