Interactive influences of climate and parent material on soil microbial community structure in Bornean tropical forest ecosystems

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 627-636

  Wagai, Rota ^a,c   Kitayama, Kanehiro ^a   Satomura, Takami ^a   Fujinuma, Ryosuke ^b   Balser, Teri ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Climosequence; Microbial ecology; Microbial lipid signature; Plant soil interaction; Serpentine rock; Soil depth; Soil organic matter; State factor; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BACTERIUM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SERPENTINE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

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

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79955894353     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0822-7     Document Type: Article

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