Influence of land-use intensityon the spatial distribution of N-cyclingmicroorganisms in grassland soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-106

  Keil, Daniel ^a   Meyer, Annabel ^b   Berner, Doreen ^a   Poll, Christian ^a   Schützenmeister, André ^a   Piepho, Hans Peter ^a   Vlasenko, Anna ^c   Philippot, Laurent ^d,e   Schloter, Michael ^b,f   Kandeler, Ellen ^a   Marhan, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizers; Denitrifiers; Geostatistics; Grassland; Land use intensity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COEXISTENCE; DENITRIFICATION; GEOSTATISTICS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN CYCLE; PROKARYOTE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GERMANY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; POACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79960768353     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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