Soil microbes regulate ecosystem productivity and maintain species diversity

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1240-1243

  Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a,b   Klironomos, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Diversity productivity; Negative feedback; Pathogens; Soil microbes; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79961195189     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.8.16455     Document Type: Article

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