Microbial responses to a changing environment: Implications for the future functioning of terrestrial ecosystems

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 386-395

  Zak, Donald R ^a   Pregitzer, Kurt S ^b   Burton, Andrew J ^c   Edwards, Ivan P ^a   Kellner, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Ascomycetes; Basidiomycetes; Biogeochemistry; Climate change; Extracellular enzymes; Fungi; Gene transcription; Litter decay; Nitrogen deposition; Soil organic matter storage

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; ACTINOBACTERIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 80053216437     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.04.001     Document Type: Review

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