The influence of vegetation type on the dominant soil bacteria, archaea, and fungi in a low arctic tundra landscape

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1756-1765

  Chu, Haiyan ^a   Neufeld, Josh D ^b   Walker, Virginia K ^c   Grogan, Paul ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; ARCTIC TUNDRA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; N AVAILABILITY; N MINERALIZATION; PHYLOTYPES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RRNA GENES; SHORT DISTANCES; SMALL SUBUNITS; SOIL BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL BACTERIUM; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL SAMPLE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION TYPE;

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGI; GENES; LANDFORMS; RNA; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS;

VEGETATION;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; PROKARYOTE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TUNDRA; VEGETATION TYPE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 82955239797     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0057     Document Type: Article

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