Relationships Between Soil Microorganisms, Plant Communities, and Soil Characteristics in Chinese Subtropical Forests

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 624-636

  Wu, Yu Ting ^a,b   Gutknecht, Jessica ^a   Nadrowski, Karin ^b   Geißler, Christian ^c   Kühn, Peter ^c   Scholten, Thomas ^c   Both, Sabine ^d   Erfmeier, Alexandra ^d   Böhnke, Martin ^d   Bruelheide, Helge ^d   Wubet, Tesfaye ^a   Buscot, François ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BEF China; microbial biomass; NMDS analysis; PLFA; SIR; subtropical forests

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOME; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHINA;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84860698206     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9533-3     Document Type: Article

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