Microbial communities and their responses to simulated global change fluctuate greatly over multiple years

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2256-2269

  Gutknecht, Jessica L M ^a   Field, Christopher B ^b   Balser, Teri C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variation; Elevated CO 2; Global change; Inter annual variation; Lipid biomarker; Mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; FUNGUS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIPID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84861897779     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02686.x     Document Type: Article

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