Summer season and long-term drought increase the richness of bacteria and fungi in the foliar phyllosphere of Quercus ilex in a mixed Mediterranean forest

Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-575

  Penuelas J ^a   Rico, L ^a   Ogaya, R ^a   Jump, A S ^a,b   Terradas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial TRF richness; Colonisation time; Drought; Endophytes; Epiphytes; Foliar and epiphytic microbial diversity; Foliar phyllosphere; Fungal TRF richness; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT; ENDOPHYTE; EPIPHYTE; FUNGUS; LEAF; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FOREST; ONTOGENY; PHYLLOSPHERE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; SUMMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; PLANT LEAF; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREE;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DROUGHTS; FUNGI; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUERCUS; SEASONS; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84862162643     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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