Subhumid pasture soil microbial communities affected by presence of grazing, but not grazing management

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-28

  Oates, Lawrence G ^a   Balser, Teri C ^a,b   Jackson, Randall D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Grazing; Mixed effects models; PLFA; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84864049911     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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