Non-native plants and soil microbes: Potential contributors to the consistent reduction in soil aggregate stability caused by the disturbance of North American grasslands

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 212-222

  Duchicela, Jessica ^a,b   Vogelsang, Keith M ^a   Schultz, Peggy A ^a   Kaonongbua, Wittaya ^a   Middleton, Elizabeth L ^a   Bever, James D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS ESPE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Grazing; Non native plants; Soil microbial community; Tillage; Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEGRADATION; DISTURBANCE; GRAZING; INOCULATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NORTH AMERICA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865571685     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04233.x     Document Type: Article

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