Response of the soil microbial community to changes in precipitation in a semiarid ecosystem

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8587-8594

  Cregger, Melissa A ^a   Schadt, Christopher W ^b   McDowell, Nate G ^c   Pockman, William T ^d   Classen, Aimée T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SUBSTRATES; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL DEGRADATION; LARGE-SCALE PRECIPITATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL FUNCTION; MOISTURE LEVEL; MONSOON SEASON; PLANT COMPOSITION; PRE-MONSOON; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL FUNGI; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

MICROORGANISMS;

RAIN;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JUNIPERUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PINE; SEASON;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; JUNIPERUS; PINUS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 84871004379     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02050-12     Document Type: Article

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