Toward conceptual clarity: PLFA in warmed soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 769-774

  Wixon, Devin L ^a   Balser, Teri C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial community structure; PLFA; Soil warming

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA COLLECTION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL GROUPS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PLFA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL WARMING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

FORESTRY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGY;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; FLUIDIZATION; LIPID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL NUTRIENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

EID: 84871574317     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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