Effects of Bromus tectorum invasion on microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling in two adjacent undisturbed arid grassland communities

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 427-441

  Schaeffer, Sean M ^a,b,e   Ziegler, Susan E ^c   Belnap, Jayne ^d   Evans, R D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Exotic species invasion; Global change; Nitrogen cycling; Phospholipid fatty acids; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMARKER; FOOD WEB; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 84873155333     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9668-x     Document Type: Article

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