Shifting Species Interaction in Soil Microbial Community and Its Influence on Ecosystem Functions Modulating

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 700-708

  Li, Hua ^a   Colica, Giovanni ^b   Wu, Pei pei ^a   Li, Dunhai ^a   Rossi, Federico ^b   De Philippis, Roberto ^b   Liu, Yongding ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 84876119893     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0171-2     Document Type: Article

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