Microbial community responses to anthropogenically induced environmental change: Towards a systems approach

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 128-139

  Bissett, Andrew ^a   Brown, Mark V ^b   Siciliano, Steven D ^c   Thrall, Peter H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological networks; Microbial structure function; Nitrogen cycling; Perturbation; Resilience; Soil; Symbiont; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; METAL;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PERTURBATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALTMARSH; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DENITRIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SYMBIOSIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WETLAND;

AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; METALS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84877886597     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12109     Document Type: Article

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