Variations in Soil Microbial Communities and Residues Along an Altitude Gradient on the Northern Slope of Changbai Mountain, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Bin ^a,b   Liang, Chao ^c   He, Hongbo ^a   Zhang, Xudong ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d National Field Observation and Research Station of Shenyang Agroecosystems   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSUGAR; FATTY ACID; GALACTOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE; MURAMIC ACID; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ALPINE TUNDRA; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CLIMATE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; VEGETATION; WASTE;

ALTITUDE; CARBON; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84878896448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066184     Document Type: Article

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