Up against the wall: The effects of climate warming on soil microbial diversity and the potential for feedbacks to the carbon cycle

Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 409-425

  Pold, Grace ^a   DeAngelis, Kristen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Keystone species; Long term field study; Metagenomics; Microbial community diversity; Niche theory; Richness; Soil; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

EID: 84880033932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d5020409     Document Type: Review

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