Changes in soil bacterial community triggered by drought-induced gap succession preceded changes in soil C stocks and quality

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3016-3031

  Yuste, Jorge Curiel ^a,b   Barba, Josep ^b   Fernandez Gonzalez, Antonio José ^c   Fernandez Lopez, Manuel ^c   Mattana, Stefania ^b   Martinez Vilalta, Jordi ^b   Nolis, Pau ^b   Lloret, Francisco ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Ecosystem functioning; Forest dieback; Gap colonization; Microbial diversity; Nutrient cycling; Pyrosequencing; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880419305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.409     Document Type: Article

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