Is bacterial moisture niche a good predictor of shifts in community composition under long-term drought

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-122

  Evans, Sarah E ^a,b   Wallenstein, Matthew D ^b   Burke, Ingrid C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c Environment and Natural Resource Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial community composition; Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU); Drought; Grassland; Microbial communities; Niche partitioning; Precipitation manipulation; Pyrosequencing; Rainfall; Shortgrass steppe; Soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RESPIRATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; STEPPE; TAXONOMY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; COLORADO; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 84891491120     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0500.1     Document Type: Article

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