Climate change alters ecological strategies of soil bacteria

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-164

  Evans, Sarah E ^a,b   Wallenstein, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Birch effect; Drying rewetting; Historical legacy; Microbial life history; Moisture niche; Moisture stress; Precipitation manipulation; Rainfall pulses; Rainfall timing; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

RAIN; WATER;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIRCH EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRYING-REWETTING; GENETICS; HISTORICAL LEGACY; LETTER; MICROBIAL LIFE HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE NICHE; MOISTURE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION MANIPULATION; RAINFALL PULSES; RAINFALL TIMING; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

BIRCH EFFECT; DRYING-REWETTING; HISTORICAL LEGACY; MICROBIAL LIFE HISTORY; MOISTURE NICHE; MOISTURE STRESS; PRECIPITATION MANIPULATION; RAINFALL PULSES; RAINFALL TIMING; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROCESSES; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYLOGENY; RAIN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 84891495483     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12206     Document Type: Article

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