Genetic variation within a dominant shrub structures green and brown community assemblages

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 387-398

  Crutsinger, Gregory M ^a   Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano A ^a,b   Roddy, Adam B ^c   Peay, Kabir G ^d   Bastow, Justin L ^e   Kidder, Allison G ^c   Dawson, Todd E ^c   Fine, Paul V A ^c   Rudgers, Jennifer A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground linkages; Architecture; Baccharis pilularis; Community genetics; Decomposition; Dunes; Leaf litter; Microarthropods; Primary production; Soil microbes

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DETRITUS; DUNE; GENETIC VARIATION; LEAF LITTER; MORPHOTYPE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHRUB; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ASTERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; NEMATODA; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84898007324     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0316.1     Document Type: Article

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