Soil microbial and nutrient responses to 7 years of seasonally altered precipitation in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1657-1673

  Bell, Colin W ^a,b   Tissue, David T ^b,c   Loik, Michael E ^d   Wallenstein, Matthew D ^a   Acosta Martinez, Veronica ^e   Erickson, Richard A ^b   Zak, John C ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Big bend national park; Desert ecosystems; Extreme climate events; Precipitation manipulation; Soil microbial communities

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

ARBUSCULAR;

RAIN; SOIL;

BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; SEASON; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; FUNGI; GRASSLAND; MICROBIOTA; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEXAS;

EID: 84898451395     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12418     Document Type: Article

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