Soil organic carbon and soil structure are driving microbial abundance and community composition across the arid and semi-arid grasslands in northern China

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-57

  Hu, Yajun ^a   Xiang, Dan ^a   Veresoglou, Stavros D ^b,c   Chen, Falin ^a   Chen, Yongliang ^a   Hao, Zhipeng ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Chen, Baodong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid grasslands; Mean annual temperature; Microbial biogeography; PLFA; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; MICROBIAL BIOGEOGRAPHY; PLFA; SEMI-ARID GRASSLANDS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; CLIMATIC REGION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84903788991     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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