Discontinuity in the responses of ecosystem processes and multifunctionality to altered soil community composition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 14478-14483

  Bradford, Mark A ^a   Wood, Stephen A ^b   Bardgett, Richard D ^c   Black, Helaina I J ^d   Bonkowski, Michael ^e   Eggers, Till ^f   Grayston, Susan J ^g   Kandeler, Ellen ^h   Manning, Peter ⁱ   Setälä, Heikki ^j   Jones, T Hefin ^k  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Department of Ecology Evolution and Environmental Biology Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^k CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Aboveground belowground interactions; Ecosystem functioning plant soil feedbacks; Soil biodiversity; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84907778143     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413707111     Document Type: Article

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