Aspects of soil lichen biodiversity and aggregation interact to influence subsurface microbial function

Plant and Soil

Volumn 386, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 303-316

  Castillo Monroy, Andrea P ^a,b   Bowker, Matthew A ^c   García Palacios, Pablo ^d   Maestre, Fernando T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Basal respiration; Evenness; Microbial biomass; Microbial communities and biological soil crusts; Richness; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNGUS; LICHEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCORRHIZA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 84919626919     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2256-9     Document Type: Article

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